• Providing guidance on Employer/Employee Relations topics as pertaining to various bargaining units, including Labor contracts, grievances, and appeal hearing policies including TSHRS, Executive Order, COMAR, Unemployment Insurance, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Annotated Code of Maryland and other applicable laws
• Providing guidance on the disciplinary process as it pertains to Performance Evaluations, Probation, Progressive Discipline, Temporary/Contractual employees and termination matters
• Representing the MVA in Negotiations, Grievance proceedings, Disciplinary Actions, and Unemployment Insurance Hearings to officially present, defend, and negotiate the Agency's position at Steps 1,2 and 3 in the Disciplinary and Grievance process. This includes traveling to the required locations as necessary any time throughout the business day
• Attending Grievance hearings and labor management meetings to gain insight regarding employee disputed claims, process, limitations of labor contracts and how various settlement steps operate
• Providing assistances and guidance to supervisors regarding various Employer and Employee Relations issues
• Interfaces with Equal Employment Opportunity, Classification Unit, Recruitment and Selection Unit, Employee Services unit on matters that impact Employer and Employee Relations Unit
• Preparing written responses for Unfair Labor Practices, Charges for Termination, Motions to Dismiss, Discovery Request, Weekly EER Reports
• Preparing incoming employees during New Employee Orientation (NEO) about Substance Abuse Policy
• Making recommendation regarding management policies and procedures as they relate to Employer and Employee Relations Unit

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Four (4) years of professional HR work in the areas of either job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, employee recruitment and selection, employment services and benefits, employer-employee relations, HR program evaluation, or HR policy formulation. **Two (2) years of representing management before administrative law judge in hearings at the Office of Administrative Hearings, or similar adjudicatory setting, that involve all types of grievance and disciplinary appeal cases, including terminations, on a regular and recurring basis.

**SELECTIVE QUALIFICATION recruitments are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities). No substitutions are allowed for a Selective Qualification.

Notes:

1. Thirty graduate semester credits from a college or university in the fields of HR administration, business administration, public administration, statistics, tests and measurements, or psychology may be substituted for one year of experience.

2. Paraprofessional HR experience or professional HR management work experience may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to four years of the required education.

3. For employer-employee relations positions applicants may substitute the possession of a Juris Doctor or equivalent degree from an accredited school of law for up to four years of the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute equivalent U.S. Armed Forces military service experience on a year for year basis for up to four years of the required education.

Employees in this classification will be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

To Apply:
Submit a DTS-1 application online at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/mdotmd . The application must be complete at the time of submission and must clearly describe the required work experience. Dates (month and year) must be stated. Vague descriptions of experience will not be considered. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for. If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, you must list each position that you held, the length of time that you held each position, and the corresponding duties. Description of duties that state, "see resume" will negatively impact consideration for this position. Applicants will not be contacted for additional information. Only applicants considered for this position will be contacted. Applications submitted online must be received by 11:59 PM if a closing date is noted. If you have general questions regarding employment opportunities with the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), please call 410-787-7719.

Applicants who have education obtained outside of the U.S. will be required to provide proof of the equivalent U.S. education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service, such as the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (http://www.naces.org ) or World Education Services: International Credential Evaluation (https://www.wes.org/ ).

The MVA is not sponsoring new employees in application of the H-1B Visa or providing an extension of an existing H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.
The MVA is an equal opportunity employer. The MVA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

The incumbent in this position will not be a member of a covered bargaining unit.

The State of Maryland is dedicated to a drug-free workplace, and as a result, employees are subject to the State's Substance Abuse Policy to include possible drug testing.

The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks. A conviction is not an automatic disqualification to employment. Erroneous, misleading, or fraudulent information on an application is sufficient grounds for rejection from the hiring process, withdrawal of an offer for employment or immediate discharge.

Relay Service: 1-800-201-7165 TTY: 1-800-492-4575 EEO/AA Employer
Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.
Issued: 03/01/2024
Reissued: 05/17/24