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Labor and Employee Relations 

The Labor and Employee Relations Manager oversees the management of employee relations, labor relations, and compliance with labor laws to foster a positive and productive workplace; works closely with senior leadership, HR partners, and union representatives on complex matters; addresses employee concerns and conducts high level investigations; leads, mentors, and supervises staff.

• Lead and manage employee relations initiatives, including addressing employee concerns and resolving conflicts
• Serve as a point of contact for union-related matters, working closely with union representatives to address bargaining, contract interpretation, and other labor-related issues
• Negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) while ensuring compliance with all terms
• Develop, implement, and enforce university-wide policies related to labor and employee relations, ensuring compliance with all local, state, and federal labor laws and regulations
• Advise senior leadership on labor and employment law compliance and potential legal risks
• Lead or facilitate high level investigations into employee concerns, complaints, and disputes; serve as the escalation point for complex/high priority matters
• Provide guidance and coaching to managers and HR teams on employee performance issues, including discipline, corrective actions, and performance improvement plans; ensure consistency and fairness in handling performance-related matters
• Monitor trends in employee and labor relations, analyze data to identify patterns, and develop actionable insights to improve workplace relations; prepare regular reports on employee and labor relations issues for senior leadership
• Support organizational change initiatives by ensuring that communication and employee relations strategies are in place to effectively manage transitions
• Lead a team of employee and labor relations professionals, providing direction, mentorship, and support

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00