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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:

– Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates 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
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00