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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:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00