Director, WFLR, Workforce Labor Relations
About The Position
Provides regular consultative guidance to human resources (HR) leadership across assigned areas on how to efficiently embed best practices in employee engagement and preventative labor relations strategies specific to the environment. Provides leadership on the development and implementation of a competitive and systematic labor relations program at Sutter Health. Delivers both employee and labor expertise and thought leadership. Establishes a working environment that promotes a team approach to identifying, designing, and creating strategic solutions that address Sutter Health and its affiliates' most critical labor challenges and operational objectives. Provides system support to the affiliates including education, training, communication plans and anticipated activities to foster effective positive and/or preventative labor relations. The person selected for this role must come on site for work, meetings, etc. and live in the Sutter Health Northern California footprint. Travel throughout the region is a part of this role. This is not a remote position.
Requirements
- Broad working knowledge of Labor Relations and Employment laws and processes and a contemporary human resources perspective of labor relations.
- Knowledge of employment and employee relations, regulations, law and processes.
- Must be able to represent labor relations in an influential and persuasive way in dealing with a broad range of labor relations and human resources issues.
- Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of all areas human resources, including compensation, benefits, recruitment, workforce planning, human resource information systems, and training & development.
- Knowledge of dispute resolutions and mediation techniques.
- Must have the skills to effectively lead change and transition.
- Collaboration skills to facilitate open sharing of information between various areas of functional expertise within the system and the affiliates.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage/recommend through functional (vs. line) leadership and personal influence to achieve a positive effect.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation and interpersonal skills are required to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships in an extremely fast paced and demanding work environment.
- Analytical and conceptual skills.
- Ability to develop creative solutions.
- Must have demonstrated organizational skills with a keen attention to detail and the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and projects
- Must use systems thinking to recognize issues, synthesize, analyze, problem solve, evaluate, in decision-making and formulate breakthrough strategies and business plans for improvement and growth.
- Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
- 12 years recent relevant experience
- Bachelor's: Business Administration, Human Resources or related field
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
