Executive Director, Labor Counsel

City of New York • New York, NY

8d • $83,718 - $223,299 • Onsite

About The Position

The New York City Police Department is seeking an Executive Director, Labor Counsel to lead its labor law strategy. This role involves representing the Department in various legal proceedings related to employee grievances, disciplinary hearings, arbitration, and improper practice petitions. The Executive Director will work in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of Labor Relations and provide legal advice to high-level executives. The Office of Labor Relations is responsible for centralized direction of labor and employment issues, including collective bargaining with over 40 unions, research on proposals, case preparation for mediation and arbitration, and implementation of new agreements. The Executive Director will serve as the chief labor law advisor to the Deputy Commissioner of Management and Budget, providing guidance on legal issues, labor and employment law, disciplinary matters, and contractual interpretation. This position also involves managing employee grievances and civilian disciplinary cases, including supervising Step II disciplinary hearings, and representing the Department in labor/management meetings and during collective bargaining.

Requirements

• Admission to the New York State Bar
• Four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar
• Eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
• Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the chief labor law advisor to the Deputy Commissioner, Management and Budget.
• Provides the staff with advice and guidance on legal issues, labor law, employment law, disciplinary issues and contractual interpretation and supervises related work.
• Provides legal advice and counsel to high level Department executives on the application of relevant labor rules, laws, contracts, and regulations.
• Manages and resolves employee grievances.
• Manages and resolves civilian disciplinary cases and supervises all Step II disciplinary hearings.
• Represents the Department at Labor/Management meetings with uniformed and civilian unions.
• Represents the Department's interests during collective bargaining.

Benefits

• health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26
• union benefits such as dental and vision coverage
• paid annual leave and sick leave
• paid holidays
• a pension
• optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed