Labor Relations Negotiator Senior
About The Position
The King County Office of the Executive Labor Relations team is seeking an experienced and collaborative professional to join our office as a senior Labor Negotiator. This is an excellent opportunity to play a role in supporting progressive labor and employee relations at King County. This position will lead the development and implementation of the County’s labor relations goals, policies and priorities while managing the negotiations process with King County agencies, including advising on the interpretation and application of labor agreements, discharging bargaining obligations, and conducting grievance hearings. In addition, this position may provide support in administrative hearings involving unfair labor practices, bargaining unit clarifications, union representation proceedings, classification appeals, grievances, and interest arbitration hearings. This position also serves as a strategic advisor to management on labor and employment laws, personnel matters, contract administration and briefs senior management and elected officials on labor policies and complex and/or county-wide labor relations issues. This position will report directly to a Labor Relations Manager and have extensive contact with all levels of County management, elected County Officials, interagency professionals, labor union representatives, and legal counsel. ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LABOR RELATIONS TEAM This team is within the Office of the Executive, with approximately 16 employees, the majority are Labor Negotiators who negotiate and help administer the County's 80 Labor Agreements covering approximately 14,400 employees. http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/labor-relations.aspx
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience with labor contract administration and labor/management committees.
- Experience applying labor and employment law and consulting with clients and stakeholders on labor and employment issues.
- Experience conducting research, assistance with preparing exhibits and preparing cases for arbitration.
- Experience drafting language in legal documents such as; memoranda of agreement, settlement agreements, collective bargaining agreements, and grievance responses.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to use organizational systems to identify priorities and manage a complicated work environment with multi-faceted needs.
- An interest in and commitment to continuous improvement.
- Experience as the lead spokesperson negotiating and administering complex labor agreements for organizations with multiple stakeholders (public officials, department directors, employees, and labor unions).
- Public sector experience in the representation of clients in labor law hearings.
Nice To Haves
- Desired experience in contract negotiation, mediation, and other forms of pre-litigation conflict resolution, as well as grievance and discipline analysis.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the chief spokesperson on complex labor contracts.
- Serve as lead litigator on behalf of the County in interest arbitration hearing litigation from pleadings and discovery to pre-hearing, hearing, settlement and appeal.
- Lead projects teams with broad impacts to represented employees county-wide and manage all aspects from inception to conclusion, including assembling and coordinating joint labor-management project teams.
- Anticipate unique and complex issues that have a broad impact on represented employees county-wide and make recommendations to resolve.
- Represent the Office of the Executive Labor Relations Team and/or the Executive Branch in the formulation and adoption by Council of labor related policies, ordinances and motions, including attending Council meetings, when required.
- Represent the County and agencies in collective bargaining, grievance hearings, and mediation.
- Represent the County in all phases of administrative hearings before the Public Employment Relations Commission involving unfair labor practices, bargaining unit clarification, union representation proceedings; before the King County Personnel Board involving classification appeals, suspensions and discharges, from pleadings and discovery to pre-hearing, hearing, settlement and appeal.
- Research, draft and propose updates to legislation and the impacts and Office’s position on proposed changes to state legislation.
- Develop and conduct training on labor relations and labor law.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
