Senior Labor Relations Manager

Arlington County VA•Arlington, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The County Manager’s Office is seeking a Senior Labor Relations Manager to join our team! This position will report to the Chief Labor Relations Officer (CLRO) and provide senior-level advice and consultation to the CLRO, County leadership, and other stakeholders on a broad range of collective bargaining matters, primarily including economic costing and fiscal analysis of economic proposals in contract negotiations. Additionally, this position will coordinate efforts with the Human Resources Department (HRD) to ensure that internal HR processes (e.g. pay-related changes, schedule changes, etc.) support implementation of agreements negotiated with the County’s certified bargaining units.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree Human Resources, Employment and Labor Law, Public Finance or Business Administration, or related field.
Significant professional experience in compensation design and fiscal analysis, the navigation of employee relations, labor relations, collective bargaining, preferably in a government environment.
Background Check: A pre-employment criminal records check will be conducted. It will include checks of the following: criminal record, driving record, education, professional licensure, and credit history.
Driver's License: Applicant must possess, or obtain by time of appointment, a valid driver’s license, and must provide or authorize Arlington County to obtain a copy of the official driving record.
Letter of Interest: A complete application includes a letter of interest.

Nice To Haves

Graduate level degrees in these areas (e.g., Master’s, JD) may be given preference.
Additional education can be substituted for the experience requirement.
Thorough knowledge of compensation design and analysis, benchmarking, and budget formation techniques, including knowledge of how to develop multi-year cost projections.
Knowledge of labor law.
Writing skills to compose and edit reports, presentations, proposals, written agreements, procedures, policies, recommendations, etc.
Interpersonal skills to coordinate with and/or manage others, resolve complaints, maintain liaison and speak in public.
Problem solving skills to define problems and collect relevant information to recommend policy solutions.

Responsibilities

Providing day-to-day guidance to managers and supervisors, in consultation with CLRO, on the interpretation and application of collective agreements, as well as on addressing labor relations issues and related work and pay practices.
Assisting the CLRO and County leadership with designing and analyzing compensation and budget scenarios as they prepare, enter, and conduct contract negotiations, including interest arbitrations, with unions.
Leading and performing work related to conducting salary surveys, benchmarking County labor practices/policies with other organizations, and developing costing models to assist County leadership with planning for new contract negotiations.
Developing economic package alternatives/options for consideration, including multi-year cost projections and reviewing and drafting related proposals and counter-proposals.
Providing day-to-day guidance to managers and supervisors on collective bargaining and related work practices matters.
Coordinating with the HRD on key operational processes to ensure negotiated terms, particularly as they relate to pay, are properly executed, tracked, and audited.
Conducting meetings with the CLRO, employees, department representatives, and union representatives to negotiate both formal and informal resolution of disputes.
Assisting the CLRO and County leadership with a wide range of administrative proceedings to resolve conflicts and complaints affecting unions and bargaining unit employees.