VP - Workforce Relations & Compliance

UCSF • San Francisco, CA

1d • $400,000 - $468,000

About The Position

The Vice President, Workforce Relations & Compliance provides strategic leadership for labor relations, employee relations, workforce compliance, policy governance, workforce accountability, and labor-management partnerships across UCSF Health and Campus. The position serves as a principal advisor to executive leadership on workforce strategy, labor relations, collective bargaining, workforce accountability, compliance, workforce policy, and workforce-related organizational risk. Working closely with the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), including the UC Office of General Counsel and UC Systemwide Labor Relations and Employee Relations, UCSF Campus Counsel, UC campuses, and UC Health systems, the Vice President represents UCSF's interests in systemwide labor relations initiatives, collective bargaining strategy, workforce policy development, labor litigation, and labor-management partnerships. The Vice President serves as the executive leader responsible for transforming Workforce Relations functions across UCSF by modernizing workforce policies, improving service delivery, simplifying processes, enhancing workforce experiences, and strengthening transparency, consistency, accountability, and responsiveness across labor relations, employee relations, compliance, and workforce governance programs. The position serves as UCSF's designated executive accountable for enterprise compliance with collective bargaining agreements, workforce policies, arbitration awards, settlement agreements, labor-management commitments, and workforce-related legal and regulatory requirements, including formal governance and oversight responsibilities established through labor agreements such as the AFSCME Article 5 Responsible Executive role. Through strategic leadership, governance, executive alignment, and organizational transformation, the Vice President advances a culture of accountability, consistency, partnership, and operational excellence that supports UCSF's mission and strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Strategic leadership
• Labor relations expertise
• Employee relations expertise
• Workforce compliance expertise
• Policy governance expertise
• Workforce accountability expertise
• Labor-management partnership development
• Advisory skills to executive leadership
• Knowledge of collective bargaining
• Understanding of workforce-related organizational risk
• Experience working with University of California Office of the President (UCOP)
• Experience working with UC Office of General Counsel
• Experience working with UC Systemwide Labor Relations and Employee Relations
• Experience working with UCSF Campus Counsel
• Experience working with UC campuses and UC Health systems
• Representation in systemwide labor relations initiatives
• Experience in collective bargaining strategy
• Experience in workforce policy development
• Experience in labor litigation
• Experience in transforming workforce relations functions
• Experience in modernizing workforce policies
• Experience in improving service delivery
• Experience in simplifying processes
• Experience in enhancing workforce experiences
• Experience in strengthening transparency, consistency, accountability, and responsiveness
• Executive accountability for compliance with collective bargaining agreements, workforce policies, arbitration awards, settlement agreements, labor-management commitments, and workforce-related legal and regulatory requirements
• Experience with formal governance and oversight responsibilities established through labor agreements (e.g., AFSCME Article 5 Responsible Executive role)
• Experience in organizational transformation
• Fostering a culture of accountability, consistency, and partnership
• Fostering operational excellence

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership for labor relations, employee relations, workforce compliance, policy governance, workforce accountability, and labor-management partnerships.
• Serves as a principal advisor to executive leadership on workforce strategy, labor relations, collective bargaining, workforce accountability, compliance, workforce policy, and workforce-related organizational risk.
• Represents UCSF's interests in systemwide labor relations initiatives, collective bargaining strategy, workforce policy development, labor litigation, and labor-management partnerships.
• Transforms Workforce Relations functions by modernizing workforce policies, improving service delivery, simplifying processes, enhancing workforce experiences, and strengthening transparency, consistency, accountability, and responsiveness.
• Serves as UCSF's designated executive accountable for enterprise compliance with collective bargaining agreements, workforce policies, arbitration awards, settlement agreements, labor-management commitments, and workforce-related legal and regulatory requirements.
• Advances a culture of accountability, consistency, partnership, and operational excellence.

What This Job Offers

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