NATURE OF WORK

Employees in this class are responsible for participating in planning, organizing, and conducting employee relations activities for the municipal government. Under general supervision, employees perform assignments of considerable difficulty requiring the exercise of reasonable initiative and independent judgment in drafting, interpreting, and implementing rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Work is performed in accordance with state and federal guidelines, legislation, accepted practices, existing arrangements, and union contracts with which the municipal government must comply. Employees participate, as required, in: discipline administration; grievance administration processes including arbitration or other grievance appeal processes; EEO complaint investigations; and, unemployment compensation hearings. As members of the city negotiating team in the collective bargaining process, these employees do research to develop negotiation strategy for consideration by superiors, draft contractual language, perform research, costing of union and city proposals, and prepare materials for Special Magistrate and legislative impasse procedures. Requires working effectively and directly with city-wide departmental management and supervisory personnel to provide guidance and direction on discipline, grievance and union contract/personnel policies matters as well as coordinating and completing actions. Work is reviewed while in progress and upon completion through conferences, written reports and results obtained.

Preference will be given to those candidates who have previous experience working in Public Sector.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's, preferably a master’s, degree in public or business administration, with emphasis on industrial relations, and three (3) years of professional human resources experience with accountability for employee relations programs, labor relations and/or human resources management.

Preference will be given to those candidates who have previous experience working in Public Sector.

LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS

Possession of a valid driver's license required.

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