Senior Labor Relations Manager, Human Resources, Labor Relations

SENIOR LABOR RELATIONS MANAGER, Human Resources, Labor Relations Tracking Code24500606540214Job Description

This management role will manage and facilitate the employee and LABOR RELATIONS functions on behalf of Boston University for represented employees under the University's HR/Labor Relations directorate.

Provides expert advice and counsel on all aspects of employee and LABOR RELATIONS matters, including policies, procedures, performance management issues, workforce support and engagement, wage and hour matters, conflict resolution, including managing union and non-union faculty and staff grievances, mediations, arbitrations and employment and labor laws.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in Employee and/or Labor Relations; a Juris Doctorate with a focus on employment and labor law is preferred.
• 5 years of professional employee and/or LABOR RELATIONS experience; service inside of an human resource administration, including two years in employee relations preferred OR its equivalent through training, education, and other experience.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred
  Skills:
  
• The successful candidate must have at least five (5) years of LABOR RELATIONS experience in a unionized setting.
• The successful candidate must also possess an advanced degree, preferably a J.D. with a focus on labor management relations.
  Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Thorough understanding of state and federal laws concerning employment and LABOR RELATIONS laws.
• Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, and policies.
• Thorough understanding of all aspects of employee relations, workplace investigations, and current and future dispute resolution and labor negotiation techniques.
• Thorough understanding of compensation administration.
• Ability to remain tactful, calm, and persuasive in controversial and/or confrontational situations.
• Ability to litigate employment and labor disputes.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job LocationBOSTON, Massachusetts, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular