Employee Relations Specialist

We’re in search of an ER Specialist who’s experienced and use excellent judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for specific cases or problems based on analysis of the subject and course of action selected from various alternatives. The ER Specialist will conduct their daily business in a professional manner with internal and external Legal counsel teams.

This includes:

1. Gathers documents for Legal or outside counsel in preparation of grievance appeals.
2. Interprets and advises management on routine and complex contract administration questions to ensure they are administered consistently.
3. Research assigned aspects of law and arbitral precedent related to contract proposals and grievance matters, to ensure consistency with laws, discover precedent in the areas of law and arbitration and to support employer positions on contract language in negotiations and arbitrations.
4. Prepares graphs, charts, tables, and summarizes the economic implications of management and labor contract proposals.
5. Provides recommendations for language, cost, and impact on operating requirements for labor contract proposals.
6. Assists in preparing curriculum for administration of the terms and conditions of the labor agreement and on general and specific knowledge areas of Employee Relations, to ensure that the existing contract is consistently administered and that employee grievances are minimized, resolved, or processed correctly to arbitration, by selecting concepts, materials and training activities.
7. Reviews grievance records, research grievance arbitration decisions, and identifies and summarizes areas of existing contracts which have caused operating difficulties over the term of the contract.
8. Research, and presents case information in administrative forums for bargaining unit clarifications and related hearings.
9. Assists in the analysis and collection of data pertaining to investigations of complaints and charges of discrimination, unlawful workplace harassment and retaliation to prevent the violations of policy and federal and state laws.
10. Performs other related duties as required.

Desires Experience Below:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and four years relevant experience.
• Required Knowledge of: Labor relations and Human Resources Principles
• Maintains confidentiality
• Advance MSOffice and Administrative duties
• Personable, Flexible and handle pressure zones well.
• Detail orient, organized, multi task, strong written and verbal communication skills a must.