Director Labor Relations

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Director, Labor Relations
Duties: Formulate and administer RISD labor relations programs and strategy. Collaborate with senior leaders and managers to assess needs and define priorities on an ongoing basis. Administer and ensure compliance with the spirit and the intent of collective bargaining agreements. Serve as the lead spokesperson in the collective bargaining process. Plan, organize and lead negotiations for original and successor agreements, including understanding, interpreting, and posturing benchmarking data and preparation of collective bargaining proposals. Provide advice, assistance, and advocacy to faculty, staff, and administrators with regard to matters of labor and employment law, including organizing, union elections, campaigns, unfair labor practices, disability, discrimination, investigations, and litigation; recommend legal strategies consistent with and in furtherance of the College’s mission and values. Advise senior officers on action and communication required to comply with federal and state labor and employment law and to promote a positive labor relations climate. Review, negotiate, and/or draft contracts and other legal documents relating to labor and employment matters, including employment contracts, settlement agreements, and separation /severance agreements. Responsible for the contractual grievance process. Prepare and present the College’s position in labor arbitration, or other third party proceedings, including investigation of facts and research of labor texts and arbitrators’ decisions, precedent cases, witness information, and other relevant documents. Represent the College and generate position statements as appropriate. Coordinate and/or conduct investigations into alleged violations of RISD policies, including harassment, discrimination, standards of conduct and other matters of employee and College concern. Promote an environment of positive labor and employee relations through the development of fair and consistent application of Labor Relations strategies. Establish mechanisms to collect employee input and feedback on issues that affect a positive employee climate. Facilitate solutions to a wide variety of complaints including complex employee relations issues. Thoroughly investigate claims, help to mitigate legal risk, mediate disputes to resolution, and follow issues to conclusion. Build and maintain collaborative working relationships with all union officials. Participates and/or leads joint labor-management committees. Track labor relations cases and issues in order to identify trends over time. Advise senior management on trends and develop strategies and programs in response to trend data. Stays aware of current legal trends in the labor and employment area and advises senior management on the same. Identify labor relations and employment law training needs throughout the community. Develop and/or deliver training to address these needs as appropriate. Maintain the Labor Relations portion of the Human Resources web site including posting labor updates. Develop a labor communication strategy working with Media and other RISD departments.

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