Date Posted:

Octoebr 16, 2024

Salary:

$172,224 – $245,190.40 Annually

Description:

The County Labor Relations Chief is a single position classification which is characterized by its responsibility to develop and administer the County labor position including negotiating labor contracts, handling grievances, ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations, and fostering positive relationships between county management and employees. The incumbent serves as principal advisor to the Assistant Executive Officer (AEO), CEO, and Board of Supervisors on labor relations matters. The incumbent will initially report to the Director of Human Resources. The Labor Relations Chief will manage a constant workload directing all activities concerning the County’s 11 labor unions, 28 bargaining units and 3 non-represented plans. In addition, the Chief will manage two senior officers and three analysts in this endeavor. The Labor Relations Chief will work very closely with the Director of HR and AEO to coordinate strategy and will report frequently to the Board of Supervisors in closed sessions.

Qualifications:

• Education: A bachelor’s in human resources management, industrial/organizational psychology, public or business administration, behavioral science, or other job relevant field.

• Experience: All qualifying experience must be obtained within a public sector (i.e., government) agency or a large private sector employer with a large, union-represented workforce (500+ regular employees), including:

• Option 1 – Four (4) years of recent (at least one year within the last five years) professional level HR or labor law experience primarily performing labor relations functions (e.g., participating in collective bargaining negotiations, handling grievances and unfair labor practices charges, representing management at formal grievance arbitration hearings, etc.) OR

• Option 2 – Five (5) years of recent (at least one year within the last five years) professional level HR experience performing employee relations functions (e.g., advising and representing management on employee relations matters and handling employee grievances, investigation, disciplinary actions and hearings, participating in labor negotiations, etc.).

How to Apply:

For more details about this opportunity, please visit the job brochure at: https://koffassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/San-Bernardino-Labor-Relations-Chief-Final-Brochure-v3.pdf.

To be considered, please submit a resume, cover letter and five work-related references (who will not be contacted in the early stages of the recruitment) to: https://koffassociates.com/county-labor-relations-chief/. Resumes should reflect years and months of positions held as well as size of past organization(s).

For additional information please contact: Pete Smith, Senior Recruiter Tel: 510.342.3233 Peter_smith1@ajg.com

Website: https://koffassociates.com/

Filing Deadline:

11/15/2024