Interim HR Director, Labor & Employee Relations

About the role

Immediate need for a seasoned Human Resources Director, Employee and Labor Relations, to provide both strategic and hands‑on leadership for a health system with more than 2,900 employees.

Responsibilities

• Employee and labor relations
• Collective bargaining
• Employment law
• Investigations
• Conflict resolution
• Executive coaching
• Policy and change management
• Risk management
• Analytics
• Negotiation
• Leadership development
• Complex investigations
• Healthcare employment‑law compliance
• Union‑management relations
• Executive consultation
• High‑risk case management
• Translating ER/LR data into organizational action

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of progressive HR experience
• 5+ years specifically focused on employee/labor relations
• Healthcare or similarly complex, highly regulated environment strongly preferred
• Experience supporting a large, multi‑site workforce
• Significant union/labor relations experience (if applicable to the organization)
• Deep employee and labor relations expertise, including complex investigations and conflict resolution
• Healthcare/health‑system experience in a complex, highly regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws, particularly NLRA, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Title VII, and related requirements
• Understanding of collective bargaining and union‑management environment
• Executive‑level consultation and coaching skills, with the ability to influence physicians and senior clinical/operational leaders
• Experience managing high‑risk employee relations matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, workplace violence, and other sensitive issues
• Strong strategic and analytical capability—able to identify systemic workforce issues and turn ER/LR data into organizational action

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, Industrial/Labor Relations, or related field
• Master's degree preferred
• SHRM‑SCP, SPHR, or equivalent certification preferred

Skills

• Employee relations
• Labor relations
• Understanding of collective bargaining
• Employment law
• Workplace investigations
• Conflict resolution
• Executive coaching
• Policy development
• Change management
• Risk management
• Data analytics
• Negotiation
• Leadership development
• High integrity and discretion
• Excellent judgment
• Calm under pressure
• Strong communicator
• Politically savvy
• Comfortable with conflict
• Able to influence senior executives
• Fair and consistent
• Highly analytical
• Strong business acumen

Benefits

• Housing provided
• Car provided
• 2 paid weekends home per month