Labor Relations Consultant (Remote)

W2 only, no C2C. Must be authorized to work in the US (both now and in the future). 3–6 month contract with potential to become permanent. Remote role based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

About the role

This position leads the strategic planning, coordination, execution, and implementation of labor relations initiatives while supporting the establishment of a Labor Relations function. The consultant will serve as an operational lead, creating structure and accountability, driving organizational readiness, and ensuring successful program execution. The role collaborates closely with Human Resources, Employee Relations, Legal, Operations, Communications, Compliance, and executive stakeholders to build infrastructure, coordinate labor readiness efforts, establish governance processes, and implement sustainable labor relations practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive Labor Relations initiatives, including strategic plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Build and maintain a master implementation roadmap across multiple labor-related workstreams, ensuring projects remain on schedule and within scope.
• Establish project management discipline, governance processes, and accountability mechanisms for the developing Labor Relations function.
• Facilitate governance meetings, working sessions, steering committee discussions, and stakeholder meetings while maintaining clear action-item ownership and follow-through.
• Develop executive-level dashboards, status reports, steering committee updates, and other reporting mechanisms to communicate progress, risks, priorities, and decisions.
• Identify and integrate relevant internal and external data sources to support labor-related reporting and informed decision-making.
• Support the implementation of labor relations operating models, policies, procedures, playbooks, toolkits, and organizational resources.
• Coordinate labor readiness and union preparedness initiatives across HR, Employee Relations, Legal, Operations, Clinical, Communications, Compliance, and business leadership.
• Support labor risk assessment and issue escalation processes, including maintaining risk logs and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Monitor labor-related trends, organizational readiness indicators, regulatory and legislative developments, and other factors that may affect labor initiatives.
• Develop and maintain labor relations dashboards, project trackers, readiness metrics, and reporting tools.
• Coordinate labor relations training programs, leadership readiness activities, and manager education resources; some travel may be required to support training and readiness efforts.
• Partner with Communications and key stakeholders on change management initiatives, communication plans, rollout schedules, and implementation activities.
• Monitor adoption and effectiveness of labor relations processes, programs, tools, and training initiatives.
• Create and maintain project documentation, governance records, implementation materials, meeting materials, decision logs, and audit-ready records.
• Document standard operating procedures, workflows, repeatable processes, and knowledge management resources for the developing function.
• Maintain organized document repositories to ensure critical materials and deliverables are accessible and transferable.
• Develop knowledge transfer and transition plans to support the permanent Labor Relations team.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on priorities, deliverables, implementation requirements, and decision-making while ensuring consistency across labor-related initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Public Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting labor relations, with progressive labor relations experience.
• Strong expertise in project planning, program implementation, governance, risk management, issue management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience supporting labor relations, employee relations, workforce transformation, labor compliance, collective bargaining, or related workforce initiatives.
• Experience coordinating labor readiness or union preparedness initiatives, preferably within a unionized environment.
• Ability to establish structure, accountability, and sustainable project management practices within a developing or evolving function.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, dependencies, deadlines, and stakeholders.
• Experience developing executive-ready dashboards, status reports, governance materials, and decision-support reporting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify, organize, and integrate internal and external data to support decision-making.
• Exceptional organizational, documentation, and knowledge management capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executive and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, collaboration platforms, and project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting executive governance, steering committees, and large-scale organizational change initiatives.
• Experience within healthcare, behavioral health, or another highly regulated environment.
• PMP, PgMP, Prosci, Lean, Six Sigma, or an equivalent project or change management certification.