Labor Relations Specialist

About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city’s five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

Work Shifts

9:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares progress reports, develops summaries and reports status of work, disciplinary and investigatory matters.
• Prepares analysis of impact of union requests on health care settings operations and prepares rebuttals and strategies to deal with such, including recommendations for management’s counter requests prior to discussion.
• Investigates and processes employee grievances, prepares reports and provides recommendations for effective resolution.
• Serves as a Hearing Officer for grievances. Represents the Corporation, when appealed to City Office of Labor Relations and at arbitration hearings.
• Participates in meetings and maintains liaison with union representatives in the discussion of labor-management matters to seek resolution of Corporate or local issues.
• Discusses local health care settings issues and resolution with personnel-labor relations management staff. Maintains ongoing contact with health care settings representatives.
• Congducts labor relations research for the development of labor-management programs, and preparation of meetings. Prepares studies and reports in support of programmatic recommendations and conduct of activities of the Office of Labor Relations.
• Performs other related duties, as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Personnel, Public or Business Administration, Economics, Management, Law or a related discipline; and three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in area of labor relations, including negotiation and administration of agreements of labor relations matters;
• A combination of training and experience, which is equivalent to “1” above. Higher-level of education may be substituted for one (1) year of experience, however only education above a Bachelor’s level can be counted towards substitution for experience. Therefore, all candidates must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in one of the disciplines listed in “1” above, or a closely related discipline.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retail Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

How To Apply

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