Director, Department of Labor Relations

• Managing the agency’s overall case docket to ensure compliance with case management guidelines while ensuring balanced staff workloads;
• Establishing and adhering to an annual budget, monitoring fee revenue and expenditures by conducting a regular analysis of all operational and financial matters;
• Establishing an agency strategic plan and designing, developing and implementing new or revised practices and technology to operationalize plan objectives;
• Hiring all staff, setting performance standards and evaluating staff performance; establishing all staff training programs;
• Promulgating regulations as required;
• Handling complex contract and unfair labor practice mediations.

The successful applicant must be familiar must be familiar with the DLR, Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) and the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB) purpose and structure, and should have prior hands-on experience with labor relations, preferably public sector labor relations, (e.g. participating in contract negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations, structuring bargaining units, processing grievances and/or unfair labor practices in addition to demonstrated management experience.

The appointment or reappointment of the Director will be made by the governor from names submitted by the DLR advisory council. The DLR advisory council will review all applications for nomination and consider the following factors: (1) basis understanding of the Commonwealth's public sector labor relations law; (2) decision-making skills; (3) a law degree; and (4) demonstrated familiarity with legal processes. The advisory council will rank each candidate as qualified, unqualified, or highly qualified. The Governor may select a candidate recommended by the advisory council; provided, however, that the Governor may decline to appoint any of the proffered candidates, in which case the council will reopen the application process and submit new candidates for the Governor's consideration.

Applicants must attach a resume and cover letter to their online application.

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