Employee Relations Specialist(ER Specialist)-Onsite Role

Position: Employee Relations Specialist(ER Specialist)

Location : Los Angeles CA -Onsite Role

Duration: Long Term

Classification: Employee Relations Specialist(ER Specialist) for our Human Resources Department at our Headquarters downtown Los Angeles. --Our office hours begin at 7:00am 4:30pm.

JOB SUMMARY

This is the journey level performing Employee Relations Specialist job duties.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Positions at this level are fully competent and use judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as policies regulations precedents and work directions for application to specific cases or problems.

The decision regarding what needs to be done depends upon the analysis of the subject phase or issues involved in each assignment and the chosen course of action may have to be selected from many alternatives.

The work involves treating a variety of conventional problems questions or situations in conformance with established criteria.

OVERSIGHT

Supervision Received: Receives direction from the Team Unit Section or Group Manager.

Supervision Given: May act as a lead. May Coordinate and review work assignments of employees performing the same general work as the lead on a day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities may involve solving problems and providing instructions on work procedures.

JOB DUTIES

1. Gathers documents for Legal or outside counsel in preparation of grievance appeals.

2. Interprets and advises management on routine and complex contract administration questions to ensure they are administered consistently.

3. Researches assigned aspects of law and arbitral precedent related to contract proposals and grievance matters to ensure consistency with laws discover precedent in the areas of law and arbitration and to support employer positions on contract language in negotiations and arbitrations.

4. Prepares graphs charts tables and summarizes the economic implications of management and labor contract proposals.

5. Provides recommendations for language cost and impact on operating requirements for labor contract proposals.

6. Assists in preparing curriculum for administration of the terms and conditions of the labor agreement and on general and specific knowledge areas of Employee Relations to ensure that the existing contract is consistently administered and that employee grievances are minimized resolved or processed correctly to arbitration by selecting concepts materials and training activities.

7. Reviews grievance records researches grievance arbitration decisions and identifies and summarizes areas of existing contracts which have caused operating difficulties over the term of the contract.

8. Researches and presents case information in administrative forums for bargaining unit clarifications and related hearings.

9. Assists in the analysis and collection of data pertaining to investigations of complaints and charges of discrimination unlawful workplace harassment and retaliation to prevent the violations of policy and

federal and state laws.

10. Performs other related duties as required.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and four years relevant experience.

Required Knowledge of: Labor relations and Human Resources principles practices and procedures; research methods and techniques; methods and equipment including multi-line phones copiers facsimile machines and computers.

Required Skills and Abilities to: Organize ideas conceptualize problems categorize relevant and irrelevant data; prepare reports; communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; operate office equipment including computers and supporting applications.

CERTIFICATES LICENSES and REGISTRATIONS REQUIREMENTS

Valid California Class C Driver License that allows you to drive in the course of your employment.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT/VISION REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands: The work is sedentary. Typically the employee may sit comfortably to do the work.

However there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as paper books or small parts; driving an automobile etc.

No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

MWD: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Work Environment: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices meeting and training rooms librariesand residences or commercial vehicles e.g. use of safe work practices with office equipmentavoidance of trips and falls observance of fire regulations and traffic signals etc.

The work area is adequately lighted heated and ventilated.

Vision Requirements: No special vision requirements

This classification performs work that requires maintaining confidentiality and is routinely privy to matters that either involves confidential information sensitive personnel issues or exposure to confidential and sensitive strategic corporate information.

Desires Experience Below:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and four years relevant experience.
• Required Knowledge of: Labor relations and Human Resources Principles
• Maintains confidentiality
• Lead investigations
• Advance MSOffice and Ad Administrative duties
• Know and understand CBA laws Rules and regulations
• Experience working in a union environment
• Personable Flexible and handle pressure zones well.
• Detail orient organized multi task strong written and verbal communication skills a must.
• Valid California Class C Driver License that allows you to drive in the course of your employment.
• Non active CalPERS members