Union Labor Relations

This position reports directly to the Director/Manager of Labor Relations, serving under the Vice President of Labor and Employee Relations and Employment Law.

Job Responsibilities:
-This position is responsible for maintaining an individual caseload working with a highly integrated team of attorney and non-attorney professionals with the stated objective of establishing and maintaining a positive labor-management relationship while protecting Sharp Healthcare's interests.
-The Labor Relations Partner role is responsible for processing union grievances up to the arbitration level, monitoring and ensuring management and union adherence to labor contract provisions, ensuring general compliance with State and Federal labor and employment laws under the guidance of Sr. LR professionals/attorneys, participating in union collective bargaining agreement negotiations and responding to internal and external inquiries from multiple sources including employees, management, union representatives and government entities.

Required Skills & Experience:
-Three (3) years of labor relations or like experience (including employee relations, human resources, compensation, workers compensation or related fields within in a unionized environment).
-Incumbents should demonstrate initiative, intelligence and critical thinking/analytical skills, creative problem solving skills, a strong work ethic and be comfortable working independently and as part of a team to help achieve the Sharp Healthcare Experience of being the Best place to work, Best place to practice medicine, and the Best place to receive care.
-Must have a broad range of knowledge in human resources, labor/employment law, or like function and serves in a system-wide capacity for the Sharp enterprise.
-The incumbent will participate on behalf of management and/or the Sharp enterprise in formal adversarial dispute resolution processes such as grievances, arbitrations, hearings, mediations, etc., and will be expected to have the ability to negotiate union grievances to completion.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-Three (3) years of experience in a labor relations role specifically in a healthcare setting.

Required Education:
-Bachelor’s degree 
OR
-Four (4) years related work experience may substitute for degree.

Preferred Education:
-Master's Degree.
-Juris Doctor