Director, Employee and Labor Relations

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Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

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Tufts University School of Dental Medicine is a prestigious institution dedicated to advancing dental education, research, and patient care. As part of Tufts University, it offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs in dental medicine, fostering an environment of intellectual growth and innovation. The school emphasizes a commitment to diversity and community engagement, providing students with ample opportunities for hands-on learning and research. Located near Boston, it benefits from a vibrant academic and healthcare community. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine is renowned for its contributions to dental science and its efforts to prepare students to lead in an evolving global landscape.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1868

📚 Education

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📋 Description

• Provides strategic consultation to executives, operational leaders, and HR partners on complex labor and employee relations matters. • Leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of system-wide labor and employee relations strategies, policies, and practices. • Serves as a thought partner in organizational change initiatives, ensuring alignment with labor agreements and workforce engagement strategies. • Directs, supervises, mentors, and develops a team of Employee and Labor Relations and Compliance staff. • Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities. • Plans and organizes a program of employee and labor union relations to prevent and mediate employee disputes and grievances. • Advises and guides HR Business Partners and other leadership with the interpretation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Human Resources policies. • Participates and facilitates mediation with employees and union representatives, identifying legal issues for referral to legal counsel. • Participates as a member of negotiating team for MNA and 1199SEIU contract negotiations. Drives needed operational changes to support operational changes necessary to implement changes to the collective bargaining agreement. • Ensures hospital-wide compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and accrediting standards, which impact the broad range of human resources programs. • Serves as primary liaison to legal counsel in addressing legal issues e.g. employment, labor relations, mitigation & avoidance. • Identifies legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions and ensure policies, procedures, and reporting are in compliance. This includes, but is not limited to, providing and implementing best practices; audit processes, and staying current with industry changes to ensure Tufts Medical Center remains compliant; creating and leading teams to improve and streamline compliance systems as needed. • Oversees and directs the organization’s labor relations function, including collective bargaining strategy and negotiations for multiple bargaining units in consultations with the System-Director of Employee and Labor Relations. • Monitor changes in labor and employment law and advise leadership on potential impacts. • Ensures all labor and employee relations activities comply with applicable employment laws, labor regulations, accreditation standards, and organizational policies. • Develops and delivers training to leaders, HR partners, and employees on respectful workplace practices, contract interpretation, investigations, and conflict resolution. • Fosters a high-performing, collaborative team culture focused on service excellence, equity, and accountability. • Leads process improvement initiatives in consultation with subject matter experts and other stakeholders to drive standardization and continuous improvement of labor and employee relations processes and tools. • Develops and maintains Employee and Labor relations dashboard to capture relevant data and proactively identify trends.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations or a related field. • Eight (8) or more years of related experience in Labor and Employee Relations. • Experience managing in a unionized environment. • Master’s degree or JD in a related field, such as Human Resources, Business Administration, Law, or a related field (preferred). • Ten (10) or more years of related experience in Labor and Employee Relations and/or Human Resources (preferred). • Certification in Human Resources (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CHRL, AWI-CH) (preferred). • Process improvement certification (e.g., six-sigma) (preferred).

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Comprehensive Total Rewards package supporting health, financial security, and career growth