P240075 - Associate Director, Employee Relations

Reporting to Director of

, in this essential role you will strategically direct all aspects of employee management for multi-union, public sector University with a seven thousand plus employee count. This role requires you to be a motivated self-starter to manage a large and complex caseload of labor and employee relations issues with significant human resources cross-over.

Your responsibilities include:

• Collaboration with and trusted advisor to decanal units, university human resources, SUNY administration and union leadership requires a highly organized individual who can dynamically manage multiple and multifaceted cases within the same workday.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and anticipate client needs and apply understanding and/or perspective to solve problems and ensure outcomes in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate excellence in legal research, analysis and writing, including administrative and legal forum response, ADA accommodation request response, grievance response, and drafting disciplinary charges.
• Assist in educating and strengthening managers’ leadership skills, ensuring robust and equitable outcomes in addressing employee performance concerns.
• Self-directed administration of corrective action & grievance investigatory processes, including witness statements, employee interrogation and drafting disciplinary charges/grievance responses.
• Administer employee corrective action processes, with significant judgment to determine appropriate corrective response.
• Administer Step 1 grievance processes and serve as first assistant in later steps, through binding arbitration.
• Acknowledgement and consideration of employee sentiment; educating on alternate points of view, reinforcement of firm policies, programs, and stance on issues.
• Case preparation and presentation in administrative fora.
• CBA/policy administration, including extensive counsel to leadership re employee management.
• Understand the importance of and be comfortable in adhering to established perspective, processes, and protocols, to ensure consistency and standardization of workflow in a fair and equitable manner.
• Demonstrate an inspirational mindset, observing the highest degree of confidentiality in handling sensitive information.
• Serve as principal in labor management, including review and presentation on topical issues addressed by both management and labor.
• Lead workplace training in all areas of employee management, including employee workload and supervision, corrective action, workplace safety, workplace nepotism among others.
• Assist SUNY Counsel, OER Counsel, NYS Inspector General and NYS Attorney General in case management and investigations.

To be successful in this role, you will need strong interpersonal, analytical, communication and customer service skills to effectively communicate, educate and support university leadership, department chairs and support staff through complex labor and employment concerns.

Outstanding Benefits Package

Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. We support your growth and development through our career coaching and training department and we qualify as a public service loan forgiveness organization. Visit our

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University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.