System Director of Labor Relations

Details:

Posted: August 7, 2024
Level: Management / Confidential (Executive 2)
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Closing Date: The committee will begin review of applications immediately. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.

Location:

CSCU System Office
61 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105 
**This position is not remote**
For more information, please visit the campus website or www.ct.edu/hr/jobs

Connecticut State Colleges & Universities Mission:

The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) contribute to the creation of knowledge and the economic growth of the state of Connecticut by providing affordable, innovative, and rigorous programs. Our learning environments transform students and facilitate an ever-increasing number of individuals to achieve their personal and career goals.

CSCU Vision:

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities will build on its long and successful history by working collectively - within and across institutions - and by engaging external partners to increase the number of students pursuing and completing personally and professionally rewarding certificate and degree programs, improving their social mobility, and helping the state to meet its current and future workforce demands.

CSCU Equity Statement:

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date: 

October 2024

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources and Labor Relations, the System Director of Labor Relations serves as the Chief Negotiator and chief labor relations strategist for the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities System (CSCU System). The position provides strategic advice, guidance, direction, and representation to the CSCU System in connection with unclassified (faculty and non-teaching professionals) and classified employee labor relations including contract administration and collective bargaining negotiations.

The position develops and maintains extensive and productive relationships with Senior Leadership for the CSCU System, the Board of Regents, campus and institutional HR personnel/administrators, the finance and administration functions, the compliance functions, campus and institutional diversity and equity personnel/administrators, the Compliance Office, Office of the General Counsel, and campus and system office leadership, and all bargaining units.

The position has system wide responsibility, inclusive of all CSCU institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents, for negotiation and application/interpretation of all Labor Relations issues.

Example of Job Duties:

The following examples of duties illustrate the general range of tasks assigned to the position but are not intended to define the limits of required duties. Other essential duties may be assigned consistent with the general scope of the position.

• Provides strategic direction and guidance in the delivery and administration of labor relations services to contribute to the effective utilization and management of the CSCU System across all universities, CT State, the system office and Charter Oak.
• Serves as a lead negotiator, or in conjunction with Labor Counsel and outside counsel, in collective bargaining and the negotiation of labor contracts; develops and directs the research and support for contract administration and negotiations; supervises Labor Relations staff in gathering and analyzing data needed for negotiations with unclassified employee unions and for other labor relations functions; forms and trains negotiation teams on the bargaining process, develops and implements contract proposals at the bargaining table; directs the solicitation of changes and the recommendation of proposals regarding classified contracts in connection with Statewide contract negotiations.
• Develops, recommends, and implements policies, procedures, and best practices in the effective management of labor and employee relations administration across the CSCU System; develops strategic initiatives to streamline and formalize the delivery of labor relations services.
• Responsible for defending the assets and resources of all CSCU institutions in labor and employee matters and