BOARD AGENT / INVESTIGATOR
Springfield, IL, US, 62702
Board Agent/Investigator - Technical Advisor II
Agency: Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
Position Title: Technical Advisor II
Closing Date/Time: 10/25/2024
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $6,339 - $9,178
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None
The IELRB is the state agency responsible for administering the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (IELRA), which establishes the rights of educational employees to organize and bargain collectively. Some of the methods the IELRB employs to protect these rights include conducting on-site ballot elections to determine educational employees’ preferences regarding union representation; certifying and clarifying bargaining units; investigating unfair labor practice charges; ruling on unfair labor practice charges; and conducting hearings and issuing formal decisions to decide labor disputes between educational employees and their employers. The IELRB utilizes a three-tiered adjudicatory process: all initial cases are reviewed and decided by the agency Executive Director; all hearings are conducted and decided by one of the Board Agents; and all appeals and final orders are heard and decided by the agency’s five-member Board.
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Position Overview
The IELRB is seeking to hire a Technical Advisor II to perform specialized legal work related to the administration of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act under the direction of the Executive Director. The Technical Advisor would conduct formal hearings in unfair labor practice cases and representation matters, investigate complex unfair labor practice charges, review legal petitions for certification of employee labor units; perform online legal research, draft and prepare written investigative reports, legal orders, and certifications and conduct on-site elections and mediations between adverse parties.
Essential Functions
- Conducts investigations of representation cases including, but not limited to, reviewing representation petitions, gathering testimonial and documentary evidence from the parties involved, conducting legal research, legal writing, securing consent election agreements, conducting representation elections.
- Under the direct supervision of the Executive Director, performs labor relations investigative work including, but not limited to, investigates representation and unfair labor practice cases, conducts secret ballot elections, conducts representation and unfair labor practice hearings. Conducts legal writing and research.
- Conducts specialized administrative hearings and legal hearings concerning issues of fact or law raised in unfair labor practice cases.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires graduation from a recognized law school.
- Requires possession of a valid license to practice law in Illinois.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefers basic proficiency in utilizing Microsoft WORD or similar word processing software.
- Prefers two (2) years professional experience conducting online legal research using West Law or Lexis.
- Prefers two (2) years of experience analyzing, appraising, organizing facts, evidence and precents involving a moderately complex problem.
- Prefers completion of one (1) or more labor law classes or related classes in law school.
- Prefers two (2) years of experience presenting material regarding a moderately complex problem in a clear and logical form in written media as briefs, memoranda, summarizations, research reports or regulations.
- Prefers two (2) years of working experience demonstrating the ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with peers, co-workers, outside practitioners or customers and others to successfully complete the work.
- Prefers two (2) years of practical experience working in a team setting to complete organizational goals.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires possession of a valid driver’s license or an ability to travel.
The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am - 5 00pm
Work Location: One Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL 62702-1813
Agency Contact: Cathy Banks
Email: cathy.a.banks@illinois.gov
Phone #: 312 793-3170
Posting Group: Education; Legal, Audit & Compliance
The IELRB is the state agency responsible for administering the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (IELRA), which establishes the rights of educational employees to organize and bargain collectively. Some of the methods the IELRB employs to protect these rights include conducting on-site ballot elections to determine educational employees’ preferences regarding union representation; certifying and clarifying bargaining units; investigating unfair labor practice charges; ruling on unfair labor practice charges; and conducting hearings and issuing formal decisions to decide labor disputes between educational employees and their employers. The IELRB utilizes a three-tiered adjudicatory process: all initial cases are reviewed and decided by the agency Executive Director; all hearings are conducted and decided by one of the Board Agents; and all appeals and final orders are heard and decided by the agency’s five-member Board.
The benefits of working at Educational Labor Relations Board include a 37 ½ hour work week, a generous salary and benefits package (paid time off for vacation, sick, or personal leave, thirteen holidays) pension and other retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and insurance eligibility on day one (medical, dental, vision, and life). A Student Loan Forgiveness Program is available for qualified applicants.
Revolving Door:
Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during State employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (“OEIG”) or may be subject to a fine.
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Nearest Major Market: Springfield