LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST

Essential Functions

• As assigned, serves as a hearing officer pursuant to the various relevant contractual provisions at the second and third levels of the grievance process.
• Serves as a labor relations liaison, providing technical assistance on all negotiated collective bargaining contracts, state and federal statutes, executive orders, and DCFS policies relating to personnel practices.
• In coordination with appropriate management staff, as directed, provides input into labor/management meetings and ongoing informal discussions with union representatives to communicate Department policies and listen to employee concerns.
• Conducts formal training sessions for management staff regarding contract administration, collective bargaining agreement revisions, and labor relations policies.
• Serves as an active member of the management team, providing members with information on various labor relations matters.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college.
• Requires two years of professional human resources experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of professional experience in the field of labor relations in a public or business organization.
• 3 years of professional experience working in the administration and application of collective bargaining contracts in a public or business organization.
• 2 years of professional experience working in the administration and application of Federal Merit Standards, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, and/or the Civil Rights Act in a public or business organization.
• 2 years of professional experience serving as a hearing officer regarding contractual provisions in a public or business organization.
• 2 years of professional experience serving in a liaison capacity in a public or business organization.
• 2 years of professional experience conducting formal training sessions in a public or business organization.

Conditions of Employment

1. Requires ability to pass a background check.
2. Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver's license.
3. The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
   
   

About the Agency

DCFS is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children.  Our goal is to protect children by strengthening and supporting families.  In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus.