Negotiations and Policy Consultant Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51890)

Description

If you are a highly motivated team player and self-starter with a keen interest in labour relations, consider this temporary opportunity to join the City of Edmonton as a Negotiations and Policy Consultant! This position reports to a Senior Negotiator and is part of a team of labour relations professionals. Using a strategic mindset, combined with your in-depth technical labour relations knowledge and experience, you will support collective bargaining activities and develop, implement, and evaluate programs and policies related to a wide array of labour and employment matters. A systems thinking approach and keen political awareness are key to ensuring your success in this role. Success will also be measured by your ability to achieve results in a respectful, inclusive and service-minded way.

What will you do?

Labour Relations Programs & Policy:

• Provide key labour relations expertise through the preparatory phases leading up to the transformation of the City's HR and payroll systems
• Research and develop the development of labour relations and organizational policy in response to changes in organizational direction, agreements with unions, establishment of new case law, and legislative updates
• Plan, design, and implement significant special projects and initiatives, often involving multiple union stakeholders, multiple business areas, and applying to varied employee populations with different terms and conditions of employment
• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, tools and resources to ensure that the Labour Relations team, and in turn the clients we serve, are making sound and defensible labour relations decisions. This work may include, for example, developing collective agreement interpretation guidance documents
• Lead the development and delivery of labour relations education for clients
• Provide advice to a variety of clients throughout the organization, identifying risk and providing options for mitigating risks that meet the business area's needs while complying and aligning with applicable legislation, policies, and collective bargaining agreements
• Present complex ideas to diverse audiences and building positive relationships

Dispute Resolution:

• Apply alternative dispute resolution techniques to resolve high level disputes between management and Unions
• Support the City's labour relations response to new and emerging issues that have multi-union impacts
• Support the development and execution of strategies for resolution of issues that have wide-spread impacts and implications
• Research and prepare for disputes to be heard at the Alberta Labour Relations Board such as Unfair Labour Practice complaints
• Lead research, preparation and management of policy grievances including drafting of grievance responses
• Liaise with union representatives to address disputes
• Provide collective bargaining agreement interpretations

Collective Bargaining:

• Support and provide input to collective bargaining activities for assigned bargaining tables, including for example:
  • Preparation and research
  • Generating employer proposals
  • Participating in negotiations
  • Managing bargaining records
  • Supporting contingency planning efforts
  • Leading implementation efforts