Director of Labor Relations Special Projects

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence by accident by suicide suddenly when in apparent health when unattended by a physician in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.
We exist to provide answers in support of families victims and community during times of profound need.

The core values of CARES guide our work for communities and inform our behavior toward each other and all those we serve.

Commitment: Dedicated to the mission at all times
Accountability: Responsible to each other and the community
Resilience: Adapt in the face of adversity
Excellence: Achieve and maintain the highest quality
Service: Innovate to meet evolving needs

OPEN TO PERMANENT ADMNISTRATIVE LABOR RELATIONS ANALYSTS OR OTHER SIMILAR CIVIL SERVICE TITLES.


The Office of Chief Medical Examiner is seeking a knowledgeable and experienced Director of Labor Relations and Special Projects to join our team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in NYC City Human Resources Management System (CHRMS) Payroll Management System (PMS) New York City Automated Personnel System (NYCAPS) CityTime and other personnelrelated systems. The Director will support and manage the Human Resources Unit aligning HR initiatives with organizational goals and objectives. Specific assignments will include but not limited to:

Serves as OCME liaison to the NYC Office of Labor Relations concerning contractual issues that may arise with OCME employees including grievances and hearings.
Collaborates with DCAS and OLR to ensure accuracy and compliance in title specifications and proposals.
Aid in the writing of standard operating procedures as well as programmatic and agency policies.
Responsible for initiating and completing classification projects including editing and creating agencyspecific title specifications and liaising with DCAS as necessary.
Oversees labor relations for the agency working directly with unions management and the Office of Labor Relations.
Lead the professional development training team in creating and implementing training programs.
Monitor and ensure personnel compliance.
Oversee the creation of adhoc reports and special projects.
Serves as the lead for Human Resources in the absence of the Assistant Commissioner.
Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in business or public administration economics labor or industrial relations statistics or a closely related field and four years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in labor research and analysis employee benefit design and benefit program evaluation compensation analysis labor economics economic planning or a related area 18 months of which must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in labor research and analysis employee benefit design and benefit program evaluation compensation analysis labor economics or economic planning; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and five years of professional experience including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and must possess the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime