Labor and Employee Relations Coordinator

Modified: January 15, 2020 12:27pm

COUNTY OF ERIE - DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
invites applications for the position of:

Labor and Employee Relations Coordinator

#61-894 - Open Competitive (open to the public)

Salary: $56,907 - $76,922 Annually
Opening Date: January 15, 2020
Closing Date: February 5, 2020
Application fee: $20.00

Residence Requirements:

THERE ARE NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EXAMINATION. There is one anticipated vacancy at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation. 

Examples of Duties:

A Labor and Employee Relations Coordinator assists in the Labor and Employee Relations function in the Human Resources Department at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation;

Prepares correspondence for the Labor and Employee Relations function;

Maintains professional and court calendar for designated Labor and Employee Relations staff;

Researches and gathers documents needed for/in response to requests such as Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), information from bargaining units, governmental agencies, Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), court appearances, collective bargaining negotiations and grievance meetings;

May assist in investigations by conducting initial interviews, coordinating interviews or preparing reports and gathering data;

Creates and maintains MOU, MOA, union contract, grievance, discipline and litigation databases;

Performs research as requested utilizing electronic resources such as Westlaw, Lexus Nexus, Erie County

Courts and New York State Assembly/Senate;

Creates union contract template and populates same with ECMCC and union proposals as needed;

Assists in the collection and preparation of data for contract negotiations, impasse proceedings, grievance arbitrations and discipline and discharge proceedings;

Creates and maintains spreadsheets and electronic information to input information, run reports, create reports and search for information;

Keeps abreast of applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations and ECMCC union contracts;

Participates in and may schedule meetings, committees, conferences, in-services and trainings.

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Candidates must meet one of the following requirements on or before the date of the written test:

A.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor's Degree and two (2) years of experience in a legal setting, including one (1) year of contract negotiations and administration, grievance, arbitration or impasse proceedings, general employment law, employee relations, or other closely related labor relations experience; or:

B.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate's Degree and four (4) years of experience in a legal setting, including one (1) year of contract negotiations and administration, grievance, arbitration or impasse proceedings, general employment law, employee relations, or other closely related labor relations experience; or;

C.) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and six (6) years of experience in a legal setting, including one (1) year of contract negotiations and administration, grievance, arbitration, or impasse proceedings, general employment law, employee relations or other closely related labor relations experience; or:

D) An equivalent amount of training and experience as set by the limits of (A), (B) and (C).

Notes:

1. Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the experience requirements.

2. Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. A grade of "D" or better is necessary for a course to be credited as successfully completed. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to this Department for a list of acceptable companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.

Notice to Candidates: Transcripts will now be accepted by the Department of Personnel ONLY at time of application.
All subsequent transcripts must be submitted at time of interview.

Examination date:

March 14, 2020

Applications Must Be Postmarked or Hand Delivered By:

February 5, 2020

The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication 'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at:https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.

Subjects of Examination:

Scopes / Subjects of examination: A test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas.

Preparing written material
These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.

Understanding and interpreting written material
These questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material. You will be presented with brief reading passages and will be asked questions about the passages. You should base your answers to the questions only on what is presented in the passages and not on what you may happen to know about the topic.

Understanding and interpreting tabular material
These questions test your ability to understand, analyze, and use the internal logic of data presented in tabular form. You may be asked to perform tasks such as completing tables, drawing conclusions from them, analyzing data trends or interrelationships, and revising or combining data sets. The concepts of rate, ratio, and proportion are tested. Mathematical operations are simple, and computational speed is not a major factor in the test. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will NOT be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone.

Administering a negotiated labor agreement
These questions test for a knowledge of labor/management issues relating to the administration of a negotiated labor agreement and the ability to interpret and apply the terms and conditions of
the agreement. Questions may cover such areas as dealing with representatives of employee unions, employee grievances, disciplinary actions, arbitration, employee leave policy, performance evaluations, training, employee assistance programs, health and safety matters, layoff procedures, health insurance benefits, and salary adjustments.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES:  It is recommended that candidates use a quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculator.  Devices with typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", “Personal Digital Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators", "Dictionaries", or any similar devices are prohibited.  You may not bring books or other reference materials.

**IMPORTANT APPLICATION FEE - READ CAREFULLY**

A $20.00 filing fee is required for this exam. The required fee must accompany your application. Send or bring check or money order made payable to Erie County Personnel Department and write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. Do not send or bring cash, as the County cannot be responsible for cash payment. As no refund will be made, you are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified.