Employee Relations Consultant

At Legacy Health, our mission to make life better for others includes not only the people and communities we serve, but also our employees. As an Employee Relations Consultant, you will play a vital role in advancing this mission by supporting both management and employees through the delivery of HR services, initiatives, and programs. Your work in employee and labor relations will help foster a cohesive, respectful, and high-performing workplace, enabling teams across the organization to work together toward shared goals. If you approach your work with a service mindset and a commitment to collaboration and equity, we invite you to consider joining our team.

This is a hybrid role that is highly consultative and requires regular in-person meetings at various Legacy Health locations across the Portland Metro area.

• Provide consultative support to management and employees on human resources strategies, employee relations, and labor relations matters.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and visible HR partner across the Legacy Health system.

• Contribute to the strategic development and implementation of HR services, initiatives, and programs.

• Manage all aspects of labor relations, including:

  • Union communications

  • Collective bargaining and contract negotiations

  • Contract interpretation and compliance

  • Grievance resolution

  • Education and coaching for managers on labor-related issues

• Promote and maintain a professional, solutions-focused approach to internal HR partnerships.

• Translate Legacy Health’s organizational goals and values into practical, people-centered solutions within assigned areas of responsibility.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s preferred.
• Relevant experience may be substituted for educational requirements.

Experience:

• Seven years or more of progressively responsible experience in the HR field.
• Knowledge of laws, acts and regulations governing employee and labor relations.
• Health Care experience preferred.

Skills:

• Working knowledge of all HR functional areas (employment, benefits, compensation, employee relations, training and development, human resources information systems, workforce planning), in addition to in-depth knowledge of two to three functional areas.
• Strong presentation skills, ability to present data and information as a subject matter expert.
• Demonstrated ability to discern pertinent data from raw information, evaluate and consult around solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and actions of customers.
• Comfortable with public speaking to include a wide variety of audiences.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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