Labor Relations Mediator; Associate Mediator Public

Position: Labor Relations Mediator (Associate Mediator Public Employment)
Position Information NY HELPS:
Yes
55-b/c Eligible:
No

Agency:
Public Employment Relations Board

Title:

Labor Relations Mediator (Associate Mediator Public Employment)
Occupational Category:
Other Professional Careers Salary Grade: 663

Bargaining Unit: M/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)
Salary Range:
From $120471 to $152238 Annually

Employment Type

:
Full-Time Appointment Type :

Permanent

Internship:
No Jurisdictional Class :

Competitive Class

Travel Percentage : 80%
Schedule Workweek :
Mon-Fri Hours Per Week : 37.50

Workday From : 9 AM To : 5 PM Flextime allowed? :
No Mandatory overtime? :
No Compressed workweek allowed? :
No Telecommuting allowed? :
Yes Location County :
Albany Street Address :
Empire State Plaza, Agency Building 2, Floor 20 :
City :
Albany State: NY Zip Code: 12220

Job Specifics Duties Description :
Associate Mediators participate in the resolution of actual or potential areas of impasse and/or dispute between public and private employers and employee organizations. They mediate contract disputes arising between employers and unions; administer a program of intervention in these disputes; facilitate joint labor-management committees; participate in planning and execution of training seminars for panel members, government officials, union representatives, and the public;

and participate in the agency's overall information program for constituent groups and the public. Work Performed:
Determines and directs when and where sessions should be arranged among the principals in labor disputes and utilizes skills to mediate a resolution of the differences. Tests the reasonableness, equity, and acceptability of the parties’ proposals through joint and separate meetings with them. Offers suggestions, proposals, and alternate solutions to the parties to remove barriers to settlement. Assimilates appropriate information, data, priorities, and offers;

determines when to transmit these to one or both parties. Drafts memoranda of agreements, addenda, and letters of understanding. Performs special investigations and studies and prepares related reports. Mediates and may arbitrate the interpretation and applicability of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, or the propriety of disciplinary action taken thereunder. May be required to prepare reports regarding the status of a mediation case, and to make recommendations regarding whether different or further conciliation assistance is warranted.

Participates in the planning and execution of training seminars for panel members, constituent groups and the public.

Meets with Management, Labor Organizations, and interested public groups to explain, interpret, and teach various facets of negotiations, grievance handling, and costing contract language. Responds to inquiries from clientele, the press, and the public on matters related to the Taylor Law, impasse procedures, fact finding, and interest arbitration. Represents the agency at public information programs providing information on the Taylor Law and, particularly, impasse procedures and other procedures utilized by the Conciliation Office in delivery of services.

Assists in the training of per diem panel members by participating in such programs and workshops. May perform the full range of supervisory duties.

Minimum Qualifications :
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position. It is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status in the future, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then…