Executive Director, Labor Relations

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Job Title:

Executive Director, Labor Relations and

Requisition r:
104962

Close Date:11:59 PM on

Organizational Unit:
Human Resources Business Partnerships )

Site:
Davis Center (0001)

FTE:1.0; this is based on full-time equivalency with 1.0 being full time

Union:
Non-Represented(44)

Functional Area:

Administrative

Salary Range: $164,221 - $205,276

Benefits:
Dental insurance | Health insurance | Vision insurance | Paid time off | HSA & FSA | Retirement plan

Resume and Cover Letter are mandatory to apply for any position.

Under the general guidance of the Senior Human Resources Officer, the Executive Director of Labor Relations provides leadership for Minneapolis Public Schools’ labor relations functions. The role oversees discipline and investigatory processes, ensuring consistent and aligned corrective action and discipline across the District. The Executive Director also oversees labor negotiations and labor management collaboration, contract administration, the consistent application of all collective bargaining agreements, and unemployment case management.

The Executive Director supports principals and managers in resolving performance and conduct issues early, applies work rules with fidelity, and advances stable, productive relationships with union partners.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS -- Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class. Employees are required to be in attendance and prepared to begin work at their assigned work location on the specified days and hours.

Factors such as regular attendance at the job are not routinely listed in job descriptions but are an essential function. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Directs employee discipline processes to ensure consistency, just cause, and defensible documentation. Establishes discipline standards, reviews HRBP recommendations, and ensures alignment across schools and departments. Ensures all investigations are timely, thorough, and impartial.
• Leads investigations within their assigned portfolio, ensuring they meet standards for timeliness, thoroughness, impartiality, and just cause.
• Ensures leaders understand their role in coaching, documenting, and reporting concerns, and the point at which issues must be elevated to HRBPs for discipline or investigation.
• Provides guidance to leaders and departments on contract language; ensures consistent application of work rules.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with union leadership; facilitates problem solving discussions; identifies opportunities to strengthen collaboration.
• Leads negotiations for designated bargaining units, sets strategy, drafts proposals, coordinates costing, and analyzes data to ensure negotiations reflect district priorities and fiscal parameters. Supports HR Business Partners in negotiations when appropriate.
• Provides strategic, analytical, and operational support to the SHRO for all other contracts, including research, costing, proposal drafting, and coordination with departments to ensure alignment across the district.
• Works with internal partners to operationalize changes resulting from negotiations, ensuring updates to staffing, processes, and work rules are implemented accurately and consistently.
• Oversees grievance intake, responses, and mediation; ensures timely, contract aligned handling of disputes.
• Sets clear priorities for the department, develops staff…