Senior And Labor Relations Representative

Overview

Performs complex employee and labor relations work and provides timely resolution to grievances.

This position will perform complex employee and labor relations work and provides timely resolution to grievances for LA Metro unions including the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Union (SMART), Transportation Communications Union (TCU), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Teamsters, and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).

Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of March 9, 2026. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your  profile and emails for the latest updates.

• Advises Metro management regarding contract interpretations and application of employee relations related policies
• Advises Metro management regarding appropriate personnel actions to be taken, including disciplinary actions
• Conducts hearings for grievances and disciplinary appeals, writes responses, and negotiates settlements
• Confers with Union representatives and management to resolve employee relations issues
• Researches, analyses, and responds to non-represented and represented grievances
• Researches and analyzes cases for arbitration (expedited and formal) and mediations
• Develops and prepares contract proposals and contract language
• Negotiates, prepares, analyzes, and interprets settlements and side letters of agreement
• Serves as negotiator for smaller bargaining units, and serves as a member of negotiating team for major bargaining units
• Conducts cost analyses of management and union contract proposals
• Prepares written and oral reports on negotiations and employee relations issues and presents to Metro management, the Board of Directors, and outside agencies
• Develops and conducts supervisor and management training programs

May be required to perform other related job duties

A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Relations, Business, Law, or a related field

• Three years of relevant experience performing employee relations work; some positions in this class may require specialized experience in area of assignment

/Special Requirements

• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions

Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.

• Experience working in a unionized environment
• Experience supporting management in a public agency to resolve labor issues
• Experience working with union officials

• Theories, principles, and practices of labor negotiation, arbitration, and contract administration laws
• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing labor relations, arbitration, and contract administration
• Research principles and investigation techniques
• Hourly compensation and benefit design principles

• Performing complex employee and labor relations work
• Compiling and analyzing complex data
• Handling highly confidential information
• Analyzing situations, identifying problems, and recommending solutions
• Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions
• Communicating effectively orally and in writing
• Preparing comprehensive reports and correspondence
• Interacting professionally with various levels of Metro employees and outside representatives
• Mediating and negotiating

• Establish and maintain strong and effective working relationships with colleagues, contractors, attorneys, and the general public
• Think and act independently
• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements
• Read, write, speak, and understand English

• This job specification is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements
• The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• This classification is at-will and the incumbent serves at the pleasure of the hiring authority when classified as an Intermittent, Emergency, Annuitant, or Temporary employee, is assigned to the…