Partner, ACC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Oregon.

📋 Description

• Address reported issues and assist in the investigation procedure.

• Offer consultation, facilitation, guidance, training, and education regarding employment and labor relations topics.

• Uphold necessary confidentiality standards.

• Resolve intricate or sensitive employee and labor relations challenges related to conflicts, attendance, code of conduct, performance, and similar issues.

• Collaborate with HR, Legal, OCIC, Integrity, Public Safety, Labor Relations, and other specialists.

• Oversee cases and keep records in the employee relations case management system.

• Participate in grievance meetings, providing guidance and recommendations for grievance responses.

• Consult with Labor Relations on complex grievances and challenging cases.

• Interpret and offer advice on HR policies and procedures, performance management, conflict resolution, discipline, grievances, arbitrations, and employee relations services.

• Foster collaborative relationships and deliver outstanding service to fulfill organizational missions.

• Utilize a diversity, equity, and inclusion perspective to identify patterns and trends, design and implement interventions, and promote ongoing improvement.

• Coordinate with OCIC and Occupational Health on reasonable accommodations and related employment decisions.

• Suggest and draft new and revised policies, procedures, and bargaining concepts.

• Engage in collective bargaining as required and assigned.

• Ensure that employee relations communications are reviewed, shared with employees, and submitted to the union when necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, HR, or a related field, and/or a comparable combination of education, experience, and training.

• Minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible Human Resource experience, including Employee or Labor relations experience, or a suitable combination of education and experience.

• Proven ability to conduct investigations respectfully and professionally while adhering to OHSU values, policies, procedures, and documentation standards.

• Strong comprehension and application of federal, state, and local employment and labor laws.

• Capability to guide leaders in employee relations decisions that align with organizational policies, procedures, and legal requirements.

• Willingness and aptitude to provide training.

• Proficient conflict resolution skills and the ability to manage sensitive, emotional, and/or challenging situations with empathy.

• Competence in drafting concise and factually accurate reports.

• Knowledge of best practices in investigations.

• Understanding of how various perspectives, experiences, and cultures influence situations and the investigation process.

• Preferred: experience in a unionized healthcare or educational setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote position with limited travel to Portland, Oregon.

• Monday–Friday work schedule, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

• Regular full-time employment opportunity.