Director, Labor Relations (San Antonio, TX/National travel)

Description

The Labor Relations Campaign Director serves as a principal leader for union avoidance and organizing campaigns across the Tenet enterprise. Reporting to the Vice President of Labor Relations, the candidate will work closely with senior human resources and operations leadership in all Tenet markets.

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Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Assists VP in developing and executing union awareness and avoidance strategy and initiatives at field facilities
• Advise and counsel hospitals, markets, and corporate office on all matters relating to labor and employee relations issues and union organizing activity, including coaching and counseling to field leaders to improve employee relations
• Works with VP to strategize and respond to galvanizing employee issues across the enterprise as part of developing and driving positive employee relations strategies
• Takes an active and involved role in leadership development for hospitals and markets, with a focus on improving overall people skills and emotional intelligence of leadership teams
• Advise and manage the response to union organizing, including both NLRB campaigns and pre-petition drives
• Draft and execute in depth training for market and facility management on labor and employee relations issues
• Builds credibility with and maintains good morale among employees, gains the trust of both leadership and employees
• Develops and oversees action plans at hospitals to improve employee relations and employee morale
• Provides education and intelligence on relevant union activity in markets that we operate in
• Develops communications to support union avoidance initiatives and election campaigns
• Up to 75% travel (we will run an MVR on the final candidate)

 

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; JD preferred
• 7-10 years of related experience at a company with union represented employees, preferably in acute healthcare
• Experience managing outside counsel and consultants
• Experience managing grievance arbitration process
• Experience with union campaigns
• Experience with union negotiations
• Extensive experience with and knowledge of labor and employment laws and labor relations
• Possess research, analytical, organization, and computer skills (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Ability to work independently as well as having strong interpersonal, organization, written and communication skills

Tenet Healthcare complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.  

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