Director of Academic Labor Relations - Portland State University (Portland, OR)
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Portland State University seeks a Director of Academic Labor Relations
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Location: Portland, Oregon
The Position:
The Director of Academic Labor Relations (DALR) reports to the Vice Provost for Faculty Success (VPFS) and is the campus lead for academic labor relations and directly collaborates with the VPFS on short and long-range strategic approaches to academic labor relations. This position is responsible for developing, sustaining, and creating a culture that supports positive and professional relationships between academic employees, union representatives, supervisors, managers, and administrators. The academic faculty, staff, and graduate employees are critical to delivering the institution’s primary educational and research mission. Full-time faculty and staff are represented by the PSU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The part-time faculty and researchers are represented by the PSU Faculty Association (PSUFA). The graduate teaching, research, and administrative assistants are represented by the Graduate Employee Union (GEU).
The Director serves as the lead in managing collective bargaining negotiations, contract interpretation, and contract administration, including responding and coordinating all grievance responses in a timely and contractually compliant manner. This critical leader oversees and manages the implementation of investigatory meetings, progressive discipline, and employee separation agreements, and may appear on behalf of the University at arbitration, mediation, and appeal hearings. The Director has strong leadership skills and a proactive approach to academic employee and labor relations. The portfolio includes coaching and training for supervisors and managers in the areas of performance management, progressive discipline, setting expectations, and workplace interventions for academic employees.
The Director participates in a collaborative team-based environment, working with Human Resources, the Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Vice Provost & Special Advisor to the Provost, and the Office of General Counsel’s Office to arrive at equitable, fair, and ethical solutions to the many complex issues that arise in academic labor relations. The Director also collaborates with peer directors, managers, administrators, and supervisors at PSU, providing counsel to senior administrators, department heads, directors, managers, and supervisors across the University in an effort to foster employee engagement and guide represented academic employee and labor relations matters.
To Apply:
Confidential review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed as they come in. Those received by September 24, 2024 will be given first consideration.
Applicants must submit a CV, a letter of interest that details their related qualifications and vision for the role, as well as a statement (one page maximum) that describes their commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion personally and/or professionally.
For more information or to offer recommendations or nominations:
Stephanie Rivas-Fowler
Senior Consultant
Summit Search Solutions, Inc.
(480) 213-7078
srivasfowler@summitsearchsolutions.com
Portland State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and seeks candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities and a campus climate that supports equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Portland State University seeks a Director of Academic Labor Relations
Click here to view position profile: https://summitsearchsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/PSU_DALR_Profile.pdf
Location: Portland, Oregon
The Position:
The Director of Academic Labor Relations (DALR) reports to the Vice Provost for Faculty Success (VPFS) and is the campus lead for academic labor relations and directly collaborates with the VPFS on short and long-range strategic approaches to academic labor relations. This position is responsible for developing, sustaining, and creating a culture that supports positive and professional relationships between academic employees, union representatives, supervisors, managers, and administrators. The academic faculty, staff, and graduate employees are critical to delivering the institution’s primary educational and research mission. Full-time faculty and staff are represented by the PSU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The part-time faculty and researchers are represented by the PSU Faculty Association (PSUFA). The graduate teaching, research, and administrative assistants are represented by the Graduate Employee Union (GEU).
The Director serves as the lead in managing collective bargaining negotiations, contract interpretation, and contract administration, including responding and coordinating all grievance responses in a timely and contractually compliant manner. This critical leader oversees and manages the implementation of investigatory meetings, progressive discipline, and employee separation agreements, and may appear on behalf of the University at arbitration, mediation, and appeal hearings. The Director has strong leadership skills and a proactive approach to academic employee and labor relations. The portfolio includes coaching and training for supervisors and managers in the areas of performance management, progressive discipline, setting expectations, and workplace interventions for academic employees.
The Director participates in a collaborative team-based environment, working with Human Resources, the Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Vice Provost & Special Advisor to the Provost, and the Office of General Counsel’s Office to arrive at equitable, fair, and ethical solutions to the many complex issues that arise in academic labor relations. The Director also collaborates with peer directors, managers, administrators, and supervisors at PSU, providing counsel to senior administrators, department heads, directors, managers, and supervisors across the University in an effort to foster employee engagement and guide represented academic employee and labor relations matters.
To Apply:
Confidential review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed as they come in. Those received by September 24, 2024 will be given first consideration.
Applicants must submit a CV, a letter of interest that details their related qualifications and vision for the role, as well as a statement (one page maximum) that describes their commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion personally and/or professionally.
For more information or to offer recommendations or nominations:
Stephanie Rivas-Fowler
Senior Consultant
Summit Search Solutions, Inc.
(480) 213-7078
srivasfowler@summitsearchsolutions.com
Portland State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and seeks candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities and a campus climate that supports equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Institution: Portland State University
This is a full time position