Employee and Labor Relations Specialist- Paralegal Experience, Temporary Relief, Hybrid, Days

Employee and Labor Relations Specialist- Paralegal Experience

Department: Labor Relations, HR

Address: 1440 NW N River Dr, Miami, FL 33125

Shift details: Temporary Relief, Days, Hybrid

Why You'll Love Working Here

Enjoy the best of both worlds with a flexible, hybrid schedule that supports your work-life balance. When you're in the office, you'll work from our beautiful waterfront location at River Landing Shops, where you can take in the views and enjoy shops and dining just steps away. You'll be joining a collaborative team of 150 HR professionals who take pride in supporting the more than 15,500 Jackson Health System employees who make miracles happen every day. Here, your work behind the scenes helps the people on the front lines deliver world-class care to our community.

Summary

Join Jackson Health System's Employee and Labor Relations team and play a central role in shaping a fair, respectful workplace for one of the nation's largest public health systems. In this varied role, you'll manage union release time requests and respond to public records requests with accuracy and care. You'll prepare case files and supporting documentation for arbitrations, and coordinate grievance hearings and schedules across departments. You'll support impact bargaining by researching issues and organizing materials for negotiations, and review FDLE background screening results with discretion and sound judgment. You'll also guide employees and managers through reasonable accommodation, religious accommodation, and ADA requests, helping ensure every case is handled consistently, compliantly, and compassionately.

The ideal candidate has paralegal experience, ideally in labor and employment law, HR, or a public-sector or unionized setting, along with a working knowledge of the ADA, Title VII, and Florida's public records laws. You should be highly organized, comfortable managing many deadlines at once, and able to handle sensitive information with complete confidentiality. If you're looking for meaningful work, regular collaboration with legal and HR leaders, and the stability and benefits of a public institution, this is a role where your skills directly support the people who care for our community.

The Labor Relations Specialist will assists the Manager of Labor Relations by providing effective and efficient support in organizational maintenance of the labor-management relations function of the Public Health Trust (PHT).

Responsibilities

Provides expertise on the interpretation of hospital policies and procedures for compliance with labor contracts.

Assists management in administration of labor contracts.

Examines supervisory practices and hospital policies and procedures for compliance with labor contracts.

Trains supervisors regarding their role in counseling, disciplinary actions and performance evaluation and classifications appeals.

Advises supervisors on their role when interacting with employee representatives.

Monitors the documentation and process of disciplinary actions to assure completeness and consistency with hospital policy and appropriateness of action in relation to the employee's offense.

Represents the PHT cases at arbitration/employee appeal hearings and at hearings of governmental agencies.

Assists in the coordination of salary and benefit surveys for negotiation purposes and makes recommendations to management and the negotiating team.

Resolves grievance cases field by bargaining units as well as grievance cases field by non-bargaining unit employees.

Coordinates performance evaluation appeal hearings by forming tri-ethnic panels.

Assists in other areas of the Human Resources Division as required to complete special projects and ensure appropriate service to customers.

Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Experience

Generally requires 3 to 5 years of related experience.

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field is required

Credentials

Active license or certification is required as needed, based on the job or specialty.

Unit Specific Credential

Jackson Health System is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.