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Labor Relations Analyst II

Alameda County (CA)

Oakland, CA

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Administrative Management, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Analysis Skills, Collective Bargaining, Communication Skills, Compensation Analysis, Component Selection, Contract Negotiation, Cost Analysis, Customer Support/Service, Diversity, EEO Regulations, Employee Orientation, Employee Relations, Employee Retention, Establish Priorities, Federal Laws and Regulations, Fitness, Genetics, Healthcare, Human Resources, Human Resources Processes, Industrial Relations, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Local Government, Medical Conditions, Military, Multitasking, Negotiation Skills, Operations Processes, Organizational Culture, Organizational Skills, People Management, Performance Management, Policy Development, Problem Solving Skills, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, Regulations, Research Skills, Staff Development, State Laws and Regulations, Stewardship, Team Player, Testing, Workforce Planning, Workplace Issues, Writing Skills
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Oakland, CA
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IntroductionTHIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION.The\neligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and\nmay last approximately one year but can be extended.\n\n\n\nSupplemental\nQuestionnaire: A properly\ncompleted Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application.\nApplications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the\nHuman Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for\nFiling. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire\nwill result in disqualification.\n\n\n\nApplications\nand Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted online.\nDESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE DEPARTMENT\nDepartment Mission: Deliver high quality and\ntimely human resource services in partnership with County agencies, departments\nand special districts to enable our customers to reach their organizational\ngoals.\nVision: To be the employer\nof choice and a great place to work.\nValues: In a spirit of\npartnership, HRS strives for: Excellence in everything we do. Responsiveness to\nour customers and their needs. Fairness in our policies and practices.\nInnovation in developing and implementing new programs. Diversity in\nrecognizing everyone's unique contribution. Development of every employee's\nfull potential. Anticipate and meet the changing needs of employees and\ncandidates to ensure the recruitment and retention of a talented and committed\nworkforce. Support the County's organizational culture that values customer\nservice, performance excellence, diversity, and fiscal stewardship. Redesign\nand transform the recruitment function for improved customer service and\nsatisfaction. Champion workforce planning and development to ensure that employees\nhave every opportunity to assume leadership positions as baby boomers retire.\nImprove the efficiency and effectiveness of services through the increased use\nof technology.\n\n\nTHE POSITION\nUnder general supervision,\nperforms professional-level work in support of county wide employee relations\nactivities; makes policy recommendations; participates in labor negotiations\nactivities, including conducting research, analysis and costing; provides\nconsultation and guidance on employee and labor relations matters, including\ngrievance handling, performance management, and disciplinary matters; prepares\nMemoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and other documents; interprets, and explains\nlabor relations policies and procedures to operating department personnel;\nrepresents Human Resource Services in interactions with other departments,\ngovernment agencies, employee organizations; and performs related duties as\nrequired.\nDISTINGUISHING FEATURES\nThis classification\nrepresents the journey level within the Labor Relations Analyst series in the\nEmployee and Labor Relations Division of Human Resource Services and reports to\nthe Labor Relations Manager. Employees perform the full range of professional\nemployee and labor relations duties under general supervision, including\ncomplex and sensitive assignments requiring a high degree of independence and\njudgment, while providing guidance and support to lower-level staff.\nThis classification is\ndistinguished from the Labor Relations Analyst I, which is the entry level in\nthe series and is expected to handle less complex labor relations issues.\nThe Labor Relations Analyst II is further distinguished from the Principal\nLabor Relations Analyst, which serves as the first-level working supervisor\nwithin the Labor Relations Analyst series.\nFor more detailed\ninformation about the job classification, please visit: Labor Relations\nAnalyst II (#0284).\n\nTHE IDEAL CANDIDATE\nIn\naddition to meeting the minimum qualifications of the position, the ideal\ncandidate will exemplify the following critical attributes:\n\n\n\n \n Collaborator and consensus builder maintaining and cultivating successful\n working relationships.\n A team player with exceptional interpersonal, verbal and\n written communication and facilitation skills.\n Treats change and new situations as opportunities for\n learning or growth and identifies the benefits of change as well as facilitates\n the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.\n Great communicator and listener, quick and clear thinker,\n calm under pressure, able to deal with conflict.\n Politically astute leader, possessing the skills necessary\n for identifying, navigating and successfully interacting within the dynamics of\n the organization while maintaining sensitivity to the competing needs of a wide\n variety of internal and external stakeholders.\n Critical and strategic thinker with sound judgment,\n innovative yet practical problem-solving skills, and the ability to apply\n logical thinking and quantitative methods to gather and analyze information,\n make decisions and exercise good judgment to design solutions and formulate and\n articulate action plans proactively and collaboratively.\n Well-organized with the ability to prioritize tasks and\n work on multiple projects and multi-task; manage a variety of complex projects\n while charting a course of action that effectively and efferently assists the\n organization in fulfilling its goals and objectives.\n Exercises good judgment and make sound decisions in dealing\n with people within a sensitive and political environment.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\nExperience:\n\n\nThe equivalent of 18 months of full-time professional experience in the classification of Labor Relations Analyst I in the County of Alameda classified service.\n\n\nOR\n\n\nEducation:\n\n\nPossession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field.\n\n\nAND\n\n\nExperience:\n\n\nThe equivalent of two (2) years of increasingly responsible, full-time professional human resources experience performing labor relations activities, including working with labor organizations; participating in contract negotiations and meet and confers; addressing performance management issues; handling grievances; and addressing employee relations issues.\n\n\nNOTE:\tThe Civil Service Commission may modify the above minimum qualifications in the announcement of an examination.\n\n\nKNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS\n\nThe most suitably qualified candidates will possess the\nfollowing competencies.\n\n\n\nKnowledge of:\n\n\n\n\n Collective bargaining processes in the public and/or private sector including federal and state labor legislation applicable to local government.\n Principles of collective bargaining including representation rights, management rights and scope of bargaining.\n Negotiation practices and strategies, including preparation, tactics, and impasse procedures.\n Principles and practices of human resource administration and management.\n Administrative and management analysis techniques, including identification of fringe benefit costs and analysis of labor-related data.\n Statistical and reporting methods used in administrative and management analysis.\n Fair employment and equal opportunities policies and regulations.\n Current trends, practices, and issues in employer-employee relations.\n Dispute resolution techniques.\n Procedures and practices for processing grievances through arbitration.\n\n\nAbility to:\n\n\n\n\n Analyze labor relations issues and develop effective, practical recommendations.\n Interpret and apply policies, agreements, and relevant laws and regulations.\n Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with a variety of stakeholders, including management, employees, and labor representatives.\n Conduct, research, and analyze information, and solve problems.\n Prepare clear, concise written materials and recommendations.\n Lead and guide colleagues and others.\n Establish and maintain effective working relationships while demonstrating interpersonal sensitivity.\n Plan, organize, and prioritize work effectively while managing competing priorities, and adapting to changing needs.\n Exercise independent judgment and handle sensitive and confidential matters with tact, discretion, and professionalism.\n Use analytical tools and systems to compile, interpret and present labor relations and compensation data.\n\n\n\n\nRECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLANEXAMINATION COMPONENTS\n\nThe examination will consist of the following steps:\n\n A\n review of candidates' application to verify possession of minimum\n requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements\n for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.\n A\n review of the supplemental questionnaire to determine the best qualified\n applicants to continue in the process.\n An\n oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates' final\n examination score. The interview will be administered virtually may\n contain situational exercises.\n\nCandidates must attain a qualifying rating on each portion\nof this recruitment.\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED\nEXAMINATION STEPS.\nAlameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System\nfounded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment\nefforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an\nexamination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness, and\nability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our\nrecruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant\nposition, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that\ncurrent vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both\ncurrent and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable\nscopes of work.\nTo learn more about our recruitment and\nSelection PlanApplicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice\nin advance of any examination process which will require their\nattendance. The following dates are tentative and\nsubject to change based on the needs of the Agency:\n\n\n\n \n \n \n TENTATIVE\n RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Deadline for Filing: \n \n \n 5:00:00 PM, Monday, June 15, 2026\n \n \n \n \n Review of Minimum Qualifications:\n \n \n June 18, 2026\n \n \n \n \n Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified:\n \n \n July 2, 2026\n \n \n \n \n *Civil Service Oral Examination/Departmental Hiring\n Interviews:\n \n \n \n \n Week of July 13 or July 20, 2026\n \n \n \n \n Notification of Results:\n \n \n \n Week of July 27, 2026\n \n \n \n\n*The combined oral examination/hiring interview, in\naddition to establishing an eligibility list, may serve as the final selection\ninterview for vacancies in this classification.\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED\nRECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN\nREASONABLE ACCOMMODATION\nAlameda County and the Human Resource Services Department\nwill make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to\naccommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions\nin accordance/compliance with the California Fair Employment and Housing Act\n(FEHA), the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Alameda County's\nReasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an\naccommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases\nof the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human\nResources Representative listed on the job announcement no later\nthan the recruitment filing deadline. If this is a\ncontinuous open recruitment without a filing deadline, please contact the\nassigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement within\nten (10) business days of submitting your application. Unless\nyour disability is readily apparent (for example, you use a wheelchair and need\nwheelchair-accessible spaces), Alameda County requires applicants to provide\nsupporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable\naccommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants\nmust have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and\napplicable statutes.\nFor more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation\nprocedures, please visit our website, County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:\nFor your Health & Well-Being\n\n Medical - HMO & PPO Plans\n Dental - HMO & PPO Plans\n Vision or Vision Reimbursement\n Share the Savings\n Basic Life Insurance\n Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)\n Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance\n County Allowance Credit\n Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance\n Short-Term Disability Insurance\n Long-Term Disability Insurance\n Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services\n Employee Assistance Program\n\nFor your Financial Future\n\n Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)\n Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)\n\nFor your Work/Life Balance\n\n 12 paid holidays\n Floating Holidays\n Vacation and sick leave accrual\n Vacation purchase program\n Management Paid Leave\n Catastrophic Sick Leave\n Pet Insurance\n Commuter Benefits Program\n Guaranteed Ride Home\n Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)\n Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)\n Child Care Resources\n 1stUnited Services Credit Union\n\n*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.\nEmployees in management-designated classifications may be entitled to management paid leave. Refer to the applicable MOU or Salary Ordinance for more information.\n\nConclusionAll notices related to County recruitments for which you\nhave applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com,\n@acgov.org, Noreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted\naddresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you\ndo not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt\nof the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly\nadvised to regularly log into your County online application account to check\nfor notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent\nto you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will\nbe able to view all of your notices in your online application account by\nclicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings\npage.\nPlease take the steps recommended above to ensure you\ndo not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The\nCounty is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed\nby any applicant for a County recruitment.\nNOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email\nnotification system. Replies to the email boxes Noreply@jobaps.com and noreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org are\nrouted to unmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions, please go to our\nwebsite at hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.\nYou may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement\nfor the recruitment for which you have applied.\n\nMonique Hill | Personnel Services Program Manager, Recruitment and\nSelection\nHuman Resource\nServices, County of Alameda\n510-208-4841 or\nemail Monique.Hill@acgov.org\n\nDISASTER SERVICE WORKER\nAll Alameda County employees are designated Disaster\nService Workers through state and local law. Employment with the County\nrequires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are\nrequired to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.\nEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY\nAlameda County has a diverse workforce, that is\nrepresentative of the communities we serve, and is proud to be an equal\nopportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit,\ncompetence, performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate\nin employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy\nand gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual\norientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership\nin an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or\nother non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda\nCounty celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and\nwelcoming workplace environment.\n

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