Labor Mediator

THE POSITION

Are you looking for an opportunity to shape productive labor-management partnerships? The Department of Labor and Industry is looking for a Labor Mediator to facilitate constructive communication between labor organizations and management. If you excel at navigating complex workplace relationships and resolving disputes with fairness and professionalism, we have the perfect job for you!

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

As a Labor Mediator, you will be responsible for providing impartial professional mediation services to assist with labor negotiations and to provide proactive training and services to the parties. Your work will focus on conflict resolution, dispute prevention, and collaborative problem-solving to promote stable and effective labor-management relations. Work involves arranging conferences between parties, offering solutions to specific issues, studying information regarding the issues in dispute as well as the norms and practices within the specific industry in which the dispute exists, and preparing reports outlining the attending circumstances of disputes. You will also have the opportunity establish and maintain effective contacts and positive working relationships with labor unions, employers, advocates, trade associations, managerial organizations, and related civic groups.

Join the Bureau of Mediation to play a key role in cultivating cooperative relationships between labor and management in plants, schools, governmental agencies, and other places of work!

Please note: This position will be responsible for providing mediation services primarily within the Eastern Region of Pennsylvania. You must be able and willing to travel to the areas of assigned coverage on a regular basis.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, home-headquartered
• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, with a 60-minute lunch.
  • Work schedule varies depending upon work assignments and routinely includes evenings and weekends
• This position is home headquartered. In order to be home headquartered, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Four years of progressively responsible experience in the field of labor-management relations and two years of experience in labor contract negotiations, administration, or mediation which includes or is supplemented by one year of collective bargaining experience; or
• A bachelor's degree with major course work in labor-management relations, industrial management, or personnel administration and two years experience in labor contract negotiations, administration, or mediation which includes or is supplemented by one year of collective bargaining experience; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training with two years of experience in labor contract negotiations, administration, or mediation which includes or is supplemented by one year of collective bargaining experience.

Other Requirements:

• You must live in or be willing to relocate to Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, Berks, or Lancaster county.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the infor