Review Vacancy
AgencyPublic Employment Relations Board
TitleChief Regional Mediator, Brooklyn Office
Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)
Salary RangeFrom $98605 to $124437 Annually
Minimum Qualifications Admission to the New York State Bar and six years of substantial experience in the field of labor relations, including but not limited to experience as the primary participant in collective negotiations, mediation, arbitration, or representation of management or labor in the settlement of grievances or disputes over terms and conditions of employment, or as a hearing officer.
Duties Description The Public Employment Relations Board’s Chief Regional Mediator performs three distinct roles:
• Administrator: Plans and coordinates the work of the Regional Office, in consultation with the program directors. Supervises staff mediators and trial examiners; insures orderly operation of regional office.
• Mediator and Conciliator: Serves with extraordinary distinction as mediator on a significant number of important cases, particularly those impasse situations which are the most complex and delicate in nature.
The incumbent serves in strike situations and is responsible to the Director of Conciliation with respect to the agency’s methodology for resolving the dispute. The incumbent serves similarly when disputes are handled by per diem panel or staff members; i.e., advises and suggests tactics and otherwise assists the neutral in deciding how best to bring about resolution of the dispute.
The incumbent engages in numerous meetings prior to negotiations between particular parties to help set the tone for the actual negotiations; in the profession this type of activity is referred to as “preventive mediation”. This activity is year round and accounts for numerous settlements of issues before such issues are formally presented in negotiations.
• Trial Examiner (Administrative Law Judge): Under the general direction of the director, the incumbent performs appropriate duties consistent with the mission of the Public Employment Practices and Representation Office of the Board. A substantial amount of time is spent in the preparation for, and conduct of, pre-hearing conferences, assisting the parties to reach an agreement, and in the conduct of hearings if resolution is not possible. The incumbent engages in legal research and prepares correspondence and other writings in response to inquiries received from PERB’s constituents as well as appearing before clientele groups. The attorney prepares a proposed decision in representation matters and in improper practice cases a decision which, in both types of cases, contains a statement of the issue and relevant facts together with a discussion and analysis of appropriate precedents, and becomes binding on the parties if it is not appealed to the Board.
Additional Comments Please email a cover letter to Board Chair, John F. Wirenius, with a resume, writing sample, and a list of three references including one management representative and one labor representative to perbinfo@perb.ny.gov with the subject line “Application for Trial Examiner Series” followed by your name. Applications received on or before December 15, 2016 will be considered. PERB is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender, military status, religion or any other prohibited category.
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