Labor Relations and Compensation Analyst

The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community, and home to over 80,000 residents. Redmond is the hub of an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace, and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups. 

Due to a recent promotion on the team, City of Redmond Human Resources Department is currently hiring for a Labor Relations and Compensation Analyst. In this role, you will work directly under the supervision of the HR Director and have opportunities to sit at the table and support the key stakeholders during labor negotiations. You’ll be collaborating with eight distinct union groups, each made up of four separate unions. In this role, you will represent the city, and our values of service, integrity, accountability, belonging and stewardship.

While the focus can change from time to time, this position largely involves the following:

• Provide technical support to lead negotiator through scheduling, creating agendas, taking detailed notes during meetings, and keeping all documentation organized, and write, edit and maintain job descriptions.

• Collect and maintain compensation analysis data, including, external market, external salary surveys and internal equity data, classifications and pay plans.

• Conduct job analysis and maintain market data analysis as required.

• Identifying issues or conflicts in contract languages or policies.

About You:

• You are thorough and detail-oriented, excelling at keeping track of all tasks assigned to you and knowing where to find information, data, tasked entrusted to you.

• You work well under pressure and have an ability to know how to handle several projects at one time with competing priorities. You are very well organized so that you can track and meet critical deadlines.

• You naturally think ahead and can anticipate future needs, spot potential issues, and troubleshoot or plan for preemptive solutions, as it relates to labor support tasks and compensation work.

• You are skilled at being proactive, self-motivated to stay on track, effective at communicating, and collaborative in keeping others updated on your status.

• You have a personality that is somewhat outgoing and can comfortably communicate in-person with consultants, lawyers, department directors, union representatives, and more.

• You are comfortable being the “master of ceremonies” and keep meetings with key stakeholders on track while guiding them through the work they need to do.

• You can effectively and timely to research, whether it’s contracts, collective bargaining agreements, policies and procedures, or other human resources issues.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Public Administration, Business, Finance, or related field

• Three (3) or more years of directly related experience

• Any combination equivalent of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Other:

This class description describes the general nature of the work performed, representative duties as well as the typical qualifications needed for acceptable performance. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the job.

Please review the Human Resources Analyst job description for more information about the knowledge, skills, abilities, working conditions, and physical requirements.

Selection Process:

• All applicants will be notified of their application status and top candidates will be contacted to participate in the next phase of selection process, which may include pre-screening and/or an interview.

• We will be conducting phone screens Week of September 1st and Final Interviews Week of September 8^th.

Our employees earn competitive wages and enjoy an exceptional benefits package that includes:

• MEDICAL INSURANCE - Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente. All employee healthcare premiums paid for by the City of Redmond.
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE - Included with each medical plan
• DENTAL INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• VISION INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• OTHER INSURANCE - Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
• FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS - For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
• PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS – with (13) paid holidays per year
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
• RETIREMENT PLANS - Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) plus additional options that include: Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
• Annual COLA adjustments
• Annual merit increases of up to 5%

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