Labor Relations Consultant

Mastagni Holstedt, A Professional Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastagni Holstedt, APC in California seeks a Labor Relations Consultant to represent public safety unions and other public sector bargaining units, focusing on Meyers-Milias-Brown Act negotiations.

You will prepare evidence-based proposals, conduct financial analyses, and engage with chiefs, city managers, and elected officials to advance equitable compensation and staffing solutions. This role blends negotiation excellence with public finance insight.

Qualifications

• The knowledge and abilities required to perform this function are normally acquired through training and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university, plus at least one year of progressively responsible experience in the field or labor relations as a labor representative.
• Applicants must possess a valid California driver's license as a considerable amount of travel throughout California is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Chief Negotiator or Advisor of a negotiating committee
• Drafting comprehensive bargaining proposals, costing models, and impasse materials
• Developing and defending sophisticated total compensation surveys (incorporating base salary, education and POST incentives, longevity pay, uniform allowances, pension contributions, and regional cost-of-living adjustments such as BLS MARPP MSA methodology)
• Analyzing public agency financial documents, including CAFRs, adopted budgets, long-range financial plans, and fiscal projections
• Leading or co-leading negotiations with the objective of securing timely, equitable agreements or reaching impasse within a limited number of sessions through meticulous advance preparation.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Financial modeling

Compensation consulting

Public finance

Excel costing tools

Written and oral advocacy

Intellectual agility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CAF(R) analysis

Job description

Mastagni Holstedt, APC, a premier California labor and employment law firm, seeks a talented Labor Relations Consultant to represent public safety unions—including police officers, firefighters, and related classifications—as well as other public sector and select private sector bargaining units. The role centers on high-impact collective bargaining under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act.

If you have strong skills with numbers and finance—especially in total compensation surveys, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report analysis, budgeting, and public finance—and you excel at thorough preparation for high-stakes negotiations, this role offers an outstanding opportunity. You will craft evidence-based negotiations proposals that advance equitable compensation and staffing solutions for those who serve our communities, while engaging directly with chiefs, city managers, mayors, and elected officials.

We value professionals from compensation consulting, public finance, accounting, or related analytical fields who bring discipline and strategic initiative. Our distinctive methodology can be mastered quickly by intellectually agile candidates committed to excellence.

Typical Tasks:

• Serve as Chief Negotiator or Advisor of a negotiating committee;
• Drafting comprehensive bargaining proposals, costing models, and impasse materials
• Developing and defending sophisticated total compensation surveys (incorporating base salary, education and POST incentives, longevity pay, uniform allowances, pension contributions, and regional cost-of-living adjustments such as BLS MARPP MSA methodology);
• Analyzing public agency financial documents, including CAFRs, adopted budgets, long-range financial plans, and fiscal projections;
• Leading or co-leading negotiations with the objective of securing timely, equitable agreements or reaching impasse within a limited number of sessions through meticulous advance preparation.

The successful candidate will interface directly with bargaining representatives of California cities and counties, including chiefs of police, fire chiefs, city managers, mayors, sheriffs, and other public officials on matters relating collective bargaining and affecting public safety. This position offers the prestige of shaping compensation and staffing solutions for those who protect our communities daily, while contributing to the firm’s broader public-sector labor practice.

Qualifications:

The knowledge and abilities required to perform this function are normally acquired through training and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university, plus at least one year of progressively responsible experience in the field or labor relations as a labor representative.

Applicants must possess a valid California driver's license as a considerable amount of travel throughout California is required.

• Demonstrated excellence in quantitative analysis, financial modeling, compensation consulting, public finance, or related fields;
• Proficiency with Excel-based costing tools and the ability to master complex actuarial and fiscal concepts;
• A disciplined, results-oriented work ethic and capacity for rigorous preparation;
• Intellectual agility and eagerness to learn the firm’s distinctive, highly effective methodologies for survey development and proposal drafting; and
• Outstanding written and oral advocacy skills.
• Prior labor-relations experience is beneficial yet not essential.

We welcome applications from motivated professionals who share our commitment to excellence and our clients.

Location: Hybrid - Southern California Region

Salary: $65,000/yr. to $84,000/yr. commensurate with experience and qualifications.