SO_Regional Manager Colleague & Labor Relations_T3567

Trinity Health; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Health is seeking a Manager, Regional, Colleague & Labor Relations to lead functional responsibilities within the Regional Health Ministries. You will guide strategy, policy, and governance for financials and staffing, collaborating with COE, HRBP, and ministry leadership to align with Trinity Health's Mission and values.

You will oversee CLR team members, coordinate with HRBPs on ministry initiatives, manage compliance cases, ensure consistent disciplinary outcomes, and drive local

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in labor relations or HR areas
• Understanding of policy, governance and compliance processes
• Experience coordinating with regional leadership and COE teams

Responsibilities

• Lead regional colleague and labor relations strategy, policies & programs
• Collaborate with HRBPs and ministry leadership to implement strategic priorities
• Oversee CLR team members and daily work, triage compliance cases
• Ensure consistency of disciplinary outcomes and manage local Ministry caseload
• Develop and standardize system-wide approaches for policy and process alignment

Job description

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Purpose

Accountable for leading, guiding & directing the functional responsibilities within an area of assignment. Enable ministry-level or enterprise-wide functional strategy to address internal or external business & regulatory issues. Provide functional expertise & ensure fulfillment of performance & service standards. Responsible for consistent operating performance & achieving financial goals. Identifies, defines & solves complex problems that impact the management & direction of the business. Collaborates with Services Areas, Regions & Health Ministries to ensure consistency & integration of strategy & operations while maintaining awareness of new industry developments & standards. Provides decision support, operations & / or optimization leadership focus.

Note: "patients" refers to patients, clients, residents, participants, customers, members

Essential Functions

Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.

• Providing advice, guidance & leadership to RHM & Region leaders in developing strategies & in the achievement of performance goals.
• Enable collaboration across & within service area, RHM & Regions to ensure consistency & integration of strategy & operations
• Providing advice, guidance & leadership to service area, functional area, RHM & Regions.
• Leading standardization / systemness & optimization of policy, process, methodology, establishing a national community of practice
• Oversee Vendor/Contract Labor Management including centralizing strategy & optimizing spend
• Collaborates in system-wide strategy development & deployment of functional area priorities & initiatives
• Responsible for supporting regional efforts to comply with functional area priorities
• Accountable for the selection, evaluation & overall success of the functional leadership teams
• Organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies & governance over financials & staffing
• Accountable for communication between service area, functional area, RHM & Regions leader
• Responsible for measuring & reporting KPIs/metrics & value delivery
• Providing advice, guidance & leadership for the colleague life cycle

Reporting to COE Director & HRBP/CHRO - CR/CLR team metrics & projects for assigned Ministries

• Management of CLR team members & daily work
• Partners with Ministry HRBPs & CHROs on Ministry initiatives
• Triage & assignment of compliance cases
• Audits compliance & employee relations entries into case management system
• Ensures consistency of disciplinary outcomes
• Responsible for assigned Departments & caseload for local Ministry
• Participates in local Ministry Executive Team Meetings
• Directs local Ministry Executive Team members & partners in sensitive employment transactions
• Creates job flows & processes for local projects
• Implements System Policies & procedures from Director of CLR
• Coordinates with COE Peer Leaders within assigned Ministries

Functional Role (not inclusive of titles or advancement career progression)

Manager, Regional, Colleague & Labor RelationsSupports the development, implementation & standardization of system-wide colleague & labor relations strategy, policies, processes & programs throughout the Regional Health Ministries (RHM). In partnership with Colleague & Labor Relations leadership, Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) & ministry leadership, implements & manages the day-to-day activities supporting colleague & labor relations strategic plans, policies & procedures to achieve Trinity Health's Strategy Priorities to realize a person-centered, mission-focused colleague culture. Locally drives & implements the colleague & labor relations strategy through systemic policy alignment & program management to support key stakeholders to proactively cultivate positive colleague & labor relations throughout the RHM, in addition to performing & fulfilling essential colleague relations activities & accountabilities. Works in conjunction Colleague & Labor Relations COE leadership & HRBPs, to provide local direction, operational management & integration of long term & short-term colleague & labor relations initiatives.

Labor Functions:

• Oversees the administration of Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) in alignment with business operations.
• Manages contract negotiations including Memorandum/Letters of Understanding (MOU/LOU), & arbitration management.
• Responds to Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) & National Lab