Job DescriptionThe Director of Employee and Labor Relations for Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS)will provide a broad range of strategic Employee and Labor Relations across multiple business functions as well as assist with Talent Management, Compensation, Benefits, and Finance. In this environment, the Director will act as an extended staff member and close advisor to school leadership, developing strategic workforce plans, advising on organizational development needs and proactively addressing all human capital concerns including relocating and on-boarding strategies.To be successful the Director will need the gravitas to establish immediate credibility and adeptly engage the leaders in addressing their human capital business concerns. Taking a highly consultative approach and speaking from a deep knowledge base, the Director will bring fresh perspective, new insights and a sense of partnership to the relationship s/he will build with the School's leadership team.Responsibilities
- Oversees human resources responsibilities across ISMMS; uses data and fact-based problem solving techniques to improve processes and outcomes. Ensures that all operations run according to institutional and departmental policies and in accordance with any government or regulatory requirements as applicable.
- Handles internal investigations for various levels of ISMMS (faculty, fellows, residents, post- doctoral fellows, and staff), including collaboration with Legal and Compliance departments.
- Manages, interprets, and educates the faculty and staff on the collective bargaining agreement for the post-doctoral fellows who are newly organized. Hearing grievances and other issues presented by the union on behalf of the post-doctoral fellows and the Principal Investigators who supervise them.
- Plans, develops, and/or maintains departmental standard operating procedures. Regularly reviews policies and procedures and makes changes, or recommends changes to superiors as necessary.
- Collaborates with leadership throughout the School of Medicine to identify personnel needs, workforce planning strategies, and search assignments. Develops and maintains strong working relationships with leadership, and other team members to create a partnership.
- Serves as HR liaison with department administrators and professional staff regarding the ISMMS policies and procedures and personnel administration. Plans, develops, and maintains departmental standard operating procedures. Regularly reviews policies and procedures and makes changes or recommendations, as well as provides guidance to Administrators and Managers regarding human resources matters, field departmental issues, and confer on restructuring.
- Advisement of HR policies and Faculty handbook interpretations, including leave procedures for faculty, fellows, residents, post-doctoral fellows, and staff.
- Develops and conducts training programs related to employee relations and policies and procedures for ISMMS faculty and staff.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
- Demonstrates the following behavioral competencies, including
- Adaptability: maintains effectiveness/efficiency when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities/environment, work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
- Business Advisor: develops valued partnerships with key stakeholders and all customers; proactively identifying business opportunities while conveying a firm understanding of the customer's business and political drivers.
- Customer Focus: ensures that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafts and implements service practices that meets customer and organizational imperatives.
- High-Impact Communication: clearly and succinctly communicates in a focused and compelling manner that inspires others.
- Innovation: generates innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
- Negotiation: effectively explores alternatives and positions to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.
- Persuasiveness: uses appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product, service, or idea from prospects and clients.
- Sourcing and Selecting Talent: evaluates and selects internal and external talent to ensure the best match between the individual and the work requirements.
- Strategic Decision Making: obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goals or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.
- Performs other related duties.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree required in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field, or a combination of education and related experience, Masters degree preferred
- Six plus years of progressive HR Generalist experience. Knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures relevant to Human Resources
- Must have proven track record of relationship building with both internal and external customers
- Must have experience with recruitment and sourcing candidates, as well as compensation knowledge, experience with job analysis, general compensation practices and salary structure design
- Ability to handle employee conflicts and differences by interpreting verbal/non-verbal behavior, detecting perceptions and needs of staff
- Demonstrated business acumen and the ability to understand business strategy and goals
- Demonstrated HR knowledge and experience in a technology organization strongly preferred
- Ability to move about on campus and offsite buildings, may include travel
About Us
Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
About the Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's The World's Best Smart Hospitals ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.
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