Executive Director of Investigations and Labor Relations for OILR

Responsibilities

Investigations: Overseeing the review of allegations and complaints of employee misconduct, leading investigations to determine if the allegations have been substantiated, providing confidential reports on investigations with recommendations to the Commissioner on punitive and restorative actions for any substantiated misconduct, and conducting settlement conferences with employees.

Representing the Agency at administrative trials held at the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, in connection with substantiated disciplinary cases. Labor Relations: You will serve as the labor point-of-contact for the agency and provide recommendations to senior staff on organizational or policy changes to support a safe and respectful work environment.

You will also liaise with the municipal labor unions on various labor-management issues, facilitate labor-management meetings, and resolve employee grievances. Preferred skills:

• Extremely high sense of integrity, impartiality, and fairness.
• Demonstrated ability to make fact-based decisions unimpeded by bias.
• Litigation knowledge of administrative disciplinary proceedings.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion in handling sensitive and confidential matters.
• Familiarity of civil service law and experience working within the constraints of civil service, as well as extensive knowledge of relevant city, state and federal laws.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills necessary to explain complex and/or confidential information and communicate with all levels of management.
• Professional-level computer skills, including Microsoft Office and similar programs.

Minimum Qualifications

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work. Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment. EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

Qualifications & Requirements

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work. Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.