Title and Standard Job Description Library

• Job Summary: The job summary is a brief statement explaining the primary functions of the job, including its main purpose and overall goal.
  Provides support and management for the institution's employment relations program. Provides consultation, drafts and updates policies and procedures, develops and presents training modules, hears grievances, manages appeals, recommends remedies for disputes, and establishes strong business partnerships.
• Job Responsibilities: Job responsibilities are the core job duties that people in this job usually perform.
  • Advises employees, supervisors, managers, and human resources staff regarding sensitive employee relations matters and documents activities according to established polices and procedures while ensuring institution-wide consistency in application of situational outcomes
  • Collaborates with university stakeholders on employee/employment relations matters, including matters that overlap with their offices and/or areas of specialty
  • Consults with employees, employee representatives, supervisory staff, and various campus offices seeking information and advice regarding a variety of employment relations issues, provides information and advice, and assists in resolution of the issue to the extent required
  • Collaborates with governance groups and campus stakeholders regarding the development and administration of policies, procedures, and appeals related to employment relations issues
  • Serves as a liaison to internal and external campus stakeholders regarding employee relations issues
  • Drafts, updates, and presents training material for the university employment relations program
  • Collaborates across division, units, and/or functional teams to bridge ideas and ensure cohesive strategies, structures, and concepts
  • Develops policies aligned with campus objectives and institutional employee relations strategies, and guides employees and divisions through employment relations policies and procedures
  • Guides divisions in grievance issues, employee disciplinary transactions and terminations, performance management, and workplace leave matters. Hears and adjudicates grievances and manages appeals
• Education: Education describes the minimum level of education that people in this job usually have. Education that is a preferred minimum is recommended for this job but not required. Relevant work experience can satisfy preferred minimum education. A hiring manager may include additional education requirements when recruiting for a position.
  Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
• FLSA Status: Federal regulations determine Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) status. Employees who are non-exempt receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Employees who are exempt do not receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week.
  Exempt
• Institution Job: A job that has primary responsibilities that impact the majority or the entirety of the institution, or has significantly larger scope than the school/college/division in which it resides, and typically contains “(Inst)” in the job title or mentions “institution” or “enterprise” in a standard job description.
  Yes
• Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees: The supervisor directly oversees the equivalent of at least 2.0 FTE employees or indirectly oversees one or more supervisors. The supervisor has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, promote, manage conduct and performance, discharge, assign, reward, and discipline employees. The supervisor typically reviews the work of employees and may approve employee timesheets.
  No
• Employee Category: Each employee category is unique in type of work performed, job security, benefits package, and/or ability to organize unions. Assignment to an employee category is based upon job title. Refer to the UW–Madison Employment Categories policy for more information.
  Academic Staff
• Scaled Job: Jobs with the same title may have a different scope of work based on the school, college, or division where the work is performed. Scaling recognizes these differences based on the scope, impact, and complexity of the work performed. A scaled job title has multiple salary grades to align with market data. Learn more about job scaling.
  No
• Salary Range (Annual): Jobs in the same salary grade have similar pay in the market. Each salary grade has a salary range that includes a minimum and a maximum. A job is paid between the minimum and maximum of its salary grade. Learn more about UW's salary structure.
  24: $71,994-133,908
• Job Code: A job code identifies jobs in the university’s human resources system.
  HR054: Employment Relations Specialist II (Inst)

Knowledges and Skills Learning Resources

Each standard job description is linked to a list of knowledges and skills. Knowledges and skills are optional resources to support employee learning and development. Visit the Knowledges and Skills Learning Resources website to learn more.

• Knowledges: Understanding of concepts.
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  • Administration and Management
  • Administrative
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Law and Government
  • Personnel and Human Resources
• Skills: Capabilities and proficiencies developed through training and experience. Learn more about knowledges and skills.
  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Writing