Specific duties include: Providing day-to-day guidance to managers and supervisors, in consultation with CLRO, on the interpretation and application of collective agreements, as well as on addressing labor relations issues and related work and pay practices; Assisting the CLRO and County leadership with designing and analyzing compensation and budget scenarios as they prepare, enter, and conduct contract negotiations, including interest arbitrations, with unions; Leading and performing work related to conducting salary surveys, benchmarking County labor practices/policies with other organizations, and developing costing models to assist County leadership with planning for new contract negotiations; Developing economic package alternatives/options for consideration, including multi-year cost projections and reviewing and drafting related proposals and counter-proposals; Coordinating with the HRD on key operational processes to ensure negotiated terms, particularly as they relate to pay, are properly executed, tracked, and audited. Assisting the CLRO and County leadership with a wide range of administrative proceedings to resolve conflicts and complaints affecting unions and bargaining unit employees; The Ideal Candidate will have experience in the following; Fiscal analysis/budgeting or costing experience/skills; Employee relations; Labor relations; Collective bargaining; Compensation design and analysis; and/or.