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Construction ADR Specialist, Construction Dispute Resolution Services, LLC (CDRS), Nationally
Construction Dispute Resolution Services, LLC (CDRS) is one of the leading ADR Providers specifically for the construction industry with over 250 construction ADR Specialists located in all 50 states, Washington DC and in several foreign countries. CDRS specializes in construction mediation, arbitration, expert services and has special ADR programs that expand on the traditional Dispute Review Board concept. CDRS is well-known for their new and innovative ADR processes that have been developed and conceived by CDRS. All individuals who have a construction background or attorneys with a construction law background are invited to join either the "National or International Panels of Construction ADR Specialists". There are no fees to join CDRS and CDRS does not require exclusivity which will allow you to serve on other panels or practice your ADR skills through your own firm or organization. CDRS offers three training programs: a two-day Arbitration Training Course, a one-day Dispute Review Board Training Course and a one day Advanced ADR Training Course. Additional information on CDRS and its programs can be found on the CDRS website www.constructiondisputes-cdrs.com. Interested parties should personally contact Mr. Peter Merrill, CDRS President and CEO at 888-930-0011. CDRS is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is on Mountain Standard Time. (Please do not contact CDRS unless you have the required construction background.)
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Mediation Specialist - HPP
Housing and Homelessness Department, Boston Community Development, Inc., Boston MA
Assist clients in negotiations with landlords, property managers, housing authorities, and human service and community agencies to maintain permanent housing. Conduct informational workshops and educate tenants of housing rights. Assist landlords with “Early Warning Systems” information to identify at-risk tenants prior to judicial actions. Develop legal services referral networks. Work closely with Housing Court Advocates. Provide weekly and monthly reports to the Program Director. Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum of an Associate’s degree in Human Services or a related field, with one to three years of supervisory experience required. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Paralegal or law students encouraged to apply. Must have experience in and knowledge of homeless and housing issues, housing law and subsidies, benefits programs, Massachusetts General Laws, and state sanitary code regarding rental housing. Exceptional written and oral communication skills required. Must have a valid driver’s license. Bilingual skills a plus. Must pass a CORI check. Must be able to work sensitively and effectively with individuals of diverse educational, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Email: hr@bostonabcd.org (Please indicate the job title you’re interested in the subject line! Attachments in Microsoft Word ONLY, please.)
Please direct resumes and inquiries to:
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
Human Resources
Department 161
178 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111
PHONE 617-357-6000
TTY 617-423-9215
FAX 617-423-7693
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Mediator (Experience in the Airline Industry); Office of Mediation Services at National Mediation Board, Washington DC
Agency: National Mediation Board Job Announcement Number: 2009-05MP Mediator (Experience in the Airline Industry) Salary Range: 73,100.00 - 113,007.00 USD /year
GS-12: $73,100 to $95,026, GS-13: $86,927 to $113007 Open Period: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 to Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Series & Grade: GS-0241-12/13; Position Information: Full-Time Permanent; Promotion Potential: 14 Duty Locations: 1 vacancy - but two applicants may be selected- Washington, DC
Who May Be Considered: Applications will be accepted from current and former competitive service Federal employees, and people eligible under special hiring authorities. To apply under the Delegated Examining Process, please see vacancy announcement number 2009-05DU. This announcement requires experience in the Airline industry.
Job Summary: This position is located in the Office of Mediation Services at the National Mediation Board. The incumbent will mediate disputes between railroad and airline carriers and labor organizations over rates of pay, work rules or working conditions, or over interpretations of applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Key Requirements: U.S. Citizenship; Federal employees must achieve time in grade to qualify; Position involves travel; Background and/or Security Investigation required.
Major Duties: Mediates disputes between railroad and airline carriers and labor organizations over rates of pay, work rules or working conditions, or over interpretations of applicable collective bargaining agreements. Drawing on an extensive knowledge of the parties, their histories, relationships, past agreements, and persistent or recurring problems, uses an array of mediation techniques and approaches to assist parties in achieving resolution of disputes. Provides specialized alternative dispute resolution services in an ongoing effort to enhance the quality of relationships between labor and management to avoid or minimize the emergence of serious disputes. In this role, offers Interest Based Bargaining training and facilitation, grievance mediation, on-line dispute resolution, or such other services as may be appropriate.
Qualifications: For the GS-12: all applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience in negotiating or interpreting labor agreements in the airline industry covering a large number of employees or a number of different crafts or classes, on such matters as wages, hours of work, and working conditions; or in mediating between, or negotiating with, management and employee representatives in the application of labor agreements at a level that is equivalent to the GS-11 level in the federal service.
For the GS-13: all applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience in negotiating or interpreting labor agreements in the airline industry covering a large number of employees or a number of different crafts or classes, on such matters as wages, hours of work, and working conditions; or in mediating between, or negotiating with, management and employee representatives in the application of labor agreement at a level that is equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal service.
Experience must have been in or directly related to the concepts, principles, and collective bargaining practices in the airline industry. Such experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position. You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position. You must meet time-in-grade restrictions by the closing date of this announcement. You will be required to travel extensively (11 or more nights per month).
How You Will Be Evaluated: You will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required; and on the extent to which your application shows that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with this position as defined below. When describing your knowledge, skills, and abilities, please be sure to give examples and explain how often you used these skills, the complexity of the knowledge you possessed, the level of the people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc.
Each applicant must provide with your application a written statement, not to exceed five-typed pages, (no more than one page each) specifically addressing the following five knowledge, skills, and abilities:
1. Skill applying the techniques of mediation in dealing with the parties to a dispute in the Skill applying the techniques of mediation in dealing with the parties to a dispute in the airline industry.
2. Knowledge of the field of labor-management relations, particularly of collective bargaining principles, practices and processes in the airline industry; understanding of economic, industrial and labor trends, and of current developments and problems in the field of labor relations.
3. Skill in collective bargaining, gained through experience as a management official, a union official, a party in the collective bargaining process, a union or management official implementing or interpreting a labor contract, or as a neutral in the airline industry.
4. Skill in collective bargaining gained through experience as lead or chief negotiator in the airline industry.
5. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Once the application process is completed, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be evaluated. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills and abilities required of this position. You will be rated based on your responses and assigned a score ranging from 70 to 100 points, and you will receive additional points for verified veterans preference. Well qualified is defined as candidates with a score of at least 85 out of 100. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Applicants who do not respond to the application questions may be rated ineligible.
BENEFITS: The Federal government offers a number of exceptional benefits to its employees. These benefits include, but are not limited to: health care, life insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, annual and sick leave, long-term care insurance, and retirement savings plans, transit subsidies. For more information about these benefits, please visit http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei61.asp
Other Information: Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/ Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). Individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85 or above on the rating criteria for this position. CTAP and ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a 'Notice of Personnel Action' (SF-50) or equivalent that documents separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.
If you are a veteran with preference eligibility, submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are eligible for 10-point veterans' preference, attach an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form. http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf
Five-point preference is given to those honorably separated veterans (this means an honorable or general discharge) who served on active duty (not active duty for training) in the Armed Forces: during any war (this means a war declared by Congress, the last of which was World War II); during the period April 28, 1952, through July 1, 1955;
for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred after January 31, 1955, and before October 15, 1976; during the Gulf War period beginning August 2, 1990, and ending January 2, 1992; or for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred during the period beginning September 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law as the last day of Operation Iraqi Freedom; or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign medal has been authorized, such as El Salvador, Lebanon, Granada, Panama, Southwest Asia, Somalia, and Haiti. Medal holders and Gulf War veterans who originally enlisted after September 7, 1980, or entered on active duty on or after October 14, 1982, without having previously completed 24 months of continuous active duty, must have served continuously for 24 months or the full period called or ordered to active duty.
Effective on October 1, 1980, military retirees at or above the rank of major or equivalent, are not entitled to preference unless they qualify as disabled veterans.
Ten-point preference is given to: those honorably separated veterans who 1) qualify as disabled veterans because they have served on active duty in the Armed Forces at any time and have a present service-connected disability or are receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits, or pension from the military or the Department of Veterans Affairs; or 2) are Purple Heart recipients; the spouse of a veteran unable to work because of a service-connected disability; the unmarried widow of certain deceased veterans; and the mother of a veteran who died in service or who is permanently and totally disabled.
For more specifics on all veterans employment issues such as Veterans preference or special appointing authorities see the Veteran's Guide http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetsinfo.asp .
When promotion potential is shown, the agency is not making a commitment and is not obligated to provide future promotions to you if you are selected. Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.
If you fax your application, we will not consider it.
If you are selected at a grade lower than the highest shown in this listing, you will be placed under a career development plan and can be non-competitively promoted when you successfully complete the requirements for the higher grade.
You will be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
1. Current resume and/or OF-612 Optional Applicant for Federal Employment
2. Supplemental information addressing the five knowledge, skills and abilities outlined in the vacancy announcement
3. Veterans preference documentation if applicable
4. Copy of latest Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), if a current or former federal employee, and/or if requesting reinstatement eligibility
5. Copy of latest performance appraisal
6. OF-306 Declaration for federal employment (please click on this link for the form) http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of0306.pdf.
How To Apply:
You may submit your resume for this job online by selecting the 'Apply Online' button at the bottom of this announcement. Please note: your online resume may not be a complete application. Be sure to carefully read this announcement to see if additional information is required and how it should be submitted. If you do not use the online feature, you should send your resume, or Optional Form 612, along with any other required documents to the address shown below.
You must submit your application so that it will be received by 5:00PM eastern standard time on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
To apply online, read this vacancy announcement carefully and provide a response to the five quality ranking factors. From the announcement, select, Apply on Line. You will need to log on to access your existing resumes or to create a new one and then submit it for consideration.
If you are claiming veterans' preference or eligibility for Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) this statement shuld be inlcuded in your cover letter. You will be contacted to request submission of the DD-214and, if disabled, an SF-15 with letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Tentative five-point preference will be granted to Veterans initially. Full preference will be granted upon receipt of your paperwork.
Submit a narrative statement responding to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) identified in the announcement. This information will be used to determine your eligibility and/or rating and is required.
1. Applications that are hand delivered, or mailed should be addressed to Florine Kellogg to arrive by 5:00PM eastern standard time on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Applications sent by email should be sent to vacancy@nmb.gov and received by 5:00PM eastern time on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
2. Late, incomplete, or illegible applications will not be considered.
3. Highly qualified applications will be interviewed by a panel
Submit your application to: National Mediation Board; Attn: Florine Kellogg
1301 K Street, NW Suite 250-E; Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 692-5000
Contact Information: Florine Kellogg; Phone: 202-692-5000; Email: admin@nmb.gov
Contact Information: Florine Kellogg ; Phone: 2026925000; Email: vacancy@nmb.gov; Or write: National Mediation Board; 1301 K Street, NW; Suite 250 East; Washington, DC 20005-7011
What To Expect Next: If you provide your email address, we will notify you when your application has been received and keep you informed of the status of your application by e-mail. If an e-mail is not provided, we will inform you via mail the status of your application.
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EMB-Case Manager, Decorum Consulting Group, New York NY
This position is not related to medical or social work case management. Please do not submit yourself if your experience is in this area. We are ideally looking for a strong paralegal who has completed his or her Juris Doctor, who has experience with ADR, or an experienced ADR Case manager. Top Dispute Resolution firm with offices nationwide seeks Case Manager. MUST HAVE experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution experience and must have Juris Doctor.
Room for growth! Looking for someone to shake things up and help with restructuring!
Job Description: Convene, manage and administer cases. Regularly greet clients when they come in for a hearing as determined by local manager. Handle case management issues effectively and in a professional manner. Regularly meet and communicate with manager and assigned ADR service providers to discuss case issues. Partner with ADR service provider to ensure timely follow-up on all closed cases to determine client satisfaction and future business opportunities. Job Qualifications: Basic proficiency in all ADR processes and procedures (arbitration, mediation, court reference, etc). Ability to proactively determine client needs to ensure that the overall client experience is positive, enhance client satisfaction, and facilitate repeat business. Solid working knowledge of the proficiency, practice areas and practice preferences of internal service providers assigned to their local Resolution Center. Computer literate and proficiency in all software programs required for the position. Must have a good understanding of the legal industry including court processes and legal terminology
Salary and Benefits: $40,000 - 60,000
To Apply Directly: Email your resume to: emily@decorum-ny.com
Please visit www.decorum-ny.com for more job openings and background of our company.
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Director of Collective Bargaining, SEIU Local 1000, Sacramento CA
Type: Full-time; Experience: Mid-Senior level; Functions: Human Resources; Industries: Government Relations, Human Resources, Non-Profit Organization Management, Political Organization; Posted: June 24, 2009
JOB DUTIES
• Act as spokesperson during collective bargaining.
• Coordinate actions of master table bargaining, as well as activities of nine individual bargaining units
• Coordinate activities for approximately 150 meet and confer negotiating teams
• Train negotiating team members
• Supervise four to seven senior union representatives and three administrative support staff
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• 5 years experience negotiating contracts, including experience as chief spokesperson, writing contract language, costing and coordinating activities for multiple bargaining units.
• 3 years experience managing staff, assignments, projects and timelines.
• Experience with mediation, arbitration and hearings preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field required.
• Masters degree in administration or JD preferred
Company Description: We are Local 1000 of the Service Employees International Union. SEIU Local 1000 is a progressive public sector labor union representing 95,000 state employees in nine bargaining units throughout the state of California.
SEIU Local 1000 is seeking a skilled and innovative Director of Contracts who combines a big-picture outlook with a mastery of details. If you’re a fierce negotiator, a tireless advocate for the rank-and-file, and excel at both strategy and tactics, please apply. The ideal candidate will be experienced in managing a team of dedicated labor representatives, a volunteer bargaining team and expertly coordinating negotiations.
The employees in the bargaining units we represent include a wide variety of classifications. We negotiate and enforce a long, complex contract that ensures good working conditions, fair wages and secure health care and retirement benefits. We require a thorough knowledge of collective bargaining, as well as of the roles, structures, policies and procedures of California’s State Personnel Board, the Department of Personnel Administration, and individual state departments.
Please visit the SEIU Local 1000 website to learn about our Union and our vision for our members. www.seiu1000.org
SEIU Local 1000; 1808 14th St; Sacramento, CA 95811-7131; (916) 554-1200