Workforce Relations Specialist

🇺🇸 Irvine, California 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $79K - $111K 💻 Human Resources 🗓️ November 4th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

University of California - Irvine is hiring a Workforce Relations Specialist. The role supports the Workforce Relations team within UCI Human Resources, which provides labor and employee relations services across the university and its health system. The specialist manages union representation petitions, coordinates responses to union information requests and public records requests, and supports workplace investigations and collective bargaining.

Highlights

Manage the union representation petition process for accretions and new units, including intake, tracking, communications, identifying statutory exclusions, and training internal stakeholders.
Coordinate responses to union requests for information and public records requests, gathering material from stakeholders and meeting legal timelines.
Conduct workplace investigations when assigned, from intake and fact-finding to documentation, and keep case data current in ServiceNow.
Conduct due process (Skelly) hearings as assigned.
Support Workforce Relations Consultants with collective bargaining research and data gathering, draft union notices, and provide on-site support during strike planning.
Resolve employee relations questions and concerns for client groups, applying employee relations expertise to a diverse group of employees.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 3+ years performing employee or labor relations work in a complex organization, with thorough knowledge of union contracts and state and federal law.
Demonstrated conflict resolution, handling of volatile situations, and Microsoft Excel data analysis; higher education or healthcare experience and a PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification preferred.
Expected pay range of $79,200 to $111,300 per year.