Salary: $146,331.12 - $185,482.96 Annually
Location : Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service (Exec)
Job Number: 20256BHC27659
Department: EXEC - Executive's Office
Division: Ofc of Labor Relations
Opening Date: 07/14/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours/Week: 40 hours/week

Summary
The King County Office of the Executive Labor Relations team is seeking an experienced and collaborative professional to join our office as a senior Labor Negotiator. This is an excellent opportunity to play a role in supporting progressive labor and employee relations at King County.

This position will lead the development and implementation of the County's labor relations goals, policies and priorities while managing the negotiations process with King County agencies, including advising on the interpretation and application of labor agreements, discharging bargaining obligations, and conducting grievance hearings. In addition, this position may provide support in administrative hearings involving unfair labor practices, bargaining unit clarifications, union representation proceedings, classification appeals, grievances, and interest arbitration hearings. This position also serves as a strategic advisor to management on labor and employment laws, personnel matters, contract administration and briefs senior management and elected officials on labor policies and complex and/or county-wide labor relations issues.

This position will report directly to a Labor Relations Manager and have extensive contact with all levels of County management, elected County Officials, interagency professionals, labor union representatives, and legal counsel.

Job Duties
Successful candidates for this position will, at a minimum,willbe able to clearlydemonstrateskill and ability to:

Serve as the chief spokesperson on complex labor contractsasfollows:

1. Serve as lead litigator on behalf of the County in interest arbitration hearing litigation from pleadings and discovery to pre-hearing, hearing,settlementand appeal.
2. Lead projects teams with broad impacts torepresentedemployees county-wide and manage all aspectsfrominceptionto conclusion, including assembling and coordinating joint labor-management project teams.
3. Anticipate unique and complex issues that have a broad impact on represented employees county-wide and make recommendations to resolve.
4. Represent theOffice of theExecutiveLabor RelationsTeamand/or the Executive Branch in the formulation and adoption by Council of labor related policies,ordinancesand motions, including attending Council meetings, whenrequired.
5. Represent the County and agencies in collective bargaining, grievance hearings, and mediation.
6. Represent the County in all phases of administrative hearings before the Public Employment Relations Commission involving unfair labor practices, bargaining unit clarification, union representation proceedings; before the King County Personnel Board involving classification appeals, suspensions and discharges, from pleadings and discovery to pre-hearing, hearing, settlement and appeal.
7. Research,draftand propose updates to legislation and the impacts and Office's position on proposed changes to state legislation.
8. Develop and conduct training on labor relations and labor law.
9. Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Demonstratedexperience with labor contract administration and labor/management committees. Desired experience in contract negotiation, mediation, and other forms of pre-litigation conflict resolution, as well as grievance and discipline analysis.
• Experience applying labor and employment law and consulting with clients and stakeholders on labor and employment issues.

• Experience conducting research,assistancewith preparing exhibits and preparing cases for arbitration.?
• Experience drafting language in legal documents such as; memoranda of agreement, settlement agreements, collective bargaining agreements, and grievance responses.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to use organizational systems toidentifypriorities and manage a complicated work environment with multi-faceted needs.
• An interest in and commitment to continuous improvement.

The most qualified applicants will be able todemonstrateexperience as the lead spokesperson negotiating and administering complex labor agreements for organizations with multiple stakeholders (public officials, department directors, employees, and labor unions). The most qualified applicants will also have public sector experience in the representation of clients in labor law hearings.

Supplemental Information
Who May Apply: This position is open to qualified internal candidates (current employees of King County government) and external candidates.

This selection process will be used for six months to fill additional career service, term-limited temporary and special duty positions.

Application Process: The following items are required to be considered for this position:

An electronic application throughor (use the "Apply" link) including work history and position duties.

• An attached resume.
• An attached letter of interest/cover letter.

Responses to supplemental questions. Do not copy and paste your resume or resume sections as Supplemental Question responses. If you do and the do not directly answer the question, this will be considered an incomplete application.

Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

Work Schedule: The normal work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week. This position is not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not overtime eligible, and the incumbent will be required to work the hours necessary to meet position responsibilities.

This position will work onsite at least three (3) days per week.

Union affiliation: This position is not represented by a labor union.
If you have questions about this recruitment, please contact Brittany Hagen Crosser at or 206-477-4035.