Executive Director

The Executive Director serves as the full-time agency head and chief executive officer for the part-time three-person citizen commission appointed by the Governor.

• Management of effective and efficient mediation services.
• Management of effective and efficient adjudication services.
• Management of effective and efficient representation/unit clarification matters.
• Management of effective and efficient training and conflict prevention services.
• Management and oversight of approximately 800 cases filed annually.
• Day-to-day oversight, leadership and management of PERC staff, including its management team.
• Preparation and administration of agency budget (currently $12 million per biennium).
• Legislative relations concerning both budget and substantive statutory issues.
• Decision-making authority on representation and unit clarification cases.
• Decision-making authority on preliminary rulings in unfair labor practice.
• Direction of outreach and external relations, including educating stakeholders on legal and procedural matters.
• Development of policy, including administrative rules for consideration by the Commission.
• Administration of agency and staff performance measures.
• Certification of issues for interest arbitration.
• Ensure compliance with the Public Records Act.
• Administration of compliance proceedings, ensuring that orders from agency staff and the Commission are remedied.
• Represent agency at conferences and with other entities.

• Senior-level experience as a manager and leader.
• Management experience in an agency comparable to PERC is desirable.
• A commitment to impartiality, collective bargaining, and mediation of disputes.
• Outstanding communications skills both in written and oral form.
• Public sector labor relations experience, or experience under the National Labor Relations Act, or other similar federal labor law statutes.
• Candidates with a law degree and/or formal education in industrial relations or related fields may be given preference.
• Ability to deal with a dynamic environment and complex issues.
• Capacity to employ originality in conceiving and putting into operation theories of law, practice and procedure which may often be novel.
• Familiarity or experience with the legislature and legislative process.
• Integrity
• Fairness

• Health insurance
• Vacation
• Sick leave
• Retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Deferred compensation plan
• Flexible work hours
• Training and development opportunities

The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) is an independent state agency created to implement Washington State’s eleven collective bargaining laws and resolve public-sector labor relations disputes.