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Duties and Responsibilities
Partner with the Director, Employee Relations and HR Compliance to build a strategic Employee Relations Center of Excellence.
Collaborate with and be a go-to resource for HR Business Partners for all Employee Relations issues, offering guidance on performance improvement matters, complex employee situations, and involuntary terminations.
Guide managers in drafting performance improvement plans and termination documentation.
Resolves, guides, and facilitates difficult conversations, including involuntary terminations.
Use solid judgment and discretion when responding to grievances.
Work on HR Operations projects, implementations, and initiatives.
Manage employee relations investigations.
Partner with HR Compliance to create and update HR Policies.
Counsel HR colleagues and managers on trending employee relations issues, potential risks to the organization, and ways to mitigate risk.
Prepare and conduct training for internal stakeholders on internal employee relations trends, best practices.
Use Employee Relations data to prepare charts and reports on trends.
Partner with the HRBPs to assist in the workforce reduction process.
Ensure cases are properly logged in the ER and Leave case management system.
Additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years experience managing complex employee relation issues and investigations.
Bachelors degree from an accredited institution.
Demonstrated experience managing varied employee relations issues.
Deep knowledge of federal and state employment laws.
Demonstrated ability to coach, influence, and deal with conflict with employees and managers.
Ability to deliver difficult messages at the same time as defusing a situation
Hybrid Work Schedule
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.