As a Employee Relations Partner in the Advanced Support Employee Relations organization, you will help establish and implement a global vision, strategy and operating model to better understand and respond to manager and employee concerns. This includes partnership with the business, function, and human resource (HR) leaders on an in-depth review of feedback, performance and employee experience aspects of regulatory-related deliverables. Overall, this organization will span the traditional HR lifecycle, employee experience and manager success strategy.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide in-depth consultation to managers on unsatisfactory performance and concerns across all lines of business using numerous media channels including phone, email and Zoom
- Assist in educating and strengthening manager’s people leadership skills ensuring robust and equitable outcomes to performance matters that are raised. Direct managers to available online tools and resources to assist in managing performance concerns
- Partner with key stakeholders such as Employee Assistance Program, Security, human resource business advisors, and legal teams to support employee safety cases
- Exhibit high level of competency reviewing employee disputes and appeals by investigating matters in an objective matter to come to fair and equitable outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and anticipate client needs and apply understanding or perspectives to solve problems and ensure outcomes in a timely manner
- Understand the importance of and be comfortable in following prescriptive processes and protocols to ensure consistency and standardization of workflow
- Determine case facts by asking probing questions of all involved parties. Manage the review, resolution and documentation of learned facts
- Partner with managers in creating detailed corrective action documents
- Demonstrate a risk and control mindset; observe the highest degree of confidentiality in the handling of sensitive information received during course of responding to issues
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- 5+ years of advising on employee relations matters
- Thorough understanding of the firm’s HR practices, procedures, and policies as well as, employment and labor laws
- Exceptional time management skills and ability to handle high volume case load
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment; adjust readily to multiple demands, shifting priorities, and rapid change with composure
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; key attention to detail. Proven ability to utilize critical thinking in approaching each situation presented
- Possesses a risk and control mindset; follows published protocols around addressing employee relations cases effectively and tracking activities related to carrying out key responsibilities. Applies a consistent and appropriate level of review when decisioning cases and providing guidance while escalating appropriately
- Strong interpersonal skills including emotional intelligence; thoughtful, thorough, and empathetic
- Exceptional communication in difficult situations; ability to flex intervention style based on the needs of the situation and succinctly present balanced feedback and influence stakeholders at all levels ensuring successful execution of resolution – ability to solve problem
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Human Resource Management or equivalent Human Resource or Management experience
- Previous experience working in a high volume fast paced environment
- Strong written communication skills and typing proficiency in order to effectively document ER case notes