Employee Relations Specialist
Houston, TX 77006 US
Job Description
- Act as a liaison between employees and Human Resources with disciplinary, grievance, benefits, and leaves of absence guiding and supporting both leaders and employees
- Coach and advise departmental leadership in carrying out their responsibilities on employee relations matters
- Maintain all HR/employee personnel related to employee relations
- Work directly with employees in the organization to explore and assist in determining options to help resolve conflicts and problematic issues
- Assist and guide managers and employees on a broad range of Human Resource policies, programs, and
- practices
- Lead employee relations groups such as employee focus groups, and improvement teams to ensure effective and positive relationships
- Provide case management services for employee complaints, appeals, and investigations
- Craft strategies to resolve personnel issues and minimize the adverse personnel impact of proposed business realignment
- Provide tactical and strategic consulting and development strategies
- Counsel staff regarding employee relations, policy interpretation, and ways to improve the investigations and terminations
- Drive the development of HR-related strategies and ensure implementation and execution
- Interpret and communicate policies and policy changes as required.
- Suggest ways to improve the team’s effectiveness and build positive relationships
- Coach senior leadership on policies, contracts, agreements, procedures, and local, state, civil rights laws and federal laws
- Provide support and guidance for redundancy policies, staffing, and outsourcing
- Review the performance management process including goal setting, continuous feedback,
- performance calibration sessions, performance discussions and development planning
- Make recommendations regarding wage, salary, and incentive decisions
- Act as a liaison between HRIS, Compensation, Talent Acquisition, and leadership
- Utilize employee feedback regarding onboarding, exit interview, employee engagement, etc.
- Facilitate New Hire Orientation and training programs
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
- Five (5) years of experience in Human Resources handling employee relations
- Professional certification SHRM CP/SCP or HCI PHR/SPHR upon hire or within 12 months of hire
- Familiarity with federal, state, and local employment laws
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- High degree of discretion and commitment to confidentiality
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong consultative skills required to identify strategic objectives and to design/ lead of market-based solutions.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Experience working with HR Information Systems
- Background check-criminal, Education Verification, Employment verification and drug panel will be performed
- Temp To Hire Opportunity to join a great nonprofit organization
- A diverse culture and strong work ethics
- Weekly Pay Periods
- Direct Deposit
- 401k, 403b options
- Medical, Dental and Vision options
- Possibility of this position becoming hybrid
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