Director Employee Relations, Corporate Human Resources

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and launch of a centralized employee relations function at UPHS, serving over 40K employees.
• Serve as a key partner within the HR team and provide support and guidance on a variety of employee relations matters to promote a positive employee experience.
• Provide day-to-day oversight, management and guidance to the employee relations team members on a broad range of employee relations matters.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, this role will advise senior management on complex employee relations issues, including areas of risk and legal exposure.
• In partnership with labor relations, proactively conducts risk/vulnerability assessment and leverages mitigation approaches.
• Partner with inside and outside legal counsel as necessary on employee relations matters including legal claims filed by current and former employees.
• Collaborates with legal counsel to track, monitor and report out on legal claims.
• Partners with other HR functions, including labor and organizational development, monitors employee climate to identify workplace opportunities and trends. Recommend proactive solutions based on business needs and best practices.
• Partner with other key HR functions to design and leverage training programs for managers and employees on employee relations topics.
• Develop, implement and maintain comprehensive employee policies that are legally compliant. Ensures that policies are interpreted and applied in a fair and equitable manner.
• Ensure a fair and thorough examination of employee relations and investigations and conflicts.
• Work collaboratively with key HR leaders, specifically HR Operations, to ensure a seamless and collaborative approach to addressing tier one and tier two employee relations issues.
• Develop metrics to measure performance within the employee relations function.
• Provides oversight of the EEO-1 and VETS reporting process. Partners with HRIS and external vendor to ensure compliance.
• Participate in special projects such as HR system implementations, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Master's Degree is preferred.
• 10+ years multi-disciplinary HR experience, including employee relations is required.
• 5+ years of experience in an HR leadership role is required.