Employee Relations Consultant

About the role

As an Employee Relations Consultant, you’ll help create a workplace where employees feel supported, leaders feel confident, and workplace concerns are handled fairly and consistently. You’ll partner with front-line and mid-level leaders to navigate everyday employee relations matters, including performance, attendance, conduct, and policy questions. Working alongside experienced Employee Relations professionals, you’ll provide guidance, identify potential risks, and help leaders find solutions that support both our people and the organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on employee relations, workplace policies, performance management, attendance, conduct, and disciplinary processes.
• Conduct initial reviews and lower-complexity investigations, including gathering information, interviewing employees and witnesses, and documenting findings.
• Help leaders navigate corrective action, performance improvement, and time and attendance concerns.
• Apply foundational knowledge of ADA, FMLA, and leave and accommodation principles.
• Recognize and escalate higher-risk matters involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, accommodations, or other compliance concerns.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and Centers of Excellence to ensure consistent follow-up.
• Maintain accurate case documentation and manage a caseload while meeting established timelines.
• Identify trends in Employee Relations data and support projects, training, and policy education.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of Employee Relations and general HR practices
• Understanding of employment regulations and EEO concepts
• Experience with performance management, attendance, conduct, or other employee matters
• Strong communication, listening, organization, and problem-solving skills
• The ability to explain HR policies in a clear, practical way
• Strong judgment, emotional intelligence, and discretion when handling sensitive information
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to recognize when an issue needs to be escalated

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes:

• Our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties
• The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI)
• The Feigin Tower for pediatric research
• Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births
• Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston
• Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston
• Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, a state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families
• Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children
• Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country
• Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children
• A global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world

Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. Our community includes over 15,000 dedicated team members.