HR Specialist - Employee Relations & Training

About the role

This position serves as a Human Resources practitioner within Housing & Food Services with primary responsibility for employee relations consultation, performance management support, corrective action processes, workplace concern response, and HR subject-matter training for managers and supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Employee Relations Consultation and Case Management (40%): Serve as an HFS HR consultant to managers, supervisors, and leaders on employee relations matters involving performance, conduct, attendance, workplace communication, interpersonal conflict, workplace climate, policy application, and escalation needs.
• Conduct intake, gather relevant facts, review documentation, identify missing information, and recommend case strategies that are objective, equitable, and aligned with UW, HFS, and collective bargaining requirements.
• Career Fact-Finding, Workplace Concern Reviews, Investigation Referrals, and Related Follow-Up (40%): Coordinate and support fact-finding, workplace concern reviews, investigation referrals, and related follow-up in partnership with HR leadership and appropriate University offices.
• Performance Management, Corrective Action, and Documentation (25%): Serve as support for HFS performance management practices, in partnership with HR colleagues responsible for administrative tracking, records management, Workday reporting, and process coordination.
• Advise managers on proactive performance management, timely feedback, documented coaching, expectation setting, probationary concerns, performance improvement plans, letters of expectation, formal counseling, final counseling, and recommendations for dismissal.
• Draft, review, and edit employee relations and performance management documentation to ensure factual accuracy, objective language, consistency, equity, clarity, appropriate tone, and alignment with HFS communication and belonging expectations.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in education, human resources or other related field; and 2 years relevant work experience that includes: Experience interpreting and applying HR policies, collective bargaining agreements, employment rules, or workplace procedures in a complex organization.
• Additional Desired Qualifications: Experience providing employee relations support in higher education, public sector, unionized, residential, dining, hospitality, facilities, student services, or other high-volume operational environments.

Qualifications

• To be considered for this opportunity your application must demonstrate you meet both the minimum qualifications and additional qualifications listed below.

Benefits

Compensation, Benefits And Position Details
Pay Range Minimum: $81,252.00 annual
Pay Range Maximum $81,252.00 annual
Benefits Other Compensation: For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/

Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Temporary or Regular?

This is a regular position

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) 100.00%

Union/Bargaining Unit

Not Applicable