Human Resources Generalist - Employee Relations Ministry Advisor
Position Summary
The Human Resources Generalist – Employee Relations & Ministry Advisor serves as a professional people support consultant to Unity Communities & Leaders and affiliated ministries across the movement. This role provides advisory expertise in employee relations, conflict resolution, employment documentation, governance alignment, accountability systems, and HR best practices.
Essential Job Functions
Serve as a consultative resource to ministry leaders navigating workplace or governance challenges.
Provide structured frameworks for addressing interpersonal conflict.
Coach leaders on documentation, progressive discipline, and accountability conversations.
Guide development and implementation of performance improvement plans.
Provide mediation tools and structured approaches ministries can implement locally.
Advise on employment classification and compensation best practices (without direct payroll authority over ministries).
Provide guidance on clear delineation between board governance and operational management.
Help ministries create clarity around authority, reporting relationships, and decision rights.
Develop onboarding resources and foundational HR training for ministers and board leaders.
Create scalable people support education modules (hiring basics, documentation standards, employee relations fundamentals, etc.).
Contribute to development of a Unity People Support Toolkit for movement-wide use.
Support a proactive, education-first approach to reducing “ethics-labeled” concerns.
Maintain awareness of evolving employment standards.
Provide high-level guidance regarding employment compliance considerations.
Identify patterns across ministries and recommend systemic improvements.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in human resources, organizational leadership, business, or related field.
Experience: Minimum 5 years progressive HR experience with strong emphasis in employee relations.
Experience: Advising leaders on workplace investigations (not necessarily serving as investigator of record).
Experience: Developing performance improvement plans and documentation frameworks.
Skills: Strong written documentation and policy development skills.
Core Competencies: Consultative Mindset, Employee Relations Expertise, Conflict Resolution Frameworks, Governance Awareness, Systems Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Professional Neutrality, Servant Leadership, Alignment, Clear & Structured Communication.
Preferred Skills
SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification.
Experience: In nonprofit, faith-based, or decentralized organizations.
Experience: Working with boards and governance structures.
Mediation or conflict resolution training.
Experience: Building scalable HR toolkits or educational programming.