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A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

JOB SUMMARY:

The primary responsibility for the Employee Relations team is to ensure positive, fair, and consistent employee relations at The Standard. The employee relations consultant role conducts confidential, effective, prompt, thorough and impartial workplace investigations into allegations of inappropriate conduct such as policy violations, workplace conflicts, discrimination, and harassment by determining the appropriate investigatory tactics, analyzing the information obtained to reach reasonable conclusions, and devising the appropriate remediation responses. The role reviews for approval escalated progressive disciplinary actions and all requests for termination.
Employee relations consultants also coach, mentor, and advise people leaders with understanding; interpreting policy and procedures related to management practices. As a consultant, you’ll conduct employee & leader training in an effort to upgrade leadership skills in creating a high-performance team. Consultants are also key contributors, at times leaders, of projects of various complexities relating to employee relations issues, including implementation and communication of HR strategies and practices around performance management and management development.

Education & Experience :

• Undergraduate degree in business, human resources, or related field. Masters preferred, or equivalent experience.
• 6-8 years progressively experience with employee relations issues or other relevant HR and management experience.
• Demonstrated experience in project management required. Hands-on experience in development and execution of a project plan requirements.

Knowledge & Skills :

• Communicate effectively and remain calm under pressure and difficult situations. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and division management; express ideas clearly and persuasively in written, oral and presentation form.
• Irreproachable confidentiality and integrity.
• Has excellent listening skills, is objective, collaborative, a strong critical thinker and solid professional maturity.
• Able to effectively build rapport and relationships with management and employees to maintain a reputation as a resource and confidante.
• Assesses data from employee relations issues to identify themes within departments or divisions and recommends proactive solutions to positively affect work environment and company results.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of employment law practices and regulations.
• Create, deliver and facilitate content for employee and manger trainings.

Independence & Supervision required :

• Consults with Employee Relations team to ensure consistent consultative approach. Receives high level guidance from Sr Employee Relations Consultant on complex investigations.

Professional certification required :

• Continued education in employment law.
• Certificate from Association of Workplace Investigators preferred.

Please refer the Job description for details