Employee Relations Specialist

The Employee Relations Specialist supports employee relations activities including investigations and HR compliance activities, employee engagement, recognition programs, and team-building events. The role provides guidance to employees and managers, manages assigned investigations, and assists with the administration of employee relations programs and processes. He or she will work in partnership with HR leadership to ensure workplace matters are addressed consistently, objectively, and in accordance with applicable policies and legal requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a point of contact for employees and managers to provide guidance on policies, procedures, performance concerns, corrective action, conflict resolution, and workplace best practices
• Assist with resolving employee concerns and promotes consistent, fair, and equitable application of company policies
• Assist with managing assigned employee relations investigations, including planning the investigation, gathering and analyzing information, conducting interviews, assessing evidence, documenting findings, and preparing reports or recommendations
• Recognize potential team member relation issues and partner with Leadership to advise
• Provides guidance to team members and managers/supervisors of disciplinary or corrective action
• Coordinate and facilitate employee engagement activities, recognition programs, and team-building events
• Administer employee sentiment or engagement surveys, analyze results, and recommend action plans
• Partner with department heads to foster a positive, inclusive work environment and improve retention strategies.
• Leads and participates in various HR projects
• Requires an in-depth knowledge of company policies and procedures and state and federal law to be applied to a wide variety of situations
• Meets consistent deadlines with many interruptions
• Ensures the consistent application of federally mandated employment programs (i.e. FMLA, ADA, EEOC, etc.)
• Develop and maintain tools to track employee relations data, identify trends, and support reporting and informed decision-making
• Assist in the evaluation of reports, decisions and results of department in relation to established goals
• Analyze employee relations trends to design proactive morale-boosting interventions
• Recommends to HR leadership new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed

Successful Candidates Must Possess:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or a related discipline
• A minimum of four (4) years of progressive experience in Human Resources
• Active PHR or SPHR professional designation preferred
• Strong communication skills and a focus on customer service required
• Must be organized and able to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Must have a strong working knowledge of state and federal laws related to Human Resources functions, plus knowledge of policies, procedures and laws concerning recruitment, placement, separation, team member relations, and investigative procedures
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proficient experience with utilizing a HRIS system

Aegis Sciences Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer