Associate Relations Specialist

Wallick Communities • New Albany, OH

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About The Position

At Wallick Senior Living, our team understands that senior living is not just a job, but a calling. We take pride in caring for and empowering our Seniors as they choose to enjoy their golden years with us. With 1,000+ employees and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role.

A Career with Wallick Senior Living Means…
A Unique Approach to Senior Living: Our associates power Wallick’s approach to senior living that goes beyond care to ensure our residents live their best lives through meaningful activities, delicious meals and round-the-clock support.
Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it.
Exceptional Benefit Package: Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job. Other benefits like gym membership reimbursement, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!
Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
Supportive Culture and Rewarding Work: A team-oriented environment where associates make a meaningful impact by helping individuals maintain independence and quality of life.
Resident Stories That Stay with You: From Maurine, who found an “instant family” to Evelyn, who recently celebrated her 105th birthday with us, our residents enjoy a sense of community that is created by you!
Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities within a company that invests in its people.
Employee Owned, Resident Focused: As a 100% employee-owned company, your daily work (supporting our residents) also contributes to your financial future by sharing in our profitability.
What you'll do: The Associate Relations Specialist assists with managing associate relations issues and investigations, EEO complaints, conflict resolution and other work-related issues and case documentation. This role will assist with researching, developing, implementing, and advising on HR policies consistent with federal and state laws and organizational needs.

Requirements

• Requires a minimum of 4-6years of experience in an HR concentration such as HR Generalist, employee relations, diversity, or labor relations.
• Requires a bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial/organizational psychology, or a combination of equivalent education and experience.
• Should possess proficient knowledge of applicable laws and regulations governing human resources.
• Excellent writing skills to effectively communicate investigation summaries and policies, reports, and documentation.
• Should possess excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated patience, tact and respect, and a high level of confidentiality.
• Experience utilizing human resources information system for various needs within Human Resources including recommendations for enhancement and optimization.
• Ability to effectively communicate to the workforce both verbally (on phone, one-on-one, to groups) and in writing.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret reports and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from internal and external sources.
• Detail oriented and understand the need for confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Employee Relations experience in a specialist role is strongly preferred.
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP Preferred

Responsibilities

• Assist with timely resolution of all associate relations issues.
• Assist with research, development, enforcement and administration of all HR policies and procedures.
• Responsible for completion of the annual EEO-1 Report, adherence to reporting guidelines and data tracking.
• Assist with investigating and resolving all complaints of discrimination.
• Investigate & resolve concerns or conflict arising from associate engagement surveys.
• Assist with the timely resolution of all HR-related lawsuits.
• Assist Total Rewards Specialist with the timely investigation and response to unemployment and Workers comp claims.
• Maintains a presence within associate workspaces and communities allowing for proactive resolution of any potential issues before they become a problem.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job.
• gym membership reimbursement
• paid parental leave
• 401K
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• training
• professional development
• advancement opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level