Employee Relations Partner

Rochester Regional Health

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Director of Employee Relations, the Employee Relations Partner is responsible for coordinating trusted relationships with the HR Strategy and Operations team, Labor Relations, Centers for Excellence, leadership, and legal at Rochester Regional Health (RRH). The Employee Relations Partner will provide consultation and guidance to management and team members on a variety of issues, such as performance management, and policy interpretation, as well as conducts team member investigations, and recommends appropriate actions. The Employee Relations Partner has a thorough understanding of and ensures compliance with all applicable policies, laws, and regulations, and promotes fair, respectful, and consistent treatment of team members aligned within the framework of our core business values and objectives.

Requirements

For those hired on or after 7/1/2024, Bachelor’s Degree required, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources preferred.
Two years of progressive experience in Human Resources or five years of management, supervision, high-level project management experience in one or more functions of Human Resources, including employee relations and/or employee investigations.

Nice To Haves

PHR/SPHR or a similarly recognized certification related to Human Resources

Responsibilities

Conducts and oversees investigations of sensitive HR issues, including conducting claimant, witness, and accused team member interviews; analyzing data from various internal systems; composing investigation reports.
Proposes remedial action based on investigation findings, recommending appropriate actions to correct concerns based on assessing risks and minimizing liability.
Consults and collaborates with Senior Employee Relations Partners, Managers and Directors on employee relations matters.
Provides coaching to departmental unit supervisor and managers in carrying out their responsibilities on team member relations matters.
Helps a positive work environment facilitating discussions or providing consistent advice.
Escalates issues and matters to Director of Employee Relations with recommendations as appropriate.
Applies a continuous improvement mindset across the Employee Relations Partner function to identify and implement change.
Participates in projects and programs of work as assigned that may include maintaining entity specific or system-wide policies at regular intervals, legal case management, prepares data from internal systems and creates presentations and reports on hot topics or trends.
Maintains reporting for various data sources related to ER metrics and review to assess where action can be taken to simplify or streamline a process, train managers, etc.
Serves as a subject management expert on employment laws and appropriately applies information to team member relation matters.
Supports other internal projects/initiatives as needed.
Keeps up to date on regulation changes and communicates and implements within the team as appropriate.