Employee Relations Specialist - Open to Remote

Job Purpose and Impact

The Employee Relations Specialist will be accountable for the execution and delivery of regional regulator compliance and company based employee relations services. In this role, you will handle conflict resolutions, industrial relations and employee relations based investigations.

Key Accountabilities

• Serve as a specialist within the employee relations market human resources solution team to provide relevant and effective consulting services to businesses for the regional market.
• Identify and coordinate outreach, internally and externally, to enable businesses to meet their compliance obligations.
• Act as the first point of contact for employee relations questions, provide guidance and consultation and make sure internal clients are using the tools and resources available.
• Participate in training and consultation on employee relations and compliance related topics, policies and procedures.
• Help prepare audits, reporting and compliance reviews pertaining to local regulations and programs.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Experience handling conflict resolutions or employee relations investigations
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Availability to travel 10% to north-central Iowa

Preferred Qualification

• Bilingual English and Spanish

Position Information

• This position is open to remote, within Iowa.
• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.