Employee Relations Consultant – Human Resources

Role Overview

• Serves as employee relations point of contact to assigned department leaders, faculty, and staff regarding complex as well as day-to-day employee relations inquiries and needs.
• Apply analytical and problem-solving skills while advising department leaders, faculty and staff regarding policies, regulations, best practices, and recommended courses of action to bring employee relations matters to resolution.
• Facilitate employee relations investigations.
• Provides support to the Human Resources Advisor and Employee Relations team, Office of Faculty Affairs and Office of Equal Access and their client groups with conducting tasks such as project management, data entry, retrieval, and analysis.
• Assists to promote Employee Relations, Faculty Affairs and Office of Equal Access projects and initiatives.
• Facilitates requests for employment file, leave of absence and accommodations.
• Develops internal process documents, leader resources, guides and assists with research of regulatory requirements.
• Receives and conducts intakes on inbound employee relations, faculty affairs and Title IX inquiries.
• Participates in conducting investigations including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, Title IX, conduct, etc.
• Consults with leaders and HR Advisors in the planning and conducting initial phases of an investigation of performance and corrective action-related concerns, drafts and reviews corrective actions, facilitates the staff grievance process, assists with EEOC claims and other organization charges/complaints.
• Coordinates and monitors activities to ensure compliance of programs with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines and conforming to human resources management policies and procedures.
• Responds to requests for information on HR policy interpretation from employees.
• Researches and composes high level correspondence, reports, and presentations.
• Maintains and audits employees’ relations trackers including but not limited to ADA accommodation, grievance, reduction in force, performance management and remote work requests.
• Supports onboarding and offboarding activities for employees including condition of employment requirements, upkeep of offboarding content and distribution, conducts offboarding interviews, compiles turnover dashboards and data reports.
• Participates in institutional initiatives, project goals and committees and facilitates Employee Relation staff policy and performance trainings.
• Partner with the Employee Relations leadership and HR Advisor team to collect and analyze departmental needs to identify opportunities that enhance talent development, employee engagement and retention efforts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum Required Experience: 2 years
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Considerable working knowledge of computers, word processing, spreadsheets and database (MS Office).
• Ability to interact with all level of management and employees across multiple departments.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Organizational and time management skills; must be detail-oriented, effectively manages workflow.

Benefits

• Outstanding Healthcare Coverage, including but not limited to Health, Vision, and Dental.
• Flexible Spending options
• 403B Retirement Package
• Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays offered
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Pet Insurance
• On campus Fitness Facility, offering onsite classes
• Additional discounted rates on items such as: Select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation and entertainment etc.