Employee Relations Business Partner

Quick Facts

• Onsite with daily presence and travel between locations
• Full-time, 40 hours/week (Exempt), Day shift
• Focus on employee relations and people-partner advisory work

Description

The Employee Relations Business Partner provides proactive, consultative employee relations support across an integrated healthcare delivery system. The role serves as an embedded People Partner—coaching leaders, helping prevent workplace issues, supporting investigations and performance management, and translating enterprise people strategy into local practices. The partner works collaboratively across HR, legal, labor relations, and risk to deliver consistent, compliant, employee-centered outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and hands-on support on employee relations matters for both management-represented and union-represented employees
• Assess employee relations issues in a neutral, objective manner aligned with organizational values, practices, policies, and applicable legislation
• Anticipate and help prevent workplace issues by strengthening day-to-day people practices using field-level insights
• Support leaders through organizational change and workforce actions; apply local practices based on enterprise people strategy
• Use case trends, workforce signals, and listening insights to inform continuous improvement, leader capability, and inclusion and belonging efforts
• Collaborate with HR business partners, legal, labor relations, risk, and other HR partners to ensure consistent and compliant outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience)
• 5 years of recent relevant experience
• Employee relations or HR experience with investigations, performance management, and employee relations casework
• Demonstrated experience handling investigations, performance management, discipline, and employee relations casework
• Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge (federal and state regulations)
• Ability to coach leaders through complex and sensitive employee situations
• Sound judgment balancing employee experience, business needs, and risk considerations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and stakeholder communication
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and manage multiple priorities
• Commitment to inclusion, fairness, and respectful workplace practices

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package available.