Human Resources Summer Associate
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Employee Relations Specialist
Medtronic
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Danvers • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $68,800 - $103,200 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Provides assigned client group with strong partnership on employee relations matters, identifying trends, recommending solutions, building skill sets, and driving proactive change in the organization.
- Partners on efforts around building manager ER skill sets to maximize talent.
- Recommendations proactive employee relations strategies and solutions to progress development of the employee relations function.
- Analyzes trends in employment practices and recommends appropriate proactive action and training opportunities.
- Effective case management of people related issues such as: ER issues, disciplinaries, performance management, and investigations.
- Provides counsel and facilitates prompt and effective resolution of workplace conflict to address issues for employees, managers, and leaders in a manner consistent with Medtronic policies, practices and legal considerations.
- Utilizes various conflict management techniques, including training, mediation, conflict coaching, etc.
- Consults and coaches managers/leaders on employee relations, performance management, reorganization/reduction, and organizational effectiveness issues spanning all levels within the organization for assigned locations/functions.
- Provides advice and counsel to managers and leaders regarding personnel practices, policy, and employment laws.
- Partners with Legal in conducting investigations, researches policies/practices, creates and gathers documentation, makes determinations and implements resolutions when applicable.
- Identifies best practices and learning lessons to influence change and improvement in the organization.
- Proactively reduces Employee Relations related risk through risk assessments and actionable feedback.
- Conduct training and coaching of managers on skills and techniques.
- Develops effective relationships with the business to promote good employee relations across the organization.
- Interacts with HR Business Partners, and other HR functions, to ensure a high level of employee satisfaction & engagement and appropriately plans, facilitates and monitors Employee Programs
- Utilizes data to analyze and give visibility to trends and take action.
- Maintains strict confidentiality throughout conversations and investigations.
- Manage highly confidential human resources information and exercise sound judgment in handling or working with confidential data and situations.
- Ensures that the Company operates within current and local employment law, policies and procedures, and applies good practice, creating and sustaining our reputation as a good employer, eg. by advising employees and managers appropriately.
- Maintains strong business acumen, while maintaining objectivity in work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of ER experience, to include employee relations experience, or an advanced degree and 0+ years of experience
- Experience providing partnership with all levels of employees and leaders up to Director level leaders
- Experience in leveraging data/metrics to identify trends and proactively address
- Demonstrated knowledge of ER procedures and processes
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc)
- PHR Certification
- Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates strength in systems thinking.
- Solid dispute resolution, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Demonstrated excellence in organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems and multi-task.
- Demonstrated strengths in listening, fact-finding, and exploratory skills.
- Ability to uncover additional information.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion, as well as maintenance of confidentiality.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and consult at various levels in the organization
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
employee relationsconflict managementperformance managementinvestigationsdata analysisdispute resolutionnegotiationorganizational effectivenessrisk assessmentsconfidentiality
Soft skills
communicationcoachingproblem-solvingmulti-taskinglisteningfact-findingindependent judgmentobjectivityrelationship buildingorganizational skills
Certifications
PHR Certification
