Employee Relations Manager
04-2209186 thermo fisher scientific
📍 Remote🌐 Remote🕐 6d ago🔗 workday
Job Description
**Work Schedule**
Standard (Mon-Fri)
**Environmental Conditions**
Office
**Job Description**
As a member of the Culture and Colleague Engagement platform, the Employee Relations (ER) Manager will be responsible for conducting sensitive investigations into potential policy and/or Code of Conduct violations. The ER Manager will act as a neutral party through all aspects of the investigation and will ensure a timely, fair, and quality process for all involved parties.
This position requires knowledge of professional and ethical investigation standards and/or human resources processes and procedures. The incumbent must possess the ability to quickly issue-spot employment and Employee Relations matters and be able to advance appropriately or suggest recommendations that align with our cultural values.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Primarily responsible for investigating internal complaints for assigned client group, ensuring a detailed investigation process, including investigation coordination, conducting interviews, and maintenance of accurate and detailed records and notes of the investigatory process.
* Build comprehensive written investigation reports that clearly identify the issues investigated, summarize the evidence, make findings and recommendations, as well as identify root cause.
* Lead initiatives to strengthen culture programs focusing on ethical business practices.
* Partner internally with ER colleagues and leaders, Employment law, and HR teams as appropriate to achieve responsibilities.
**Minimum Requirements:**
* Bachelor's degree required in HR, Business, or related field.
* 5+ years of experience supporting Employee Relations efforts or relevant HR experience required.
* Global HR/ER experience preferred
* Experience conducting and managing human resources or employee relations investigations.
* Ability to work independently and in a group setting with little direction and without direct supervision.
* Ability to research information and analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations, and plans of action.
* Strong project management, oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
* Strong partnering, diplomacy, teamwork, and influencing skills.
* Ability to handle highly sensitive information with absolute confidentiality and integrity.
* Ability to multitask and deal with ambiguity.
* Be a phenomenal teammate with a flexible, adaptable, and results-oriented approach.
* Strong technical writing skills.
* Knowledge of investigative practices, risk management, and employment law.
* Strong understanding of applicable employment laws required.