Employee Relations Specialist

Current Employees:

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Primary Location

Spearfish, SD USA

Department

CS Human Resources

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Starting Pay Rate Range

$54,912.00 - $68,640.00

(Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)

Job Summary

**This position will be based out of Spearfish, South Dakota and will provide support to Monument Hills facilities in the Northern Hills and Gillette, Wyoming.**

The Employee Relations Specialist fosters a positive workplace by managing conflict, investigating grievances and complaints, and ensuring compliance with labor laws. They act as a liaison between caregivers and HR Business Partners in order to strengthen engagement, morale, and retention. Key duties include conducting investigations, supporting disciplinary actions, support the initial intake of caregiver complaints and enforcing HR policies.

Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

• Supportive work culture
• Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage
• Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account
• Instant pay is available for qualifying positions
• Paid Time Off Accrual Bank
• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions
• Flexible scheduling

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Review disputes, mediate conflicts, and conduct investigations into workplace complaints and policy violations at the director of the Manager HR Business Partner and HR Business Partners.
• Act as liaison between caregivers and leadership, when necessary, investigating and assisting in the resolution of work related conflicts. Provide direction to employees for matters clearly spelled out in established policies and practices.
• Guide, review and approve coaching statements and disciplinary actions, to ensure consistency.
• Create and maintain disciplinary action templates for use by leaders. Edit disciplinary actions before approval and issuance to caregivers to ensure documents are grammatically correct and formatted appropriately.
• Serve as an initial contact for caregivers seeking support and guidance on workplace matters.
• Support and maintain appropriate documents and related suspensions and disciplinary action for HR compliance related matters including but not limited to required licensure and certifications, annual influenza, annual compliance training, and other requirements of employment.
• Works with Employee Health and department leadership on return to work issues (“RTW”) taking into account an employee’s work related restrictions and essential job functions.
• Works closely with the HR Business Partners (HRBP) and communicates updates, trends, and need-to-know information to the HRBP for continuity of business.
• Participate and support annual leadership development training needs in conjunction with Education and Professional Development.
• Act as a resource for HR Advisors for the escalation of employee relations matters.
• All other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

Required:

Education - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, Business Administration or equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered to satisfy this requirement

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Job Category

Job Family

Human Resources

Shift

Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department

Employee Type

Regular

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Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.