The Lead HR Advisor - Employee Relations serves as a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization and leads the deployment of key HR initiatives. This role will lead Medica's most complex and/or high-risk employee investigations, consult and provide recommendations on organizational restructures and reductions-in-force, and provide enterprise-wide support of both strategic and tactical people programs. This role serves as a team lead on day-to-day Employee Relations functions and the development and execution of assigned HR processes and programs. The Lead HR Advisor utilizes technical and administrative HR expertise across multiple functions and competencies.

Key Accountabilities:

• Employee Investigations
• Organizational Restructure
• Business Area and HR Centers Support
• Performance Management Consultation

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required;
• 7 years of progressive Human Resources, Investigation, People Leadership, or Compliance experience, or a combination thereof, including at least 3 years of HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, Employee Relations or Workplace Investigations focus.

Skills and Abilities:

• Head investigator of complex cases involving significant organizational risk and/or exposure
• Communicate investigation discoveries and recommendations to HR Leadership and Legal partners
• Maintain accurate and thorough records, collect relevant documentation, and prepare and present written summary of findings and investigatory analysis to appropriate HR or Legal Leadership
• Lead various projects such as process simplification, policy rollouts, or leading high-performing team sessions
• Lead HR process improvement initiatives related to the partnerships between HRBPs, Centers of Excellence, and HR Operations
• Drive impactful contributions to the deployment of core HR processes such as compensation planning, performance reviews, and other HR initiatives
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of process and communications to support an equal and fair work environment
• Document and guide employees and leaders through performance, conduct, complaint, and other employee concerns/issues
• Enhances the skills and confidence of managers to effectively address workplace issues with their employees through training and support
• Proficiency in clear and concise verbal and written communication
• Ability to function as a subject matter expert for Human Resources and other stakeholders

This position is a Hub role, which requires an employee to occasionally come onsite to the designated office, Minnetonka/Madison/Omaha, for applicable heads-up work. Frequency is determined by business need as decided by leadership.

The full salary range for this position is $85,000 - $145,700. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to compensation, Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica's compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Medica's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) includes unifying our workforce through learning and development, recruitment and retention. We consistently communicate the importance of DEI, celebrate achievements, and seek out community partnerships and diverse suppliers that are representative of everyone in our community. We are developing sustainable programs and investing time, talent and resources to ensure that we are living our values. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.