Head of Employee Relations, Americas Job in Manhattan 10036, New York US
Job Description
• To provide thought leadership on Employee Relations (ER) policies, practices and processes across Region
• To actively reduce the cost and reliance on external legal counsel by providing in-house subject matter expertise
• To work closely with HR Relationship Managers and Group HR Legal to develop products, policies and processes to up-skill line managers in effectively dealing with ER related matters
• To work closely with the HR Relationship Managers to deal with ER related issues, directly managing specific cases as agreed with Head of HR Region/Country (e.g. proactive case management, contractual terms and conditions, performance management, policy development, grievance, disciplinary, restructuring, redundancy, tribunal preparation) across Region/Country
• Develop and maintain key internal relationships with stakeholders
Key Roles Responsibilities
• Provide specialist ER leadership and support to develop effective employee relations strategies that are aligned to business objectives across Region/Country
• Build external networks and remain up to date with legislative change and developments both across Region/Country and be viewed both internally and externally as an expert in the ER field
• Ensure that the Bank adheres to all local employment practices, policies and legislative requirements across Region/Country, in addition to being responsible for all union activity in the region.
• Liaison to global colleagues for complex Region/Country labor cases.
• Responsible for logging, tracking and documenting ER cases management as well as conduit to global ER team representing the Americas.
• Responsible for resolving and in specific cases managing end to end, all complex employee relations cases (e.g. redundancies, grievances, disciplinaries, etc)
• Streamline processes for managing ER administration, in particular ensure standard documentation is used,
• Support line managers HR on the interpretation of local employment practices and legal requirements
• Proactively update HRRMs and line managers on recent employment law cases and future legislative changes and developments across Region/Country
• Develop value added education programmes for HRRMs line managers to deal with critical ER related issues
• Manage relationships with external legal counsel on all ER related matters
Qualifications Skills
• Qualified Employment Lawyer - 5-7 years experience
• Demonstrable record of experience within a matrix organization, across a range of Employment relations / labor activities
• Skilled employee relations professional within Region/Country an experience particularly in relation to working within the mulit-state and federal jurisdictions. Global LAR labor experiences an A++.
• Commercially astute
• Ability to manage conflicting and demanding internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• General IT/MS Office skills (i.e Word, Excel, etc), highly organized.
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Closing Dates
The closing date for applications is 03/03/2012. Please note all closing dates are given in Hong Kong time (GMT + 8 hours). We aim to respond to successful applicants within four weeks and will keep a record or your application in our database so that we can contact you when suitable vacancies arise in future.
Diversity Inclusion
Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Standard Chartered is an equal opportunity employer. We have a meritocratic culture where each individual employee is valued and respected for who they are as a person and for what they bring to the organisation.
