Associate Employee Relations Partner

Summary

Join BambooHR as an Associate Employee Relations Partner and contribute to a positive and compliant workplace culture. You will support team members and leaders in navigating employee relations matters, ensuring legal compliance, creating and applying policies, conducting investigations, resolving conflicts, and managing employee lifecycles. This Utah-based hybrid role requires 3+ years of professional/HR experience, including employee relations, and a strong understanding of employment law. The ideal candidate possesses strong critical thinking, conflict resolution, and detail-oriented skills. BambooHR offers a fantastic company culture, competitive benefits including paid time off, health benefits, retirement plan, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Have 3+ years professional / HR experience, with at least 1 year of exposure to employee relations work
• Have a strong foundational understanding of employment law best practices and have experience applying them in your daily work
• Approach your work with the highest possible sense of confidentiality and discretion, allowing you to be entrusted with highly sensitive matters
• Care a great deal about doing the right thing, and inspire others to do the same - even when it’s difficult. Use that integrity to fuel how you provide thoughtful pressure testing to leaders and team members when needed
• Have a knack for asking thoughtful and well-timed questions, and look beneath the obvious when investigating important situations
• Be a critical thinker who is well-practiced in thoroughly analyzing people situations and applying sound situational judgment
• Have experience with conflict resolution in a professional setting
• Have a keen eye for detail and have experience creating thorough documentation on people-related issues

Responsibilities

• Stay up-to-date on evolving employment laws and regulations and ensure that the employee relations program remains in compliance, continuously improving as business needs change
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and update employee relations policies and procedures, in alignment with legal requirements and industry best practices
• Ensure company policies and procedures are consistently interpreted and applied, and provide related guidance to leaders and team members
• Conduct objective and thorough investigations - including ensuring adherence to legal and ethical standards, documenting findings, and recommending appropriate corrective actions
• Address and resolve workplace conflicts, disputes, and grievances in a timely manner, balancing the needs of the organization, team members and leaders
• Collaborate with leaders to provide guidance on performance improvement, and support separations as needed
• Work closely with HRBPs and leadership to identify and address employee relations trends and concerns, developing action plans to solve root causes

Preferred Qualifications

• Tend to avoid assumptions like the plague. Instead, exercise an abundance of caution and prefer to double- and triple-check yourself before taking major steps
• Tend to easily notice patterns and trends in your work and are proactive about using those patterns to improve systems and solve future problems
• When faced with multiple pressing tasks, be able to discern which ones are most critical
• Have HR or professional experience in a variety of environments, including high-volume settings
• Find real fulfillment in employee relations work and are excited to build a long-term career in this field

Benefits

• 4 weeks paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and we pay you to go on vacation (ask us about this)!
• Medical with HSA and FSA options, dental, and vision
• 401(k) with a generous company match, access to a personal financial planner, and both legal and life insurance
• We pay for a one year subscription to Financial Peace University and you walk away with financial savvy and a bonus
• Get paid to give your time to the community: ask us about this!
• We can help cover some educational expenses, whether you are a previous student, or currently enrolled in higher education
• Incredible benefits at our Draper headquarters including a full size gym, pickleball courts, a great office cafe, and free fountain drinks! Ask us more about our office!
• In-Person Onboarding! All new hires get to experience our in-person onboarding class, Bamboo Beginnings, at our Draper, UT headquarters! Ask us more about Bamboo Beginnings!
• Flexible Work Models . In-office, work-from-home, or hybrid, depending on position and location