Director, Employee Relations

Chartwell Investment Partners

Remote
Remote
High-impact investigations
Employee and manager experience enhancement
Organizational culture strengthening
Chartwell Investment Partners is seeking a Director of Employee Relations to lead their Employee Relations function in a remote capacity. The role involves managing complex employee relations issues, developing policies, and enhancing organizational culture

Job Summary

  • The Director of Employee Relations will serve as the strategic leader, guiding a team that manages complex employee relations matters and conducts high-impact investigations.
  • This role involves shaping and implementing policies, processes, and strategies to enhance the employee and manager experience, strengthen organizational culture, reduce risk, and enable business performance.
  • The position requires building, coaching, and developing a high-performing ER team, setting performance expectations, and holding leaders accountable for outcomes.

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Chartwell Investment Partners is seeking a Director of Employee Relations to lead their Employee Relations function in a remote capacity. The role involves managing complex employee relations issues, developing policies, and enhancing organizational culture.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • High-impact investigations
  • Employee and manager experience enhancement
  • Organizational culture strengthening
  • Risk reduction
  • Business performance enablement
  • Case management
  • Performance and conduct support
  • Policy governance
  • Manager enablement
  • Complex or high-risk employee relations cases
  • Senior leader partnership
  • ER strategy development
  • Compliance and consistency frameworks
  • Legal and regulatory change monitoring
  • High-performing ER team building
  • ER operations oversight
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Resource management
  • Stakeholder needs balancing
  • Fairness and sound judgment
  • Trusted relationships across HR, Legal, and business leadership
  • Federal, state, and local employment law compliance
  • Discrimination, harassment, retaliation risk mitigation

Nice-to-have

  • Deep understanding of business and industry
  • Forward-looking strategies
  • Integrating diverse stakeholder needs
  • Accountability for delivering results
  • Identifying practical solutions
  • Planning and prioritizing work
  • Constructive conflict resolution
  • Persuasive communication
  • Tailoring communication to audiences
  • Building collaborative teams
  • Motivating and engaging others
  • Developing talent
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Adaptive leadership style
  • Continuous process improvement
  • Articulating complex information
  • Expert-level employee relations knowledge
  • Adaptive mindset

Key Requirements

  • 10-15+ years of progressive experience in HR or Employee Relations
  • 6-10+ years of people leadership experience
  • Demonstrated expertise in employee relations, investigations, and policy application
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Advanced degree preferred

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