Associate Director, Employee Relations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead impartial, timely, and thorough investigations into complex or high-risk issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, serious misconduct, and significant policy breaches.

• Generate detailed, objective, and well-documented investigation reports, findings, and recommendations.

• Ensure the maintenance of complete and confidential investigative files that comply with organizational, legal, and regulatory standards.

• Collaborate with regional legal counsel on compliance risks across multiple states.

• Manage organizational responses to EEOC and state or local agency complaints, inquiries, or claims.

• Stay informed on employment law changes and propose updates to policies, investigative practices, and guidance for leaders.

• Provide advice and coaching to school, regional, and network leaders regarding personnel processes, performance improvement initiatives, and documentation workflows.

• Review at-will termination, suspension, and non-renewal actions for consistency and to minimize liability.

• Conduct training for campus leaders on staff relations, conflict management, and fostering healthy workplace cultures.

• Facilitate the resolution of significant workplace conflicts.

• Mediate intricate interpersonal disputes.

• Identify systemic issues and recommend specific interventions.

• Oversee the annual mandatory training completion through Vector, including tracking, follow-up, escalation, and reporting.

• Audit personnel files, I-9 records, and other employment documentation to ensure compliance.

• Supervise HR records governance, data integrity, confidentiality, access, and retention practices.

• Evaluate HR systems and processes for compliance and coordinate improvements.

• Manage external audits and required reporting, including EEO-1 and OSHA-related requests.

• Coordinate HR and Talent responses to authorizer reporting and compliance inquiries.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of specialized Employee Relations experience.

• A minimum of 3 years managing multi-state workplace investigations.

• Proficiency in investigation planning, interviewing, credibility assessment, evidence analysis, findings development, and report writing.

• Strong working knowledge of federal employment law.

• Experience in interpreting and applying state-specific employment regulations.

• Prior experience in K-12 education, Charter Management Organizations (CMOs), or highly regulated multi-site environments is strongly preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related fields.

• Professional HR certifications such as SHRM-SCP or SPHR are highly valued.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% to regional school campuses for complex on-site investigations or leadership workshops.

🏝️ Benefits

• Excellent health and wellness benefits.

• 403(b) retirement plan.

• Flexible spending account (FSA).

• Generous paid time off.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• Remote work arrangement.