Senior Employee Relations Specialist, Transitions – APAC

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

📋 Description

• Manage and resolve complex employee exits independently across various international jurisdictions.

• Offer guidance on procedures related to termination, resignation, transfer, employment contracts, and redundancy.

• Lead meetings with clients and external employees, including workforce reduction consultations, administrative hearings, separation negotiations, settlements, and termination outcomes.

• Influence and negotiate favorable outcomes in intricate termination cases.

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders such as payroll, legal counsel, government entities, and trade unions.

• Draft, customize, and manage termination and supplementary documentation.

• Keep employee records in accordance with privacy and confidentiality regulations.

• Facilitate offboarding through Remote’s internal HRIS platform.

• Collaborate with Customer Success, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Time and Attendance, and other teams.

• Act as an informal escalation point and mentor for junior team members.

• Offer guidance on Employee Relations resources and address complex workplace scenarios.

• Conduct initial assessments of workplace issues to identify applicable regulations and potential solutions.

• Track and manage employee relations cases, ensuring timely follow-up.

• Resolve offboarding and first-level employee relations inquiries as a subject-matter expert.

• Identify and promote process improvements, automation, product development, and enhancements to customer and employee experiences.

• Establish methods, procedures, and standards for new assignments while adapting complex techniques to achieve desired outcomes.

• Report directly to the Manager of Employee Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience as an HR Advisor or HR Business Partner, possessing generalist HR competencies and exposure throughout the employee lifecycle.

• Demonstrated ability to manage voluntary and involuntary exits (terminations) independently, with care, sensitivity, and legal compliance.

• Proven experience in providing comprehensive HR advice and guidance on employment laws and regulations across various jurisdictions.

• Knowledge of employee relations principles, progressive discipline approaches, and fundamentals of workplace investigations.

• Ability to interpret and apply industrial instruments while analyzing complex HR issues.

• Capability to independently research, develop usable team resources, deliver practical solutions, and communicate recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.

• Exceptional communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills.

• Competence in leading difficult conversations independently towards positive outcomes.

• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English at a business level.

• Strong inclination towards process innovation, optimization, automation, and advocating best practices.

• Efficiency in operations, diligent record-keeping, and maintaining data integrity.

• Tech-savvy, capable of collaborating asynchronously using evolving systems.

• Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a fast-paced, asynchronous remote environment across international boundaries.

• Willingness to work flexible hours as required.

• Proactive, self-motivated, and accountable with a strong sense of ownership.

• Proficiency in automation and AI capabilities, with fluency in AI applications.

• Tertiary qualifications in HR, labor relations, or employment law are considered advantageous (optional).

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from anywhere.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Flexible working hours (we operate asynchronously).

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Budget for co-working spaces, learning, and wellness (including gym memberships).

• Mental health support services.

• Stock options.

• Home office budget and IT equipment.

• Life-work balance and the flexibility to organize your schedule around your personal life.