Senior HR Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations and Transitions – APAC

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

📋 Description

• Oversee and address intricate employee exit processes from start to finish with minimal oversight across various international jurisdictions.

• Offer counsel on termination, resignation, transfer, employment contracts, and redundancy procedures while ensuring adherence to legal standards and best practices.

• Facilitate meetings with clients and external employees, which include workforce reduction consultations, administrative hearings, separation and settlement negotiations, and discussions regarding termination outcomes.

• Negotiate and influence favorable results in complex terminations involving stakeholders with differing interests.

• Collaborate with payroll, legal advisors, governmental agencies, trade unions, and other parties to ensure offboarding compliance and audits are conducted.

• Create, customize, and manage termination and supplementary documentation while upholding precise, confidential employee records.

• Execute offboarding processes in Remote’s internal HRIS and partner with Customer Success, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, and Time and Attendance teams.

• Mentor and support junior team members as the primary point of informal escalation.

• Provide initial Employee Relations guidance and assist clients in navigating complex workplace situations.

• Evaluate workplace issues, identify relevant regulations, and propose potential solutions.

• Monitor employee relations cases and ensure timely follow-up with appropriate stakeholders.

• Address inquiries related to offboarding and first-level employee relations topics.

• Recognize and implement process enhancements, automation, product development, and improvements to customer and employee experiences.

• Establish methods, procedures, and standards for new assignments and modify complex techniques to align with Lifecycle and Remote requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in HR, labor relations, or employment law are advantageous.

• Demonstrated experience in independently managing voluntary and involuntary exits with care, sensitivity, and legal compliance.

• Comprehensive knowledge of employment laws and regulations in various jurisdictions.

• Familiarity with employee relations principles, progressive discipline, and the fundamentals of workplace investigations.

• Ability to interpret and apply industrial instruments and analyze intricate HR issues.

• Capability to research issues, translate findings into practical team resources, and provide actionable recommendations.

• Exceptional communication, influencing, conflict-resolution, and negotiation skills.

• Ability to independently guide challenging conversations toward positive outcomes while maintaining professionalism and confidentiality.

• Proficient in business-level (advanced) written and spoken English.

• Talent for process innovation, optimization, automation, and implementation of best practices.

• Strong attention to record-keeping and data integrity.

• Tech-savvy with the ability to collaborate asynchronously using various tools and adapt to changing systems.

• Capacity to work autonomously and cohesively in a fast-paced, asynchronous, remote international environment.

• Willingness to be flexible with working hours as required.

• Proactive, self-driven, accountable, and capable of inspiring others.

• Strong skills in automation and AI, along with fluency in AI concepts.

• Prior employment verification check is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from anywhere.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Flexible working hours (we operate asynchronously).

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

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

• Access to mental health support services.

• Stock options.

• Home office budget and IT equipment provided.

• Emphasis on work-life balance and schedule flexibility.

• Employee Resource Groups (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech).

• Accommodations are available during interviews and beyond.