Employee Relations Specialist VP

Join us as an Employee Relations Specialist VP, where you will advise on complex workplace matters and ensure compliance with Barclays’ policies and practices. In this role, you will provide commercial, pragmatic, and timely advice to stakeholders to help mitigate employee legal and reputational risk. You will play a key role within the Americas Employee Relations function, supporting business leaders on sensitive workplace issues while promoting consistent policy application.

The Americas ER function must also coordinate closely with global counterparts to ensure appropriate alignment across the organization.

To be successful as an Employee Relations Specialist VP, you should have:

• Experience in leading complex workplace investigations involving allegations of misconduct, ensuring fair, impartial, and compliant resolution of employee concerns
• Experience in advising senior leaders and HR partners on complex employee relations matters, including performance management, accommodations, organizational change, restructurings, and reductions in force
• The power to influence stakeholders through strong written and verbal communication, translating complex issues into clear, actionable recommendations
• Advanced analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills to assess risk, resolve employee matters, and support business objectives
• Ability to effectively balance competing priorities, adapting to changing business needs, and collaborating across functions to deliver results

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Excellent and constant attention to detail, with advanced analytical, creative thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage and navigate through complex changes
• Outstanding written and verbal communication
• Proven team player and motivated self-starter with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in New York.

Minimum Salary: $135,000

Maximum Salary: $190,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

To support the business with the management of employee relations cases, in line with relevant policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. This includes providing professional advice, support and guidance to managers and employees on a range of topics (including Disciplinary, Capability, Grievance and Sickness), and investigating matters where required.

• Provision of ER advice on a range of topics, including reviewing and drafting of documentation, advising on process as well as potential employment / legal risk. Supporting directly where required, often with senior complex, and regulatory matters.
• Investigations to resolve employee complaints, grievances, and disciplinary matters and guidance on the completion of these, supporting managers and employees as required.
• Employee relations policies and procedures development, implementation, and maintenance, aligning these to all applicable laws, regulations and the overall business strategy.
• Production and deployment of ER training in coordination with our control partners with a focus on prevention.
• Production and delivery of ER metrics, sharing insights with stakeholders on employee relations issues and trends.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/…