Employee Relations Partner

## Employee Relations Partner Apply remote type:
Hybrid locations:
Administration - Tigard, ORtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR100193

At New Narrative, we believe mental health care is community care. As a nonprofit organization, we partner with individuals to promote healing, housing stability, and long-term wellness through compassionate, equitable support.

If you’re passionate about community impact, we invite you to join our team.

Position Pay Starts at $90,000 and can go up DOE
** Position Summary**:

The Senior People Relations Partner serves as a strategic advisor to leaders across New Narrative, partnering with managers and executives to foster a high-performing, legally compliant, and trauma-informed workplace. This role leads complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, organizational consultation, performance management, accommodations, employment law compliance, and organizational change initiatives while balancing employee experience with organizational risk.
** Key Accountabilities**:
* Employee Relations & Workplace Investigations:
Lead complex investigations; advise leaders on corrective action, documentation, conflict resolution, and separations.
* Strategic Leadership Consultation:
Coach leaders on performance, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, change management, and difficult conversations.
* Performance Management & Organizational Effectiveness:
Support performance improvement, accountability, talent decisions, and organizational restructuring.
* Leave, Accommodations & Employment Compliance:
Manage ADA interactive process, FMLA, Paid Leave Oregon, workers' compensation coordination, and return-to-work planning.
* Organizational Risk & Compliance:
Interpret employment law, develop policy, coordinate responses to BOLI/EEOC matters, support litigation, and assess organizational risk.
* Workforce Analytics & Continuous Improvement:
Analyze trends in employee relations, investigations, turnover, and compliance to recommend improvements.
* Training & Leadership Development:
Develop and facilitate leadership training on employee relations, investigations, documentation, bias awareness, respectful workplaces, and legal compliance.
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* Core Competencies:

*** Consultative Partnership
* Employee Relations Expertise
* Workplace Investigations
* Employment Law (Federal & Oregon)
* Executive Presence
* Conflict Resolution
* Critical Thinking
* Sound Judgment
* Emotional Intelligence
* Organizational Consultation
* Change Management
* Data-Driven Decision Making
* Confidentiality & Professional Ethics
* Communication* Project Management
* Trauma-Informed Practice
* Cultural Humility

Minimum Qualifications
* SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification Required (PHR/SPHR may be accepted as an equivalent, if approved).
* Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial Psychology, Social Work, or related field required;
Master's degree preferred.
* Minimum six (6) years of progressive Human Resources experience with significant responsibility for employee relations, workplace investigations, performance management, and employment law.
* Demonstrated experience conducting complex workplace investigations and advising leaders on high-risk employee matters.
* Experience interpreting and applying federal and Oregon employment laws.
* Experience in behavioral health, healthcare, nonprofit, or similarly regulated environments strongly preferred.

Additional Responsibilities
* Support reductions in force and reorganizations.
* Coordinate executive-level employee relations consultations.
* Partner with Legal on employment claims and litigation support.
* Lead culture restoration efforts following significant workplace issues.
* Develop and maintain HR policies and best practices.
* Perform other related duties as assigned.
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