GAF Hiring for Senior Employee Relations Specialist at Toledo Full Time

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Job Description:

The Employee Relations Partner will conduct complex employment policy workplace investigations and serve as an expert-level consultant, advisor and practitioner on ER issues and projects across GAF. Reporting to the Manager-Employee Relations, you will partner closely with the HR organization, Corporate and Operations management, and the Employment Legal team in working ER issues and investigations. This job prioritizes and has high emphasis on all aspects of workplace investigations including planning, conducting, writing full documentation including formal investigation report, updating key partners and stakeholders and recommending/supporting the administration of disciplinary consequences, training, organizational changes or other resolutions. This role will investigate reports across various GAF business lines including manufacturing operations.

The partner in this role will be remote and can sit anywhere within the U.S.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies, analyzes and implements resolutions to complex and highly sensitive ER issues, including unusual situations where precedents for resolution are unavailable.

• Conducts investigations in partnership with Legal counsel stemming from issues raised in agency charges or demand letters.

• Completes detailed, accurate and complete investigation documentation including issue confirmation, interview notes, investigation summaries, investigation results memos, etc.

• Prepares and presents investigation findings in appropriate formats based on the audience.

• Creates and maintains thorough and complete electronic investigation files

• Consistently enters and updates case details in ER’s case management system

• May participate in projects as an ER Investigations subject matter expert.

• Serves as a subject matter expert to the HR team and business on employee relations

• Develops and delivers training and coaching methods in partnership with the Employee Relations Manager

• Other duties as assigned

Required qualifications, skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required and relevant employee relations work experience. A J.D. from an accredited university with a desire to do employee relations investigations work in lieu of HR experience would also be considered.

• 5+ years proven ability conducting workplace investigations, including experience investigating complex Title VII/EEO policy matters

• Experience within an HR or ER organization in the manufacturing industry preferred

• Experienced ER professional with a proven competence and understanding of employee relations

• Experienced workplace investigator with a familiarity in manufacturing and union-represented environments

• Experience prioritizing and conducting complex workplace investigations

• Knowledge of local, state and federal employment law and regulations

Preferred qualifications , skills and experience:

• Ability to create thorough investigation documentation, and the ability to present information and influence decisions

• Excellent communication skills including verbal, written and presentation skills

• Work independently with little supervision

• Work effectively with others in a remote environment

• Employ extremely high levels of discretion

• Exhibit exceptional integrity, confidentiality and privacy while building the necessary trust within all levels of GAF

• Ability to effectively delegate tasks and provide appropriate supervision and follow up to department staff

Dimensions

No of direct reports: 0

No of indirect reports: 0

Budget Responsibility: no

Travel Requirements:

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).

With 130+ years in the industry, GAF is the leading roofing manufacturer in North America. As a member of the Standard Industries family of companies, we are also part of the largest roofing and waterproofing business in the world.

Our communities help give our work meaning and the products we manufacture help protect what matters most. The shingles help to shelter the families living in the homes in our towns. The TPO helps protect what is under that hospital’s roof. In addition to quality products, we make sure they are installed by quality craftsmen and women. The full GAF portfolio of solutions is supported by an extensive national network of factory-certified contractors.

GAF continues to be the leader in quality and offers comprehensive warranty protection on its products and systems. Our success is driven by a commitment to empowering our people to deliver advanced quality and purposeful innovation and the desire to protect what matters most.