Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Senior Employee Relations Advisor This position will support around 1,800 student, part-time, and full-time staff. Responsible for consulting with staff and managers with regard to employee relations matters within University Housing and Dining (UHD). Advise on best practices for resolving concerns and creating a positive work environment in adherence with University, State, and Federal requirements. Responsibilities: Serve as the department's initial point of contact for employee relations concerns. Conduct initial bilingual (Spanish/English) intake and consult with employees regarding employee relations issues, including conflict with coworkers or management, personal issues, available resources, and questions about policy. Provide referrals to other university offices as needed. Work collaboratively with HR leadership on complex employee relations cases. Consult with supervisors and managers on employee relations issues and recommend solutions based on policies/procedures. Conduct department investigations and work with employees/managers to understand perspectives and guide them toward resolution. Consult with other university offices as needed. Work collaboratively with UHD Workers Compensation, Separations, and Leave team (WSL) to provide guidance and support. Assist with Workday separation approvals as needed. Develop and facilitate trainings for UHD supervisors, managers, and directors on employee relations topics including corrective action. Assist in presenting New Employee Orientation in Spanish. Document all consultations, referrals, and corrective actions processes. Lead and coordinate employee relations meetings and provide updates regarding pending employee relations cases. Provide employee relations metrics to leadership as needed. Process formal corrective action letters, including reviewing and editing letters, working with department management, and ushering letters through the approval process to ensure timely submittal to employees. Identify trends and provide feedback to leadership. Track and retain completed letters in employee file. Review exit interviews to identify trends and provide feedback to unit/managers. Provide guidance to managers when writing performance appraisals. Review less-than-satisfactory evaluations and work with manager to identify next steps. Maintain knowledge of UT, federal, and state laws/policies. Respond to open records request. Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in human resource management, business administration, social sciences, public administration, or a related field. Five years of experience in a human resources function. Use of personal computer and other standard office equipment. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual in English and Spanish highly preferred. Ability to interpret meetings, read and translate documents, and effectively communicate in both languages. More than five years of experience in human resources function. Two or more years of experience with employee relations. HR Certification. Experience working with sensitive and confidential information in an office setting and a customer-facing role. Demonstrated effective interpersonal communication and customer service skills. Demonstrated organization and prioritization skills. Salary Range: $72,000 + depending on qualifications Working Conditions: May work around standard office conditions Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation Use of manual dexterity Work Shift: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM -5:00PM, hours days may vary due to business needs. This position will be required to work on campus. Required Materials: Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Created: 2026-03-04