Place of Business:
Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Location:
Austin, Texas

Position Description:

The Employee Relations Specialist sits in a central role to support the internal foundation of relationships that connects employees to each other. We are looking for a dynamic, supportive human resources professional to oversee employee relations throughout our agency.

This position is being posted at two levels. The applicant selected will be offered the role that aligns with their education and experience

Employee Relations Specialist - $67,000 - $96,000

Sr. Employee Relations Specialist - $81,000 - $107,000

Employee Relations:

• Provides support to management and employees on employee relations policies, procedures, and programs.
• Advises managers on employee relations matters to include assessing root causes, determining appropriate strategies for addressing problems, and coaching and supporting managers through execution of identified actions, including corrective actions as appropriate.
• Recognizes potential statute violations in the workplace and leads or participates in investigations of such matters.
• Conducts objective and thorough climate assessments and internal investigations of grievances and complaints, as directed.
• Interprets historical, current, and projected data to identify problems, causes, and areas for which procedural or system changes to positively influence agency culture are indicated.
• Advises management and employees on TRS policy.
• Creates and conducts engaging training related to agency policies, federal/state laws, rules and regulations.
• As needed, receives, reviews, and processes unemployment claims and participates in unemployment hearings.

Employee Relations Support:

• Prepares or assists in the preparation of human resources reports to include gathering, compiling, and analyzing data.
• Assists with and prepares/presents information related to employee relations matters.
• Prepares and presents information related to employee relations matters. (Sr.)
• Maintains employee relations files and ensures that the TRS records retentions standards are met.
• Conducts exit interviews and maintains reporting related to information received from exit interviews.
• Assists in planning, developing, reviewing, revising, and implementing human resources processes and activities related to employee relations activities.
• Provides back-up support to department staff.

Performs related work as assigned.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Human Resources or closely related field.
• High school diploma or equivalent and additional full-time directly related human resources generalist experience may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.

Required Experience:

• Three (3) years of full-time directly related, progressively responsible experience in coordinating employee relations activities, providing advice and consultation to all levels of management on employee relations issues.
• Five (5) years of full time directly related, progressively responsible experience in coordinating employee relations activities, providing advice and consultation to all levels of management on employee relations issues. (Sr.)
• Experience conducting internal employee relations investigations, which includes writing investigation reports.