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Human Resources
Director of HR Employee Relations
Houston, TX, US
We’re looking for a Director of Employee Relations, someone who’s ready to grow with our company. In this position you will effectively lead employee relations system-wide. Work with leadership and executive teams to develop, implement, and administer policies and processes on a strategic level in support of organizational goals. Collaborate and coordinate with other HR Leaders on employment, compensation, benefits, training and development, and organization development initiatives and issues.
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Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Provide strategic direction to the Employee Relations function and ensure processes/practices meet departmental and organizational needs. Bring innovation to the Employee Relations function by thinking differently – promoting a proactive approach that supports the organization’s future-focus, including training and positive cultural activities that challenge traditional models.
• Partner with other HR functional leaders to ensure positive Employee Relations focus is present across all HR programs and activities. Collaborate with leaders throughout the organization to proactively manage Employee Relations, building trust while increasing accountability. Continually emphasize the impact and linkage of positive and effective Employee Relations to promotion of communal mindset and overall high organizational performance.
• Review department performance, effect change as needed to improve service, simplify workflow, and assure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the processes of the teams and serve as an expert on high-level issues.
• Lead and provide performance coaching, development, work guidance, and appraisal of team member’s performance. Serve as a high performing coach, working with team members to enhance strengths and to overcome potential limitations. Ensure staff are qualified, motivated, and challenged. Ensure a high performing, mutually supporting, customer focused team culture that is fully accountable to the organization for services and support delivered.
• Develop and implement service/departmental-based priorities that support the organization’s strategic plan and continually improve performance as measured by department statistics and trends, benchmarks, and initiatives.
• Facilitate, participate, and collaborate in interdepartmental teams and committees to ensure Texas Children’s operations, programs etc. are integrated and aligned with Texas Children’s strategic plan.
Skills & Requirements
• Required bachelor's degree
• Required 5 years' Experience in Human Resources and 3 years Management/leadership experience
• Preferred healthcare experience and specific leadership in employee relations
About Texas Children’s
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.
Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation’s first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
