Employee Relations Partner

The role

The Employee Relations Partner will manage employee relations investigations, policy development, and HR compliance. This role involves handling misconduct concerns, managing reporting hotlines, and providing training and dispute resolution.

What you will do

• Be the first point of contact for employee relations concerns such as harassment, discrimination, retaliation and misconduct.
• Run prompt, impartial and confidential investigations.
• Manage the caseload and recommend fixes in partnership with People Business Partners, Legal, Security and EH&S.
• Manage the internal reporting hotline, case documentation and case disposition.
• Use data analytics to spot trends and drive tech-forward solutions.
• Develop, revise and administer company policies and procedures.
• Teach employees and managers about policies and their rights and responsibilities.
• Identify ER training needs and build programs with the Training Development team.
• Promote positive employee relations through proactive initiatives, mediation and dispute resolution.
• Ensure all ER practices and decisions follow policy and the law.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years of Employee Relations/Human Resources or equivalent experience
• Experience managing complex investigations
• Strong knowledge of ER, labor relations, training, and conflict resolution
• Deep understanding of FMLA, EEO laws, ADA and other employment-related state and federal laws & regulations in the United States
• Experience working with a large California workforce
• Experience working in a start-up environment and/or in the tech or aerospace industries
• Organized, detail-oriented and good reasoning and communication skills

Nice to have

• Advanced HR degree/education
• Relevant HR/workplace investigation certifications, such as Society for Human Resource Management and Association of Workplace Investigators
• Experience creating or working with ethics/compliance rules and programs
• Experience and understanding of cross-over areas of general compliance such as OFCCP government contractor compliance

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The company is developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.