Senior Group Director, Employee Relations

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: New York
Posted on: April 19, 2024

Job Description:

Sr. Group Director, Employee Relations At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL. About the role: This role will develop and lead a centralized employee relations function in the US. Identify and address issues impacting the employee experience during critical moments in the employee life cycle such as workplace accommodations, and workplace concerns relating to EEOC allegations, workplace threats, safety, etc. This role will lead investigations and will be responsible for establishing process, procedures, and training to support P&O team members to lead ER investigations with consistency and compliance. This role will identify trends to help inform programming targeted toward the P&O community as well as subsets of the employee population. The Sr. GD, Employee Relations will partner closely with business leaders, Employment Legal, HR Business Partners, and COE partners such as People Development and D&I, as well as other functions within the People & Organization team. This role reports to the Head of People & Organization - US Corporate Functions & Employee Relations What impact you can create at CHANEL: Research and respond to employee relations matters across the retail and corporate environment.Conduct timely, objective, and thorough internal investigations including but not limited to allegations of harassment, discrimination, accommodation, and retaliation and prepare all required documentation.Initiate a proactive, strategic approach to employee relations by identifying and analyzing ER data/metrics for themes, trends, and root cause identification. Share findings with key partners in order to develop and deliver an integrated plan that links to organization and people strategies.Train leadership on topics related to creating an optimal working relationship with employees. Deliver site-specific action plans and follow up.Direct connection to D&I leadership on relevant aspects of trainingProvide strategies for managing supervisor concerns and employee grievances. Lead/support the implementation of a "faculty" of employee relations investigators from within the P&O team to support heightened volumes of investigations. Will create a "dispatch" system for ER cases. Provide guidance to leaders to support appropriate resolution of concerns.Partner with Legal to understand and connect local and federal law changes, and rulings that have potential impact to the Brand. Partner with appropriate areas, including HRBP, loss prevention, audit, customer care, and any other area that would aide in closure of investigation. Work with partners across the organization to drive positive employee relations.Bring awareness to and champion communication channels meant to obtain employee perspectives.Work with HRGs to implement action plans focused on addressing opportunities identified through review of employee relations trends.Create and implement training focused on improving overall understanding of employee relations issues.Partner with D&I leadership on relevant training opportunities to support positive ER outcomes.Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. What you will bring to the team: Ability to translate data and predictive analytics into proactive actions for the organization to prevent or preempt unfavorable employee experience trends. Discreet and Maintains Confidentiality as they would also handle HR ER Trustworthiness and ability to learn or accelerate their ER skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, including high EQ, great communication skills (written and oral), and ability to build trust and influence at all levels of an organization. Experience diffusing tension and effectively mediating conflict Excellent skills and attention to detail, able to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously while delivering on commitments. Presentation and training design and facilitation experienceAbility to handle highly sensitive and confidential situations with objectivity.Broad knowledge of employee relations, complex workplace investigations, federal and state laws / regulations (including but not limited to Title VII, ADA, ADAAA and FMLA Position Logistics: Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, focused on employee relations,Will have BS/BA degree, Master's degree a plus.Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three-days in-person office presence in the New York office. Compensation: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $166,000 to $215,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position. Other components [may/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks. Benefits and Perks: Flexibility (flexible time and hybrid work options)Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing (2-week August Office Closure and Wellbeing Days in Retail) and a Wellbeing fundFamily and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, MilkStork, and Care.com Membership)Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days401K, pension and other incentivesRobust healthcare offerings; medical, dental, vision, MDLIVE (virtual care), One Medical, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), Health Savings Account and Employee Assistance ProgramLife insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Advocate, International Business Travel Accident & Medical, and Commuter Transit & Parking Additional Information: Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in: Diversity and Inclusion: At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all. We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients.We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support. Chanel Community: CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities.Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations. Sustainability: CHANEL Mission 1.5-- is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives. Arts and Culture: We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent. US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center. Fondation Chanel: Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL's mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny. Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years. For more information, please navigate to the Fondation Chanel website here Career and Leadership Development: We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees, developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People, Heart of Leadership and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills. *Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.

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