Director, Employee Relations

Company Description

When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom.

Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide. 

Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve. 

Job Description

As part of the Renaissance Human Resources team, the Employee Relations Director will provide HR mentorship and support to HR staff, leaders, and employees on employee relations topics; identify and update employee relations policies; work closely with Corporate Counsel to assure compliance with HR policies and HR-related laws, and appropriately respond to employee complaints. 

This is a great opportunity to join a team of highly motivated, hardworking individuals in the HR department as we work to evolve our HR model for a growing company. 

As Director, Employee Relations you will: 

• Deliver expert-level guidance to HR colleagues and Renaissance leaders on a variety of employee relations issues. 
• Provided dotted line supervision and mentorship to People Relations team on employee relations topics. 
• Drive scalability for the employee relations function through process improvement and technology.  
• Develop and implement effective proactive performance management strategies and success metrics in collaboration with managers.  
• Define and maintain internal procedures related to separation procedures, workplace investigations, and other employee relations processes, liaising with other departments and colleagues as appropriate. 
• Identify, implement, and/or deliver performance management and other future HR compliance/employee relations training needs. Manage external HR training vendors. 
• Work closely with HR Business Partners and legal team on employee relations issues. 
• Draft and deliver documents related to employee separations including notification letters and separation agreements, partnering with other COEs to ensure accurate information and consistent treatment of separating employees.  
• Conduct internal investigations. 
• Partner with all other areas of HR that touch employee relations to ensure compliance and a cohesive service delivery experience. This includes Benefits, HRBPs, Compensation, Leadership Development, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (ADA/FMLA, policy issues, compliance, etc.) 
• Contribute to other HR projects and initiatives as needed. 
   

Qualifications

For this role as Director, Employee Relations, you must have: 

• At least seven years’ Human Resources or employment law experience with an emphasis in employee relations. 
• Demonstrable knowledge of employment laws, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, and Fair Labor Standards Act.  
• Expertise of performance management strategies, workplace investigations, and other HR practices and procedures. 
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in handling confidential information and situations. 
• Honed critical reasoning and problem-solving skills with a focus on conflict resolution. 
• Proven communication skills and ability to establish relationships. 

Preferred: 

• J.D. or legal background is strongly preferred. 
• Experience managing HR employees in an agile/matrix environment.  

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Salary Range: $109,500 to $150,550  This range is based on national market data and may vary by location.

Benefits:

• World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Frequently cited statistics show that some women, underrepresented individuals, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance, we encourage all applications! Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just t