Sutter Health

Employee Relations Business Partner

Sutter Health$106K — $160K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience accepted.
  • 5 years of recent employee relations or related HR experience.
  • Experience with investigations, performance management, and casework.
  • Strong knowledge of employee relations and employment law.
  • Proven ability to coach leaders through sensitive employee matters.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to navigate a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

  • Provide consultative employee relations support across the healthcare system.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees on relations matters.
  • Anticipate and address workplace issues proactively through coaching.
  • Collaborate with HR, legal, and labor relations for compliant outcomes.
  • Support change management by implementing enterprise strategies locally.
  • Analyze workforce trends to improve leader capability and workplace culture.
  • Uphold organizational values while assessing employee relations cases.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision.
  • Supportive work environment focused on inclusion and belonging.
  • Professional development opportunities available.
Full Job Description
Organization:
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Valley

Position Overview:
Provides proactive, consultative employee relations support across an integrated healthcare delivery system to foster a positive, high-performing work environment. Serves as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, providing guidance and hands-on support on a broad range of employee relations matters for both management-represented and union-represented employees, in alignment with organizational practices, policies, and applicable legislation.

Operating as an embedded People Partner, anticipates and helps prevent workplace issues by coaching leaders, strengthening day-to-day people practices, and using field-level insights to inform broader strategies and risk mitigation efforts. Acting as a neutral, unbiased, and objective partner in assessing employee relations matters, is committed to upholding our organizational values in every situation. Collaborates closely with HR business partners, legal, labor relations, risk, and other human resources partners to drive consistent, compliant, and employee-centered outcomes.

Supports leaders and teams through organizational change and workforce actions by translating enterprise people strategy into effective local practices. Leveraging case trends, workforce signals, and listening insights, contributes to continuous improvement efforts that strengthen leader capability, reinforce inclusion and belonging, and support a respectful work environment.

Job Description:

Looking for a strong business partner with experience with employee relations.
The person selected for this role must live in the Northern California Sutter Health footprint and come on site for work, meetings, etc. This is NOT a remote role.

EDUCATION:

Equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.

Bachelor's degree

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

5 years recent relevant experience

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Progressively responsible employee relations or human resources experience, including direct experience with investigations, performance management, and employee relations casework.
Demonstrated experience handling investigations, performance management, discipline, and employee relations casework.
Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge, including federal and state regulations.
Demonstrated ability to coach leaders through complex and sensitive employee situations.
Sound judgment and ability to balance employee experience, business needs, and risk considerations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and stakeholder communication.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and manage multiple priorities.
Commitment to inclusion, fairness, and respectful workplace practices.

Job Shift:
Days

Schedule:
Full Time

Days of the Week:
Monday - Friday

Weekend Requirements:
As Needed

Benefits:
Yes

Unions:
No

Position Status:
Exempt

Weekly Hours:
40

Employee Status:
Regular

Pay Range is $106,745.60 to $160,118.40 / annual salary

The compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate's experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health's comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

About Sutter Health

Sutter Health is a not-for-profit health system in Northern California, headquartered in Sacramento. It includes doctors, hospitals and other health care services in more than 100 Northern California cities and towns. Major service lines of Sutter Health-affiliated hospitals include cardiac care, women’s and children’s services, cancer care, orthopedics and advanced patient safety technology.
Learn more about Sutter Health
Size
58,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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