Boston Children's Hospital

Employee Relations Manager

Boston Children's Hospital$90K — $120K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; Master's preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive HR or Employee Relations experience.
  • 2+ years in a people leadership role.
  • Experience in handling complex employee relations cases.
  • Strong understanding of employment law and internal policy compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Manage daily operations of the Employee Relations function for high-quality case management.
  • Serve as deputy to Senior Director for decision-making and escalation management.
  • Provide insights and risk assessments to senior leaders based on ER cases.
  • Lead ER Advisors in navigating complex employee situations and mitigating risk.
  • Design and optimize ER workflows for efficiency and scalability.
  • Collaborate with HR and technology teams to enhance case management systems.
  • Identify process standardization opportunities to improve employee experience.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with flexibility for onsite days.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Access to advanced HR technology and automation tools.
  • Supportive team environment focused on employee relations.
  • Involvement in strategic decision-making at a senior level.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary/ Department Summary:
Join our Employee Relations team as an Employee Relations Manager, where you will oversee our team of Employee Relations Advisors as well as serve as trusted partner to our healthcare leaders and employees across our clinical and non-clinical workforce dealing with complex Employee Relations cases. Your role will focus on maintaining consistent standards in case documentation, analyzing data trends, and ensuring policy compliance across all processes. This role is hybrid Monday-Friday and will require 1-2 days onsite (please note that in the first 90 days of training there may be more required days onsite).

Key Responsibilities:
1. Operational Management & Deputy Coverage
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Employee Relations function, ensuring timely, consistent, and high-quality case management across all ER matters.
• Serve as a functional deputy to the Senior Director, assuming authority for ER decision-making, prioritization, presentations and escalation management when needed.
• Maintain operational standards, service levels, and accountability mechanisms for ER Advisors.
2. Provide executive-ready insights, recommendations, and risk assessments to senior leaders. Case Management & Advisory Leadership
• Act as a senior subject matter expert on complex, high-risk, and sensitive employee relations matters, including investigations, performance management, terminations, and policy interpretation.
• Guide ER Advisors in applying sound judgment, mitigating risk, and navigating nuanced employee situations.
• Ensure high-quality documentation standards, investigative rigor, and compliance with employment law and internal policies.
• Advise HR partners and leaders on ER strategy, approach, and decision-making.
3. Workflow Design, Technology & Automation
• Design, optimize, and continuously improve ER workflows to increase efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Partner with HR Operations, HRIS, and Technology teams to implement and enhance case management systems, reporting tools, and workflow automation.
• Leverage technology and AI-enabled tools (e.g., case triage, trend analysis, documentation support, knowledge management) to improve cycle time, quality, and insight generation.
Identify opportunities to standardize processes, reduce manual work and improve the employee and leader experience

Additional responsibilities: Metrics, Insights & Risk Management. Policy, training & Program development. Cross-functional Partnership & Compliance and maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, professionalism and ethical practice.

Minimum Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field degree). Masters degree preferred.

Work Experience: 10+ years of progressive HR or Employee Relations experience, including 2+ years in a people leadership role.

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
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