Employee Relations Specialist

Compensation:

$55,495

Compensation Type:

Exempt

Employment Type:

Regular

Grade:

E04

Position Summary

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor by developing and implementing effective employee relations programs that support both employees and leadership. You will foster a positive and engaging workplace through advisement, coaching, training, and the provision of valuable tools and resources, all while ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines.

Why Join San Juan College?

Nestled in the northwest corner of New Mexico, Farmington is the hub of the Four Corners region and is home to the stunning main campus and four satellite centers of San Juan College. Farmington is located one hour south of Durango, Colorado, three hours northwest of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and three hours southeast of Moab, Utah. Along with the phenomenal weather, Farmington offers over 50 beautifully maintained city parks and thousands of acres of terrain, enough to satisfy any outdoor enthusiast. Enjoy mountain biking, hiking, boating, skiing, off-roading and more, or spend time at any of our three rivers and four lakes. Farmington also boasts a superb variety of special cultural events, museums, galleries, and local theater group events year-round.

San Juan College serves as a regional leader in education and provides quality education to approximately 10,000 students seeking academic credit and non-credit programs through face-to-face and online classes each year.

SJC Mission and Values

Our mission at San Juan College is to educate and empower individuals to thrive in an ever-changing world.

San Juan College is committed to serving the needs of our students and the community through a process of continuous quality improvement. San Juan College upholds and affirms the values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

What can you look forward to?

As a Platinum Family Friendly New Mexico Business, San Juan College is dedicated to maintaining a workplace with policies that allow employees and their families to thrive. Below are some of the benefits offered:

Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage options
Generous paid leave plans and holiday pay
Public Employee Pension Plan (NMERB)
Optional 403 (b) Tax Deferred Annuities, 457 and Roth Plans
Flex Spending accounts
Life and Disability coverage
Employee Wellness Incentives
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition waiver
Free SJC Gym Membership
Free Library services
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Essential Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to supervisors and employees regarding employee relations issues and concerns with the purpose of supporting business imperatives, enhancing performance, monitoring employee discipline and developing a high-performance culture.

• Assists supervisors with drafting and revision of coaching and disciplinary documentation as appropriate. Log and track employee relations issues.

• Investigates complex employee relations issues including, but not limited to discrimination or harassment complaints.

• Provides training, coaching and reinforcement to ensure successful implementation of the performance management process to ensure effectiveness, compliance, timeliness and equity within the organization.

• Answers and resolves employment related inquiries and provides internal and external clients with complete and accurate information based on college policies and procedures.

• Provides unemployment information to third party unemployment representative: verifies employment information and serves as witness/representative for appeal hearings.

• Serves on Management’s collective bargaining team for the College.

• Assists in the development of and conducts human resources training strategies for assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating training to support employee relations needs.

• Assists the Vice-President of Human Resources and Legal Activities and Compliance Officer in clarifying college policy, recommending policy changes and completing special projects.

• Investigates Title XI/VAWA complaints. Obtains and maintains Title IX Investigator Certification requirements.

• Receives requests made pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended. This includes conducting interactive discussions with employees and supervisors.

• Maintains Upward Evaluation process that allows employees the opportunity to provide meaningful, constructive feedback, to their supervisor.

• Serves as a facilitator for conflict resolution meetings which includes the managing process and drafting conflict resolution agreements.

• Serves as the College’s Public Records Custodian.

• May occasionally work flexible hours to meet the requirements of the role.

• Performs related duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 1 year of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Effective written communication skills as demonstrated through application material, as well as through testing that may be required during the application process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience investigating employment related policy and procedure violations and/or complaints/grievances and with writing investigatory reports and/or counseling/disciplinary letters.

• Experience analyzing problems or information in an objective manner.

• Experience working with state and federal laws and regulations relating to employee relations, employment, and other human resources functions.

• Minimum of 6 months of experience in making oral presentations to individuals and groups to diverse groups of employees.

• The successful candidate will exhibit excellent judgment with the ability to manage highly sensitive information, working knowledge of the principles and practices in the areas of conducting investigations, equal opportunity, harassment and discrimination, conflict resolution, problem solving techniques, and interviewing and data collection.

The following REQUIRED documents must be submitted with application in order to be considered. Upload all required documents under the Application Questions 2 section for "Additional Documents Required".

• Cover Letter (Required)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume (Required)
• List of 3 Supervisor References. (Required)
• Unofficial Transcripts with qualifying degree conferred. (Optional)
• Letters of Recommendation (Optional)

This position will remain open until filled, with the first review of applications occurring on Friday, April 25, 2025.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,495.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Farmington, NM 87402 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Farmington, NM 87402: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55,495