Lead-Employee Relations Advisor

Location: Memphis, TN, United States; the role requires travel between organizational locations on short notice.

Salary: $94,640–$169,520 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a children's research hospital focused on advancing its mission, values, and workplace culture.

What you will do

• Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on complex employee and labor relations matters.
• Conduct and oversee sensitive, high-risk investigations involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, misconduct, policy violations, and grievances.
• Analyze findings, assess organizational risk, and recommend fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
• Mentor Employee & Labor Relations Advisors and coordinate team priorities, caseload distribution, meetings, and service delivery.
• Develop and improve Employee Relations programs, policies, procedures, reporting, audits, and compliance activities.
• Partner with leaders, HR, Legal, Compliance, vendors, and other stakeholders while responding to urgent matters across organizational locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in employee relations or a similar role.
• Experience researching complex HR issues, implementing courses of action, and managing audits, surveys, reporting, and analyses.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and guiding or mentoring people.
• Strong investigative, analytical, problem-solving, consultation, conflict resolution, mediation, and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, with sound judgment and confidentiality in sensitive situations.
• Proficiency with HRIS systems and reporting tools; Workday experience is preferred.

Nice to have

• SHRM-CP, PHR, or Employee Relations Investigations Certification.
• Workday experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports a fair, respectful, legally compliant, and positive workplace culture.
• Collaboration with leaders, HR partners, Legal, Compliance, and other stakeholders is central to the role.
• The position includes opportunities to support employee engagement and organizational effectiveness.
• Benefits information is available through St. Jude's benefits program.