Assistant Director of Employee Relations

AccruePartners, Inc. ·www.accruepartners.com

Location Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Type Full time
Level Director
Source Shazamme
Human Resources Open
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The Team You Will Be Joining
  • Join the HR leadership team of a large, highly regulated organization supporting more than 5,500 employees across multiple operational locations.
  • Lead a team of People Business Partners responsible for employee relations, investigations, performance management, and leadership coaching.
  • Partner closely with executive leadership, operational leaders, legal counsel, and HR peers to drive consistent people practices across the organization.
  • Be part of a collaborative HR function that values visible leadership, strong business partnership, and proactive problem-solving.
 
What They Offer You
  • Opportunity to own both the strategic and operational aspects of employee relations while influencing enterprise-wide people initiatives.
  • High visibility with senior leadership through executive coaching, organizational trend analysis, leadership training, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Ownership of key talent processes, including performance management, talent calibration, succession planning, and leadership development.
  • The ability to shape employee relations strategy, strengthen leadership capability, and drive consistency across a complex organization.
  • Exposure to a fast-paced, people-first environment where HR plays a highly visible role in supporting business success.
Location
  • Onsite 5x in Charlotte, NC 
Why This Role Is Important
  • Serve as the senior leader responsible for driving consistent, compliant, and effective employee relations practices across the organization.
  • Lead strategy for employee relations, performance management, succession planning, and talent calibration while helping leaders make sound people decisions.
  • Identify trends across employee relations activity, develop proactive solutions, and implement initiatives that improve leadership effectiveness while reducing organizational risk.
  • Partner with legal counsel and business leaders to ensure compliance with employment laws, company policies, and applicable labor agreements.
  • Build scalable employee relations programs, leadership training, and performance management processes that support long-term organizational success.
 
Background That Fits
  • Seven or more years of progressive Human Resources experience with a strong focus on employee relations, investigations, performance management, and leadership coaching.
  • Previous leadership experience managing HR professionals, Employee Relations teams, HR Business Partners, or similar functions.
  • Demonstrated success handling complex workplace investigations, grievance resolution, corrective action, performance issues, and executive-level coaching.
  • Experience supporting organizations within highly regulated, multi-site, unionized, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, healthcare, utilities, or other operationally complex environments is highly preferred.
  • Experience leading performance review cycles, talent calibration, succession planning, and enterprise talent initiatives.
  • Strong knowledge of employment law, HR systems, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, along with excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.

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The Assistant Director of Employee Relations role with AccruePartners, Inc. is based in Charlotte, NC, US.
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