Specialist, Employee Relations

Role purpose

Principal accountabilities

• Lead and manage complex employee relations investigations, grievances, and other sensitive cases.
• Manage investigation risks and dependencies, anticipate barriers, and escalate issues where appropriate.
• Turn investigation lessons into evidence-based recommendations that address root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Protect the wellbeing, dignity, rights, and needs of all parties throughout formal and informal processes.
• Provide expert advice to Country Office senior management teams and consult legal counsel when required.
• Coach Country Office HR teams and improve investigation and case management capability.
• Drive continuous improvement of employee relations processes, tools, systems, and frameworks.

Essential experience and skills

• Significant experience leading complex employee relations investigations, including grievances and disciplinary matters.
• Expertise advising senior leaders on high-risk employee relations cases and producing high-quality investigation reports.
• Experience managing risks, competing priorities, and stakeholder interests while maintaining procedural fairness.
• Experience coaching HR teams and people managers and improving employee relations frameworks and processes.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, listening, questioning, relationship-building, organisational, and case management skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, judgement, resilience, confidentiality, impartiality, and professionalism.

Education and qualifications

• Expert understanding of employment laws and regulations in one or more countries where SCI operates is essential.
• Mediation, conflict resolution, or labour law qualifications, experience, or training are desirable.
• Professional HR certifications such as CIPD are desirable.

Language requirements

• English is required.
• Arabic, French, or Spanish language skills are desirable.

Work pattern and location

• The work pattern is hybrid or remote, with flexible working options available.
• The role may be based in an approved Save the Children International office location.

Contract

Application process

• Submit a CV and cover letter. Recruitment may include two competency-based interview stages and an additional assessment or case study.