Texas Children's Hospital hiring Director of HR Employee Relations in Houston, Texas, United States | LinkedIn (2024)

Job DescriptionWe are looking for a Director of HR Employee Relations - someone to effectively lead system wide employee relations . Responsible for working with Leadership and Executive teams to develop, implement, and administer policies and processes on a strategic level in support of organizational goals. Collaborates and coordinates with other HR Leaders on employment, compensation, benefits, training and development, and organization development initiatives and issues.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic direction to the employee relations function and ensures processes/practices meet departmental & organizational needs. Brings innovation to the Employee Relations function by thinking differently – promoting a proactive approach, that supports the organization’s future-focus, to include training and positive cultural activities that challenge traditional models.
• This position needs to understand federal guidelines, policies, and Joint Commission standards. Partners with other HR functional leaders to ensure positive Employee Relations focus is present across all HR programs and activities This position collaborates with leadership throughout the organization to proactively manage Employee Relations, building trust while increasing accountability.
• Oversees the processes of the teams and serves as expert on high-level issues. Provides input on key employee relations decisions; communicates with the leadership and executive teams, leads the evaluation of new and existing processes and programs. Provides input on key employee relations issues/decisions; communicates with the leadership and executive teams, leads the evaluation of new and existing processes and programs.
• Leads and provides performance coaching, development, work guidance, and appraisal of team member’s performance. Serves as a high performing coach, working with team members to enhance strengths and to overcome potential limitations. Ensures staff is qualified, motivated, and challenged. Ensures a high performing, mutually supporting, customer-focused team culture that is fully accountable to the organization for services & support delivered.
• Develops and implements service/departmental-based priorities that support the organization’s strategic plan and continually improve performance as measured by department statistics and trends, benchmarks, and initiatives. Provides guidance to leader and employee actions by developing and updating policies, procedures, methods, and guidelines in partnership and collaboration with other HR Leaders COE, including updating on-line materials, communicating and enforcing organizational processes, policies, and values.
• Facilitates, participates, and collaborates in interdepartmental teams and committees to ensure Texas Children’s operations, programs etc. are integrated and aligned with the Texas Children’s strategic plan.

Skills & Requirements:

• 7 years of experience in Human Resources Required
• 5 years of experience in Management/leadership experience with significant experience in employee relations required

About UsSince 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation’s first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org .

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.