GDT employs the most talented, tenured and certified professionals in the industry. We have always maintained a customer- first business model, which has helped transform our organization into one of the industry’s innovator, solution providers, and shared service experts.
Be the solution. Keep clients happy. Provide intellectual value. Consistency. Be sticky. Help your fellow GDT-ers. Teach. Mentor. Lend a hand. Grow. Be professional, be engaged. ALWAYS.
Job Summary and Purpose:
HR Business Partner’s primary role will be focused on employee relations resolving grievances, concerns, and handling investigations. In addition, partnering with leaders managing employee Performance Improvement Plans. Leveraging leadership and employee insights to improve and influence employee development; additionally, providing oversight for workforce planning. Ownership for employment policy and compliance including management of GDT’s employee handbook.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Provide guidance regarding coaching, counselling, and disciplinary actions while enforcing GDT’s policies and procedures.
- Conduct thorough investigations and documentation to provide appropriate recommendations to ensure compliance with company policy, employment laws and regulations.
- Liaison between HR and GDT’s leaders for guidance on employee decisions that have potential legal ramifications.
- Develops strong collaborative relationships with stakeholders to manage and define performance improvement plans and workforce planning decisions.
- Build leadership skills and knowledge to increase capability in performance management and employee relations.
- Identify performance management and employee relations trends to influence learning and development needs for both leaders and employees.
- Ownership for employment policy, compliance including management of GDT’s employee handbook.
Experience/Education:
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in providing Employee Relations or HR Business Partner support with emphasis on Employee Relations
- Bachelor’s degree in HR or Business Required
- Professional Human Resource (PHR) or SHRM – CP certification preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Proven ability to conduct and document investigations.
- Ability to write coaching, counselling, and disciplinary actions.
- Proven ability to coach employees and managers through complex and difficult issues.
- Proven ability to write performance improvement plans
- Develops strong collaborative relationships with key business partners and stakeholders to manage and define workforce plans.
- Provide direction and guidance to managers and employees regarding HR lifecycle such as career and competence development.
- Knowledge and experience of employment policies and handbooks.
- Proficient knowledge of employment laws, regulations and guidelines required, including ADA, FMLA, Workers Compensation, etc.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with team members at all levels, and exercise sound judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, critical thinking skills and an objective point of view.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
GDT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, marital status, gender identity or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
