At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.
Position Overview:
Are you looking for a fast-paced, influential position handling a broad range of employee relations matters such as investigating allegations and complaints, as well as coaching and counseling all levels of employees on a broad range of employee relations matters? We are searching for an experienced and talented employee relations professional to join this highly collaborative employee relations team, housed in Freddie Mac's Human Resource Division.
Our Impact:
The Employee Relations Advisory Team is responsible for handling a broad range of employment law and employee relations matters, including the resolution of employment allegations and complaints to ensure fairness, consistency, legal compliance, and mitigate corporate risk.
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Your Impact:
In this role, you will:
- Investigate employee allegations and complaints of violations of Freddie Mac policy or applicable law. Activities will include interviewing witnesses, gathering and reviewing relevant documents, analyzing and synthesizing the information gathered to determine the facts, assessing witness credibility, preparing a concise investigation report, making recommendations to management for remedial action, updating the case tracking system and assisting with reporting and analytics.
- Counsel employees (executives, people managers, and staff) on a broad range of employee relations issues, including performance management, disability and religious accommodations, leave, corrective action, reductions-in-force, involuntary terminations, and employee relations policies.
- Use your employee relations expertise to develop creative, effective solutions to often complex employee relations problems, issues and challenges.
- Proactively identify enhancements to employee relations processes and practices.
Qualifications:
- College degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 to 7 years of relevant employee relations experience
- Subject matter expertise in relevant federal, state and local employment laws
- Proven workplace investigations skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to influence
- Experience advising, counseling and making recommendations to management on a broad range of people related matters
- Proven to collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels across the enterprise
- Keen attention to detail, sound judgment, tact, and diplomacy
- Intellectually curious and innovative problem solver
- Proven ability to exercise the utmost discretion and preserve confidentiality
Keys to Success in this Role:
- Sound judgment
- Creative problem solving
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple matters in a timely manner
- Ability to influence without authority
- Collaborative and collegial in working with others
- Proactive identification of employee relations issues and risks
- High emotional intelligence
- Strong networking and relationship building skills
At Freddie Mac, our inclusive and diverse culture is what powers our work. Collectively, what we share is a passion for more-for making a difference by making home possible for families across the nation. Come as you are and do what you love.
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Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.
Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you'll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Time-type:Full time
FLSA Status:Exempt
Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.
This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $94,000 - $140,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.