Colleague Relations Partner FT

Department:1210183000 Human ResourcesExpected Weekly Hours:40Shift:Position Purpose:The Colleague Relations Partner is a trusted partner, providing guidance and colleague relations subject matter support to Regional Health Ministry (RHM) based managers and colleagues in promoting and fostering of a fair, positive, and collaborative working environment. In collaboration with HR Business Partners (HRBPs) and Colleague and Labor Relations Center of Expertise (COE) leadership and peers, the Colleague Relations Partner supports the implementation and management of colleague relations policies, processes, and programs. The Colleague Relations Partner regularly interacts with RHM management, colleagues, and Colleague and Labor Relations COE leadership to collectively manage, resolve, and trend colleague relations matters, including planning and conducting investigations, responding to internal colleague complaints, and supporting colleague relations initiatives and projects. The Colleague Relations Partner adds value to the organization by providing colleague relations guidance and recommendations with a focus on enabling the achievement of Trinity Health's Strategic Aims to realize a person-centered, mission-focused colleague culture.Job Description Details:Must possess knowledge of state and federal laws, regulations and requirements related to HR, colleague relations, colleague dispute resolution, and fostering a positive working environment as normally acquired through completion of Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management or Business Administration or a related field, with three (3) or more years of experience in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated knowledge of employment laws and their application in operating environments is required.Ability to respond to variable situations requiring analytical, interpretive, evaluative and constructive thinking abilities. Strong logical and deductive reasoning abilities.Ability to support a change management and process improvement work environment.Demonstrated interpersonal skills and communication both written and verbal with considerable ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization.Proven customer-service orientation. Ability to know and understand customer requirements and exercise judgment in meeting reasonable expectations.Ability to continuously learn and seek personal and professional growth opportunities to build credibility with customers, peers and team members.Ability to model behavior that enables and encourages an environment filled with teaming and knowledge sharing to support colleague empowerment and personal growth.Ability to handle and prioritize competing and multiple tasks/projects in a timely and organized manner.Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment as a team player.Must be discrete and maintain the highest degree of confidentiality with extremely sensitive information and dataMust possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 94 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities, and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2.5 million visits annually.Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of $24.7 billion, the organization returns $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity Health is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services — ranked by number of visits — in the nation, as well as the nation’s leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org at http://www.trinity-health.org/ . You can also follow @TrinityHealthMI on Twitter.