Sr. Employee Relations Specialist

This is currently a Portland-based remote role, with expectation to be on-site at CSC's HQ near Portland on a quarterly and as-needed basis.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Columbia Sportswear Company's Corporate Affairs aims to advance company strategy and connect talented people with their passions through work and a life outside. We need passionate people to create exceptional products, differentiated consumer experiences and to grow the business. Our teams ensure the company's success by focusing on attracting and retaining diverse talent, building organizational effectiveness, and supporting the mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing of all employees.

As our Employee Relations (ER) Specialist you will serve as a key ER team member focused on investigating critical employee relations issues that are compliance focused and at times crisis-oriented and time sensitive. You will work in closepartnership with Legal, Human Resource Business Partners and other leaders to drive consistent ER processes across the organizationwhile minimizing risk and ensuring a positive ethical workplace. Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours.

HOWYOU'LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Conduct impartial and objective workplace investigations of sensitive employee relations issues.

• Make recommendations following investigations of policyviolations or professional misconduct concerns and determine appropriate resolution or disciplinary action.

• Provide consultative guidance and coaching for HRBPs and other internal partners on employeerelations matters, with a focus on complex, sensitive, or high-risk compliance issues.

• Maintain detailed files for ER cases with a timely recording of notes and supportingdocumentation into the ER case management system.

• Facilitate training to build employee relations skills amongst the HR community and peoplemanagers.

• Assist with ad hoc department projects, as needed

YOU ARE

• An experienced investigator, adept at identifying risk

• Collaborative with a knack for building productive, trusting cross-functional partnerships

• Curious and have a continuous improvement mindset with a focus on evolving stakeholder partnerships in service to the corporate enterprise

• A self-starter who is organized and detail focused with an ability to act quickly and urgently, sometimes without clear definition

• An excellent writer, with experience writing clear and concise investigation reports

YOUHAVE

• Bachelors degree required.

• 5-8 years total experience with 3+ years combined years of directly applicable HR and Employee Relations experience,including prior HR Generalist experience; in lieu of this experience may consider experience from other areas involving internal investigations, such as internal audit, loss prevention, or other similar area of risk management

• Ability to communicate at the highest level throughout the investigation process via writtenand oral communication with stakeholders

• Excellent judgement and knowledge of US employment laws and regulations and the ability to appropriately spotemployment risks and issues

• Experience planning, conducting and documenting workplace investigations

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion while handling sensitive information

• Verbal and written proficiency in Spanish (preferred)

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.