Employee Relations Specialist

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SPECIALIST
Human Resources Division
Salem, Oregon
SAIF Corporation, the leading workers’ compensation insurance provider in Oregon, is a not-for-profit, state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance company. SAIF Corporation has been helping Oregon businesses and workers for more than 90 years.

Remember those old science fiction shows where practically every person’s job in the future would be done by a machine? That might be somebody’s vision of the ideal workplace, but at SAIF Corporation our work force consists of real people, not robots.

While we hire the best possible candidates and provide exceptional training opportunities, we also know that situations can arise where employees may feel dissatisfied or may need coaching or counseling. That’s where the SAIF employee relations program comes in.

The Employee Relations Specialist at SAIF Corporation assists the employee relations and employment manager in consulting with managers and employees on employment practices aimed at maximizing employee performance and satisfaction. The Employee Relations Specialist serves as an advocate for the employee, but balances that with coaching managers on the effective use of human resources policies and procedures, and ensuring compliance with state and federal laws. At SAIF, a non-union environment, we recognize that each situation is unique and we try to find innovative solutions to employee issues.

When you look at SAIF’s human resources practices – including our exceptional compensation, benefit, and training programs as well as our caring employee relations program – it’s no surprise that we have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. All of our programs are aimed at attracting, retaining, and motivating high performing employees -- like you.

But our employee loyalty goes beyond our hiring and employee relations practices and our total compensation program. SAIF is a great place to work because of our innovative culture and our unique charter – we are driven not by profit, but by a desire to help Oregon’s workers, employers, and economy.
REQUIREMENTS
If you are a human resources professional with experience in employee relations and internal investigations, with a strong knowledge of HR laws, we’d like to hear from you. Exceptional interpersonal, listening and communication skills, along with flexibility and the ability to come up with innovative solutions to personnel issues will help you to be successful in this position.

Interested? If you are a human resources professional with experience in employee relations and internal investigations, with a strong knowledge of HR laws, we’d like to hear from you. Exceptional interpersonal, listening and communication skills, along with flexibility and the ability to come up with innovative solutions to personnel issues will help you to be successful in this position.

Please read the rest of the detailed job announcement on our website at www.saif. com. Then, to tell us about yourself and why you’d like to join our human resources team, please complete and submit the electronic application at the end of the job announcement.

To receive consideration, your SAIF Application for Employment, cover letter, resume and required responses must be received in our Human Resources division by 12:00 pm on Monday, September 25, 2006.