Senior Specialist, Employee Relations

Senior Specialist, Employee Relations - LATAM About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future‑focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. All positions are fully remote. What this job can offer you As a critical extension of our clients’ HR teams, you will navigate and advise on the intricate paths of global employment with unmatched speed, expertise, and precision. You will help sustain and expand our compliance coverage, enhance customer journeys, and increase operational capacity across more than 80 countries. Key Responsibilities Manage and resolve complex end‑to‑end employee exits across multiple jurisdictions, prioritizing a superior off‑boarding experience. Provide guidance on HR matters including termination, resignation, transfer procedures, contracts, and redundancy processes, ensuring legal compliance. Lead and facilitate meetings with clients and external employees on workforce‑reduction consultation, administrative hearings, negotiations, and settlements. Influence and negotiate positive outcomes in complex terminations, navigating stakeholders with competing interests. Coordinate with payroll, legal counsel, government bodies, and trade unions to ensure compliance in off‑boarding activities. Draft, tailor, and administer termination and supplementary documents with accuracy and attention to detail. Process off‑boarding on Remote’s internal HRIS platform in collaboration with Customer Success, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, and Time and Attendance teams. Act as first point of informal escalation, mentoring junior team members. Provide comprehensive guidance on Remote’s Employee Relations resources. Conduct preliminary assessments of workplace concerns, identifying regulations and paths forward. Track and monitor ongoing employee‑relations cases for timely follow‑up. Serve as subject‑matter expert and resolve internal/external queries on off‑boarding and first‑level Employee Relations matters. Identify opportunities and drive process improvements, automation, and product development. Determine methods and standards for new assignments, exercising judgment on procedures and evaluation criteria. What you bring Extensive experience as an HR Advisor or HR Business Partner, with generalist HR competencies across the employee lifecycle. Tertiary qualifications in HR, labour relations, or paralegal studies considered a plus. Proven experience managing voluntary and involuntary exits with care, sensitivity, and legal compliance. Strong understanding of employee‑relations principles, progressive discipline, and workplace investigation fundamentals. Ability to partner effectively with stakeholders including Legal, Payroll, and Time and Attendance teams. Analytical skills to interpret industrial instruments, research, translate findings, and communicate solutions in ambiguous environments. Superior communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills. Business‑level proficiency in written and spoken English; additional languages a plus. Appetite to innovate and optimize processes, identifying automation opportunities. Strong operational efficiency and record‑keeping focus. Tech savvy, proficient in Notion, Slack, GSuite, and Zendesk. Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced, asynchronous, remote international environment, balancing multiple priorities. Proactive, self‑motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and ability to inspire others. Practical Details Reporting to: Manager Employee Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions Team: Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions Location: LATAM Start date: As soon as possible Application Process Interview with recruiter Written exercise and interview with future manager Interview with team member and Legal team member Interview with Senior Manager Bar Raiser interview Prior employment verification check Benefits & Total Rewards Our full benefits and perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. Benefits available to all Remoters include: Work from anywhere Flexible paid time off Flexible working hours (async) 16 weeks paid parental leave Mental health support services Stock options Learning budget Home office budget & IT equipment Budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces Salary Range The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $41,900—$94,300 USD. Equal Employment Opportunity We welcome applicants from all ethnic groups, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, disability statuses, and under‑represented groups. We prioritize a sense of belonging and encourage applicants needing accommodations. If you choose to provide demographic data, it will help us stay accountable to our diversity commitments. Apply Please upload your CV in PDF format and fill out the application form. Submissions should be in English. If you do not have an up‑to‑date CV, you may attach a LinkedIn profile instead. #J-18808-Ljbffr