Employee Relations Specialist

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

The Employee Relations (ER) team focuses on ensuring Hallmark's employment policies and practices support a positive environment and productive culture and helps managers and employees work within those policies and practices to produce outstanding results. The ER team plays a key role in ensuring that Hallmark's workplace, culture, and policies remain second-to-none, and that employee and manager concerns are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion.

WHAT YOU'LL DO AND HOW IT SHAPES OUR SUCCESS

• Working directly with managers and employees to address and resolve employee relations issues for Hallmark Products & Retail or Brand Organization
• Working diligently and with integrity to handle all manner of employee relations issues to ensure a high caliber workplace
• Using broad HR technical expertise, creative thinking, problem-solving, and client service skills to influence the direction of employee relations issues
• Playing a key role in the execution of ongoing HR processes and partnering with COEs and client areas on key deliverables
• Collaborating closely with the HR Director, HR Leads and HR Partners to support and/or lead a variety of HR projects
• Conducting investigations, providing one-on-one coaching to managers and employees, supporting employee transitions, and assisting with life events

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• The salary range for this role is $60 - $100K. Final compensation varies based on several factors.
• This is a progressive role designed to grow with you. We'll match the job level to your skills and experience so you can hit the ground running and keep building your career.
• This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, giving you the best of both worlds: collaborating in person at Headquarters in Kansas City, MO and enjoying the flexibility of working remotely. The Employee Relations (ER) team typically works from home daily, coming into the office on We Connect days (once a month) to meet as a full, extended team. The ER team may periodically report on-site based on client requests.
• Hallmark is committed to recognizing and rewarding performance. Employees are eligible for annual merit-based increases, aligned with individual and company performance.
• In alignment with our culture of care, Hallmark offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, paid time off, 401K with company match, and profit-sharing.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (the following is required to be considered for this role):

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years professional work experience
• 3 years experience in Human Resources or people management
  
  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (your application will stand out if you have the following):

• Previous Employee Relations experience
• Previous experience, in functional HR areas such as compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, etc.
• Certification with SHRM or another accredited organization
• Experience in line management
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism
• Approachable with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Analytical, interpersonal, problem solving, and project management skills
• Ability to simultaneously manage a variety of assignments, work quickly and effectively under time pressures, and prioritize responsibilities and workflow based on the company's strategic goals
• Confidentiality and attention to detail
• Local to Kansas City

COME JOIN US! Now's your chance to embrace a future with Hallmark-just follow the instructions below to apply

You must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields. Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment.

Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Hallmark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status. Principals only please.

HALLMARK - Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important

For more than a century, Hallmark has been bringing people together and improving the relationships that matter most. That's why millions of people all over the world connect with the Hallmark brand. It has always been a mission so much bigger than any one of us who work here. Today, we need empathetic learners, strategic thinkers, and enthusiastic visionaries with diverse experiences and skills to help us create the rest of Hallmark's second century as we shift to a more digitally savvy, unified approach that combines the best of brick-and-mortar retail with the efficiency of dot-com spaces. Help us imagine what our next hundred years could look like!

When you join Hallmark, we will go out of our way to make you feel like part of the team, even in a remote/hybrid work environment. In the day-to-day, we'll make the best use of the skills and talents you already have. We'll also give you leadership opportunities and show you multiple potential pathways to future success.

Our culture of care for our consumers and for one another shows in the way we embrace different backgrounds, identities, and working styles, deliberately seeking out ways to be more inclusive both internally among our work groups and externally through the things we make and sell to our retail partners and consumers. We believe that a broadly inclusive, equitable approach is also our best path to future success. We're seeking out those who can bring a fresh perspective to our business and would love your input as someone new to our team! We can only change and grow when we intentionally include new perspectives-like yours.