Employee Relations and Compliance Manager

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life.

In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few.

Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential.

You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives.

You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Successful applicants for this position must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and be fully vaccinated, or have a valid waiver, by date of hire.

Role description:

As a leader within the Local People Service team for Arcadis, the Employee Relations & Compliance Manager provides coaching, guidance & subject matter expertise to Employee Relations & Compliance Advisor team ensuring quality delivery & compliance with location legislation as it relates to front line advisory support on people initiatives, programs, or challenges.

They will also collaborate with business partner community and broader people services teams to support the total employee experience within a geographic area.

The role will work closely with the local Country Head of People Services to support an inclusive high performing organization, in line with the strategic people and culture direction. 

This role can be located in any US Arcadis office.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead the employee relations agenda including M&A’s, legislative & regulatory compliance, policy development setting best practice standards and ensure the provision of commercially sound management of all ER matters
• Coach, mentor and support Employee Relations & Compliance Advisory team to provide a pro-active, professional and best practice end to end case management service on all core People Advisory activities (including disciplinary, grievance, performance management & employee relations investigation)
• Work closely with broader people team and key stakeholders from across the business to ensure the delivery of people solutions and interventions
• Provide guidance and direction on people issues to stakeholders establishing action plans which focus on opportunities to deliver solutions that add value and mitigate risk
• Responsible for service delivery standards, ensuring they are consistently met or exceeded by Employee Relations & Compliance team
• Serves as escalation point for GSSC People Services, and Local People Services staff
• Responsible for research of escalated issues as appropriate and provide resolution in a timely manner
• Serves as initial point of contact for Background Adjudication escalations
• Monitors overall performance and workflow of Employee Relations & Compliance team to ensure operational support effectiveness (to include oversight of day to day activities, and support of special projects and annual initiatives)
• With a focus on continuous improvement, this role will focus on driving process improvement to improve quality and service.
• Manages functional metrics of support team to identify patterns, trends and opportunities for efficiency or improved service quality
• Support creation and review of required business process documentation, such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and business process documentation to ensure proper execution of transactional processes

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree (preferably in human resources) 
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive (human resources) experience.
• Experience managing a team in a highly matrixed organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet.

We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable.

By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earths resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA.

Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all.

But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet.

As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Transform Your World

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Rules: 
Arcadis offers benefits for full time positions.

These benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage along with a 401K plan, STD and LTD, and Life Insurance as well as some additional optional benefits. 
Full time positions also come with annual PTO days and at certain levels a bonus program may apply. 
The Salary range for this role is $85,000 
– $100,000 (of our internal ranges) for Colorado based positions only.

Other locations will vary in salary range.