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Organization:
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-ValleyPosition Overview:
Provides proactive, consultative employee relations support across an integrated healthcare delivery system to foster a positive, high-performing work environment. Serves as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, providing guidance and hands-on support on a broad range of employee relations matters for both management-represented and union-represented employees, in alignment with organizational practices, policies, and applicable legislation.Operating as an embedded People Partner, anticipates and helps prevent workplace issues by coaching leaders, strengthening day-to-day people practices, and using field-level insights to inform broader strategies and risk mitigation efforts. Acting as a neutral, unbiased, and objective partner in assessing employee relations matters, is committed to upholding our organizational values in every situation. Collaborates closely with HR business partners, legal, labor relations, risk, and other human resources partners to drive consistent, compliant, and employee-centered outcomes.
Supports leaders and teams through organizational change and workforce actions by translating enterprise people strategy into effective local practices. Leveraging case trends, workforce signals, and listening insights, contributes to continuous improvement efforts that strengthen leader capability, reinforce inclusion and belonging, and support a respectful work environment.
Job Description:
EDUCATION:
Equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Bachelor’s degree
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
- 5 years recent relevant experience
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
- Progressively responsible employee relations or human resources experience, including direct experience with investigations, performance management, and employee relations casework.
- Demonstrated experience handling investigations, performance management, discipline, and employee relations casework.
- Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge, including federal and state regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to coach leaders through complex and sensitive employee situations.
- Sound judgment and ability to balance employee experience, business needs, and risk considerations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and stakeholder communication.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Commitment to inclusion, fairness, and respectful workplace practices.
Job Shift:
DaysSchedule:
Full TimeDays of the Week:
Monday - FridayWeekend Requirements:
As NeededBenefits:
YesUnions:
NoPosition Status:
ExemptWeekly Hours:
40Employee Status:
RegularSutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $106,745.60 to $160,118.40 / annual salaryThe compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5 years of recent relevant experience
- Progressively responsible employee relations or human resources experience
- Direct experience with investigations, performance management, discipline, and employee relations casework
- Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge, including federal and state regulations
- Experience coaching leaders through complex and sensitive employee situations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and stakeholder communication
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and manage multiple priorities
- Commitment to inclusion, fairness, and respectful workplace practices
Sutter Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sutter Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Sutter Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with broad networks and strong wellness support. Family coverage is characterized as low-cost or nearly free in some plan options, reinforcing perceived value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include employer matching and, in some cases, a pension after a tenure threshold. Supplemental protections like life and disability insurance add to the overall financial security package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is framed as generous, with examples of sizable PTO allotments early in tenure. Additional supports such as flexible scheduling and leave programs contribute to a sense of time-off breadth.
Sutter Health Insights
What We Do
Sutter Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit healthcare networks, which includes award-winning physician organizations, acute care hospitals, surgery centers, medical research facilities and specialty services. Our team of 68,000 doctors, employees and volunteers proudly cares for Northern California. Our facilities and care centers are located in large, urban cities and small, rural communities, from the Pacific Coast to the San Joaquin Valley. You’ll find us in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, the snowy mountains of the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, Yosemite and the coastal redwoods. We even have an affiliate in Hawaii. Join us and be part of a dedicated group of professionals committed to putting patients’ needs first and achieving the highest levels of quality, access and affordability.
