Employee Relations Specialist II

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in TX, USA
Remote
Senior level
Insurance
The Role
The Employee Relations Specialist fosters a positive work environment, leading investigations, providing coaching to leaders, and enhancing employee experience while ensuring compliance with policies.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.

You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.

Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com/about. 

More information can be found on stewart.com. Get title industry information and insights at stewart.com/insights. Follow Stewart on Facebook @StewartTitleCo, on Instagram @StewartTitleCo and on LinkedIn @StewartTitle

Job Description

Job Summary

The Employee Relations Specialist serves as a critical partner in fostering a positive, inclusive, and legally compliant work environment. This role acts as a trusted resource for employees and leaders, helping to resolve workplace concerns, navigate policies, and enhance employee experience while fostering a culture of trust, inclusion and respect.

Job Responsibilities

  • Independently leads people relations matters, including investigations and formal resolution processes 

  • Conduct thorough and unbiased investigations including interviews and analysis 

  • Provide coaching and guidance to leaders on handling performance, behavior, and policy issues in a supportive yet consistent manner 

  • Analyze trends in employee concerns and proactively recommend solutions to enhance workplace culture 

  • Collaborate with legal, compliance, and HR partners to ensure the best outcomes and minimize risk 

  • Maintain detailed and timely documentation of cases while ensuring alignment with legal and policy standards 

  • Assist in training leaders and employees on people relations topics such as respect in the workplace, conflict resolution, and communication 

  • Represent the people relations team in cross-functional HR initiatives or projects 

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of people relations policies, processes, and systems. 

  • Applies excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as influencing skills, to effectively manage and lead through people relations matters 

  • Applies strong analytical skills to interpret data and make informed decisions 

  • Solves moderately complex to complex problems and analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgement and precedent 

  • Explains complex and/or sensitive information in a straightforward manner 

  • Performs a range of assignments and may lead or manage complex projects 

  • Individual contributor working with limited oversight 

  • Performs all other duties as assigned by management 

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred

Experience

  • Typically requires 5+ years of related work experience

  • Active Listening and Conflict Resolution

  • Influence Effectiveness

  • Culture Awareness and Sensitivity

  • Problem Solving and Decision Making

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Organizational and Project Management

  • Employee Advocacy

  • Policy and Compliance Knowledge

  • Coaching and Development Skills

  • Alignment of Business Strategy to Employee Relations

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at [email protected].

Benefits

Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred
  • 5+ years of related work experience
  • Active Listening and Conflict Resolution skills
  • Influence Effectiveness expertise
  • Culture Awareness and Sensitivity skills
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making abilities
  • Emotional Intelligence proficiency
  • Organizational and Project Management skills
  • Employee Advocacy experience
  • Policy and Compliance Knowledge
  • Coaching and Development Skills
  • Alignment of Business Strategy to Employee Relations

Stewart Title Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stewart Title and has not been reviewed or approved by Stewart Title.

  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with company match and an employee stock purchase plan are consistently emphasized, with company materials reaffirming these programs. Feedback suggests retirement features are a reliable anchor within the total rewards package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time off, and paid parental leave are part of the standard package and have seen recent enhancements. Feedback suggests these leave options contribute meaningfully to overall benefits value.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Bonus plans and commissions are meaningful parts of total pay in certain roles, particularly in sales or bonus‑eligible positions. Feedback suggests variable pay can materially enhance overall earnings where applicable.

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The Company
HQ: Houston, TX
5,803 Employees
Year Founded: 1893

What We Do

Stewart is on a journey to become the premier title services company. We offer personalized service, industry expertise and customized solutions for virtually any type of real estate transaction and are a leading global real estate services provider. At our core, we help make property ownership around the world possible. In doing that, we take every step to foster meaningful relationships through our ingenuity and efforts and are dedicated to going above and beyond to provide the best experience for employees and customers alike. To do so, we know we must sustainably serve our employees, shareholders, customers and our communities at large. That’s why we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that fosters a deep sense of pride, passion, respect and belonging, while lessening our impact on the environment and providing transparency around the way we do business. Stewart. Redefined and moving ahead. Learn more at stewart.com, subscribe to blog.stewart.com or follow us on Twitter @stewarttitleco.

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