Employment Relations Coordinator

Job Description:

About our Organization

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the role:

We are seeking a Coordinator, Global Employment Relations & HR Compliance to join the Employment Relations & Compliance team. You will report to the Global HR Compliance Manager and be based in our New York City office. This is a new position within the People organization. This role provides administrative and operational support to ensure smooth handling of employee relations issues and compliance programs across multiple regions. This role supports investigations, documentation, and reporting processes while ensuring adherence to global employment laws and organizational policies. 

The Coordinator role will focus on supporting the breadth of the Employee Relations department including, but not limited to, helping execute day-to-day compliance tasks related to the employee lifecycle; supporting the conflict resolution process; building governance frameworks for policy management; creating data reports reflecting employment trends and analysis and other employee relations projects. 

You Will:

• Provide support to the Global HR Compliance Manager and overall Employee Relations team. 

• Implement and maintain a governance framework for all Company policies, ensuring appropriate distribution, in alignment with local regulations.

• Coordinate compliance-related audits, organizing all documentation required.

• Track completion of global training programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory and policy requirements.

• Partner with the Company’s Unemployment Insurance vendor to ensure timely responses to claims and hearing requests.

• Work with the State/Federal Compliance Poster vendor to ensure posters are sent to business locations.

• Provide guidance to line management and team members on HR policies and procedures.

• Assist with intake and tracking data pertaining to employee relations cases across different regions, ensuring that processes are culturally sensitive and compliant with local labor laws.

• Monitor case timelines and track resolutions to ensure global consistency and timely follow-up.

• Generate reports reflecting statistics of various case issues to identify potential trends.

• Maintain strict confidentiality of information to include, but not limited to, conversations, documents, files, complaints and investigations.

You Have:

• 1+ years of experience working in Human Resources, or a related field

• Experience communicating (written and verbal) effectively and tactfully

• Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with all levels of management

• Experience using and maintaining multiple tools such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Form and Google Sheets

• Experience coordinating and performing multiple tasks

• Solid organizational skills, with strong attention to detail/accuracy

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

• Paid Time Off

• Retirement Plans

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans

• Education Benefits

• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

• Family Care Benefits

• Commuter Transit Program

• Subscription Discounts

• Employee Referral Program

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - People

Job Category:

Human Resources

Union Status:

Non-Union / A clear and likely internal candidate

Pay Range: $55,000 - $65,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..