Specialist Employee Relations
Chile
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
Reporting to the Manager Employee Relation, this role focuses on providing strategic guidance and implement the strategy related to employee and industrial relations, ensuring alignment with broader business strategies and the compliance of labour laws. This involves executing tasks related to the employee-employer relationship, developing the employee value proposition, and minimizing occupational risks.
Main Accountabilities
• Work with line leadership and the relevant Head of HR BP to support Asset-specific ER strategies.
• Support EBA/ER negotiations in coordination with the line as required (e.g., new agreements, changes to agreements), coordinating with Legal and ER to ensure compliance with internal and local requirements.
• Provide ER advise into BHP policy and submissions.
• Support relationship with external employee relations stakeholders and ensure regulatory engagement, in partnership with External Affairs.
• Make representations to external bodies (e.g., DT and IPT).
• Provide advice on managing investigations and incidents, such as harassment, disputes, and ethics and employment condition breaches.
• Support and advise on resolution of line leader enquiries related to ER complex cases.
• Allocate cases to line leaders and provide advice and support for managing reviews, disciplinary procedure disputes, grievances, business conduct concerns, and other investigations.
• Conduct investigations with the line for escalated cases, and cases that represent an Asset-level risk or priority.
• Provide specialist advice to line leaders on performance management.
• Execute and advise on E2E termination process, with input from Legal where required.
• Provide information and advice for the implementation of Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs).
• Support ER and Legal for an adequate defense in trials.
• Report ER relevant information for Remuneration and Internal Process (bonuses, contributions, membership).
• Perform ownership of governance and maintenance of local vendors and tools.
• Support deployment for relevant ER strategies and programs.
• Complies with the internal policies and procedures,and ensure a company fulfillment.
About You
• A tertiary degree in Human Resources, Business Management or related discipline
• Years of experience working in ER areas
• Strong and demonstrated knowledge of Chilean Labor Legislation
• Experience in management of investigation and termination process
• Experience interacting with government authorities
• Manages multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong communication skills
• High level of Strategic problem-solving
• Negotiation Skills
• Strong data analytics and governance skills
• Demonstrated oral and written English language proficiency
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in working in a global environment
• Overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].