Employee Relations Lead (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office - VA)

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

Are you looking for a fast-paced, influential position handling a broad range of employment matters, such as counseling HR professionals, executives and managers, leading sensitive internal investigations, and conducting manager training? We are searching for an experienced and talented employment law/employee relations professional to join this highly collaborative employment law team, housed in Freddie Mac’s Legal Division. Apply now, and learn about our benefits and why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac!

Our Impact:

The Employment Law Team works closely with the HR Division, and is responsible for managing a broad range of employment law matters, including the resolution of employment disputes and complaints to ensure fairness, consistency and legal compliance.

Your Impact:

In this role, you will be expected to:

Counsel HR professionals, executives, and people managers on a broad range of employment issues, including hiring, compensation, promotion, performance management, disability and religious accommodations, leave, corrective action, reductions-in-force, and terminations.

Use your employment law & employee relations expertise, good judgment and common sense to develop creative, effective solutions to often complex employment problems, issues and challenges, in collaboration with employment lawyers and HR.

Manage employment law workstreams on a day-to-day basis.

Investigate employee complaints of violations of Freddie Mac policy or applicable law. Activities will include interviewing witnesses, gathering and reviewing relevant documents, analyzing and synthesizing the information gathered to determine the facts, assessing witness credibility, preparing a concise investigation report, making recommendations to management for remedial action, updating the case tracking system and assisting with reporting and analytics.

Develop and facilitate interactive, scenario-based employment law training and other briefings and communications for people managers and other employees.

Proactively identify improvements to HR processes and practices

Qualifications:

College degree or equivalent experience (law degree a plus but not required)

Minimum 8 to 10 years of relevant employment law or employee relations experience

Detailed understanding of federal, state & local employment laws

Advanced workplace investigations skills

Flawless objectivity and integrity

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrated ability to influence

Experience advising, counseling and making recommendations to management on a broad range of employment-related matters

Ability to work on-site (McLean, VA) three days per week

Keys to Success in this Role:

Strong work ethic

Good judgment

Creative problem solving

Ability to manage multiple matters on a timely basis

Collaborative & collegial in working with others; calm demeanor

Proactive identification of employment issues and risks

High emotional intelligence

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $111,000 - $167,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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