Senior Specialist, Employee Relations

Overview

Senior Specialist, Employee Relations - LATAM. Remote.

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Remote is solving modern organizations' biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We recruit, pay, and manage international teams for businesses of all sizes. All Remoters work asynchronously from around the world, and all positions are fully remote.

What this job can offer you

As a critical extension of our clients' HR teams, you will navigate and advise on global employment paths with speed, expertise, and precision. The Lifecycle team's vision is to elevate HR practices through technology, improve customer journeys, and expand compliance coverage across 80+ countries. You will influence the future of work by ensuring fast, intuitive, and impactful interactions that empower organizations to employ anyone, anywhere — compliantly.

The Senior Lifecycle Specialist, Employee Relations & Transitions independently manages all employee exits for Remote's external employees with a focus on legal compliance, high-quality service, and delightful customer experience. You will also provide first-level Employee Relations support, guiding clients through workplace concerns and coordinating resources. You will drive process improvements in line with Remote's strategic goals and values.

What you bring

• Extensive experience as an HR Advisor or HR Business Partner, with generalist HR competencies and exposure across the employee lifecycle.
• Tertiary qualifications in HR/labour relations/employment law considered a plus.
• Proven experience independently managing voluntary and involuntary exits with care, sensitivity and legal compliance; and providing comprehensive HR advice on employment laws across jurisdictions.
• Understanding of employee relations principles, progressive discipline approaches, and workplace investigation fundamentals.
• Ability to interpret and apply industrial instruments, analyze complex HR issues, and independently arrive at solutions while communicating recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Superior communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills; able to lead difficult conversations with confidentiality and professionalism.
• Business-level English proficiency; additional languages are a plus.
• Aptitude to innovate and optimize processes, with opportunities for automation and best practice adoption.
• Attention to data integrity and thorough record-keeping; tech-savvy and capable of asynchronous collaboration.
• Ability to work autonomously in an international, fast-paced remote environment and balance multiple priorities. Willingness to work flexible hours.
• Proactive, self-motivated with ownership and accountability, able to inspire others.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve complex end-to-end employee exits with minimal supervision across multiple international jurisdictions, prioritizing a superior offboarding experience.
• Provide guidance with knowledge on key jurisdictions and manage requests on termination, resignation, transfer procedures, contracts, and redundancies, ensuring legal compliance and best practices.
• Lead and facilitate meetings with clients and external employees, including workforce reduction consultations, hearings, negotiations, and terminations.
• Influence positive outcomes in complex terminations, coordinating stakeholders through lengthy processes.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance in offboarding activities and audits (payroll, legal counsel, government bodies, unions).
• Draft and administer termination documents, maintaining strict privacy and confidentiality.
• Process offboarding in Remote's HRIS, collaborating with Customer Success, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Time and Attendance, and other teams.
• Mentor junior team members and provide guidance on Employee Relations resources.
• Guide clients on progressive disciplinary approaches, documentation requirements, and best practices for difficult situations.
• Track and monitor ongoing employee relations cases with timely follow-up.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on offboarding and first-level employee relations matters in partnership with Lifecycle stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and client experience enhancements.

Practical details

• You'll report to: Manager Employee Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions
• Team: Lifecycle, Employee Relations & Transitions
• Location: LATAM
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy aims for fair, unbiased compensation with competitive benefits. We pay above local rates and encourage global talent-hiring and local wealth in developing countries. Salary ranges are geo-based and reflect role, level, and location. The base range for this full-time position is 41,900 to 94,300 USD. Actual pay depends on location, skills, experience, and market needs.

Internal mobility is supported with compensation changes reviewed case by case by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team.

Benefits

Our full benefits and perks are explained in our handbook. Some universal benefits include:

• Work from anywhere
• Flexible paid time off
• Flexible working hours (async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Stock options
• Learning budget
• Home office budget & IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person events or co-working spaces

How You'll Plan Your Day

We work async at Remote. Plan your schedule around your life and read more at remote.com/async. You'll be empowered to take ownership, act proactively, and prioritize life-work balance.

How To Apply

• Fill out the form and upload your CV (PDF preferred).
• Submit in English; if you don't have a current CV, include your LinkedIn profile.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and provide accommodations upon request. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and value diversity.

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