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Employee Relations Advisor / Contract / Remote

Kelly Services

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At a glance

Compensation
$38.64/hr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Contract / Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Employee Relations Advisor will manage workplace escalations and complex performance concerns, drive objective conflict resolution, and collaborate with HR leadership and partner teams. The role also leads special projects to develop and update employee-relations playbooks, protocols, workplace policies, and manager guides. It is a remote, six-month contract based in Eastern or Pacific Time.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Employee RelationsWorkplace Issue ResolutionConflict ResolutionEmotional IntelligenceObjective Empathy

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Equivalent Practical Experience5+ Years Employee Relations ExperienceFast-Paced Enterprise Experience

Full job description

$38.64

Our client, a globally leading financial and tax software provider, is looking to hire an Employee Relations Advisor ! This is a remote role based in Eastern or Pacific Time.

Contract Duration: 6-months

As an Employee Relations Advisor, you will serve as a domain expert managing a heavy caseload of workplace escalations , driving objective conflict resolution , and collaborating cross-functionally with HR leadership to foster a healthy work environment.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Manage employee escalations , including workplace conflicts, concerns regarding unfair or negative work environments, and corrective action consultations

  • Drive positive workplace outcomes by utilizing deep emotional intelligence, objective empathy, and effective conflict resolution to navigate complex performance concerns

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Ethics & Investigations , HR Connect, HR Business Partners, and management to coordinate resolutions and build manager capability

  • Ensure operational excellence by leading special projects to draft and update ER playbooks, protocols, workplace policies, and manager guides

Required Skills & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

  • 5+ years of dedicated Employee Relations or equivalent workplace issue resolution experience

  • Prior experience working in a fast paced enterprise environment

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,847 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$38.64/hr
  • California median$26–35/hr81 hourly ranges
  • US median$22–28/hr713 hourly ranges

This rate, $38.64/hr, is 30% above the California median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the top quarter of Human Resources hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 581 open Human Resources jobs in California and 5,847 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,140 postings).
Education
1,558 of the 5,847 open Human Resources jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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