Employee Relations Lead

The Employee Relations Lead plays a critical role in managing employee relations, disciplinary actions, grievance handling, and ensuring compliance with labour laws within the University. This position involves guiding various stakeholders on employee-related concerns, mitigating compliance risks, and enhancing employee relations processes to foster a fair, respectful, and legally compliant workplace environment.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations and Case Management:
Lead the resolution of employee relations issues such as grievances, workplace conflicts, misconduct, and disciplinary cases, ensuring outcomes are fair, consistent, and timely. Manage disciplinary procedures including investigations, hearings, and documentation in line with University policies and legal standards. Analyze recurring issues to identify root causes and recommend preventive strategies. Handle sensitive employee matters with confidentiality, impartiality, and through appropriate institutional channels.

Labour Law and HR Compliance:
Ensure adherence to Pakistan’s labour laws, employment regulations, and University policies. Stay updated on legislative changes and advise on necessary revisions to HR policies, employment practices, and documentation. Conduct regular compliance audits to identify gaps and risks, proposing corrective measures as needed. Collaborate with legal counsel and relevant authorities on employment-related legal and regulatory matters.

Policy and Process Improvement:
Review and enhance HR policies, standard operating procedures, guidelines, and documentation related to employee relations and disciplinary management. Establish standardized procedures and documentation practices to promote fairness, accountability, and transparency across employee relations processes.

Reporting and Risk Management:
Prepare regular reports on disciplinary cases, grievances, compliance findings, and employee relations trends. Monitor the progress and closure of cases to ensure timely resolution and adherence to procedures. Maintain accurate, confidential records of investigations, disciplinary actions, grievances, and compliance issues. Keep the Director of HR informed about significant cases, emerging risks, and recommended interventions to support effective decision-making.

Required Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Law, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related field is essential. Candidates must have a minimum of six years of relevant experience in employee relations, disciplinary management, grievance resolution, and labour law compliance.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

The University offers a dynamic learning environment that encourages innovation, skill development, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Employees have the opportunity to engage with leading academic professionals and contribute beyond their core roles. Intellectual freedom is highly valued, fostering exploration and diverse perspectives within the community.

Competitive benefits include Provident Fund, Group Life Insurance, EOBI pension scheme, outpatient medical coverage for employees and their families, and inpatient health insurance for employees, spouses, and dependent children. The campus features world-class facilities such as a Sports Complex with international-standard courts, a FINA-certified swimming pool, gender-segregated gyms, a variety of dining options, a mosque, medical center, library, parking, female transport services, and a professionally managed Day Care Center for employees’ children.

Additional perks include corporate and educational discounts, such as tuition fee waivers for employees’ children enrolled at the University, scholarships for master’s programs, and executive development opportunities through the nationally recognized Rausing Executive Development Center (REDC).

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. It does not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, age, disability, or social status. Candidates from minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.