What We Can Achieve Together:
With organization-wide scope and reporting to the Managing Director of Global Culture & Engagement, this position plays a central role in advancing a culture where people are at the center of how TNC leads and works, strengthening relationships, building trust, and bringing organizational values to life. The Director of Employee Relations serves as a senior-level People Manager and a key member of the GC&E leadership team, helping shape and guide TNC’s global culture strategy through innovative, human-centered approaches that promote resilient workplace relationships and a positive, inclusive employee experience.
This position functions as a strategic leader at the heart of how the organization supports its people, addressing complex relationship challenges, building organizational capacity, and fostering environments where employees can thrive. Through thoughtful leadership and partnership across the organization, this role advances an employee experience aligned with TNC’s mission and values, strengthening both the organization’s culture and its overall impact.
We’re Looking for You:
Serving as a critical link between Legal, Ethics & Compliance and Human Resource functions, the Director of Employee Relations will promote an equitable workplace of inclusion and well-being. They will be a resource for employees and will lead efforts to foster positive employee relations across TNC globally. In partnership with key leaders and stakeholder groups, including the Executive Leadership Team, they will develop and implement near and long-term strategies, interventions, and initiatives to promote an environment that drives performance, accountability, and overall engagement.
This position may be based in any country where TNC has an established entity, with a location preference of USA, Africa, or Latin America.
Ability to travel up to 40%, both within the United States and internationally. This position is expected to work in all global time zones to conduct ER interviews.
What You’ll Bring:
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years related experience as a leader in Human Resources.
Professional experience must encompass a generalist role to include some or all of the following: employment, compensation, benefits, payroll, employee relations, training and development, organizational development and recruiting.
Experience in strategic planning for a decentralized, geographically dispersed and multicultural international organization.
Experience working with international programs in the HR arena.
Supervisory skills. Experience as a manager and leader of staff in a people function, including ability to motivate, set objectives and lead.
Experienced trainer and facilitator.
Experience with leading projects and coordinating the work of others.
Experience using MS Office software with experience in constructing and producing reports, data manipulation, and analysis.
Certification or advanced training in a coaching, mediation, or conflict resolution discipline.
Desired Qualifications:
Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
SPHR certification.
Understanding of federal and state level legal compliance requirements related to engagement and culture.
Experience in Case Management Systems to include system implementation.
Proven ability to work in a fast paced, stressful and highly visible environment.
Experience in strategic thinking and planning.
Excellent interpersonal skills and strong client service orientation.
Passionate about serving others and the demonstrated ability to naturally engage and connect with others.
Experience and proficiency developing and supporting relationship building across differences of power and privilege in an organizational setting, to include delivering workplace culture training and interventions to teams and leaders at all levels.
This description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this job.
Salary Information:
This position may be based in any country where TNC has an established entity, taking into consideration legal restrictions, such as non-national ratios and immigration processing times. For U.S. based applicants only, the starting pay range for this position is generally within the range of $114,000 - $154,000 for annual base salary and is based on location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. For all other applicants, pay ranges will be in local currency, the pay range will be based on the local labor market, and not tied to the above pay range. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment and used to determine your actual pay range. Additionally, for all applicants, actual pay will fall within a range based on a variety of factors including, for example, the candidate’s qualifications, specific skills, and experience.
Who We Are:
The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. We’re rooted in our mission and guided by our values, which include respect for all people, communities, and cultures. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s many reasons to love life inside TNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.
One goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued. In addition to the requirements in our job postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job and consider each applicant’s unique experience. Please apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote a popular saying at TNC, “you’ll join for the mission, and stay for the people.”
What We Bring:
Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!
TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits. Learn more about our Benefits and Perks here.
We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports of the health and well-being of the people we employ.
Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified, the role will be unposted. The timeline may vary depending on the expressed interest in the role, so we highly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.
Employees must submit their application by logging into Workday and applying via the Jobs Hub.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to equal employment opportunity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy's background screening process.
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