People Operations Partner - Employee Relations & Onboarding

American-Indian-College-Fund-2; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

HRA

Professional development stipends

Bonuses

Job summary

The American Indian College Fund is seeking an HRBP, ER to support a fair, consistent, and values-aligned employee experience through employee relations, workplace investigations, onboarding, and organization-wide trainings. This hybrid Denver-based role reports to the People Operations Director and may travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities include leading onboarding, trainings, employee engagement, and documentation, while handling sensitive matters with confidentiality and sound judgment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of human resources, employee relations, learning and development, community development, or related experience supporting investigations, onboarding, training, engagement, performance documentation, or conduct-related concerns.
• Experience conducting workplace investigations and resolving employee complaints or concerns with sound judgment and appropriate escalation.
• Experience facilitating onboarding, manager trainings, organization-wide people trainings, or employee engagement activities.
• Working knowledge of employee relations practices, investigation processes, policy interpretation, facilitation practices, and documentation standards.
• Ability to handle sensitive conversations, synthesize employee feedback, assess risk, and maintain neutrality, confidentiality, and professionalism.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including clear case notes, investigation summaries, engagement summaries, training materials, performance documentation, and follow-up materials.
• Sound judgment and ability to determine when escalation is appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Onboarding & People Training: Own the post-hire onboarding experience, including welcome touchpoints, orientation content, first-day experience, 30-day check-ins, and connection to people resources.
• Develop and facilitate org-wide people trainings on respectful workplace practices, communication, feedback, conflict navigation, manager expectations, onboarding, and inclusive team practices.
• Create and maintain practical training materials, onboarding resources, and follow-up tools that support consistent interpersonal practices across the organization.

Skills

Employee relations

Learning & development

Investigations

Onboarding

Training

Engagement

Documentation

Communication

Risk assessment

Confidentiality

Facilitation

Tools

SHRM-CP

Job description

The American Indian College Fund is seeking an HRBP, ER to support a fair, consistent, and values-aligned employee experience through employee relations, workplace investigations, onboarding, and organization-wide trainings. This hybrid Denver-based role reports to the People Operations Director and may travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities include leading onboarding, trainings, employee engagement, and documentation, while handling sensitive matters with confidentiality and sound judgment.