Employee Relations Associate (Degree in Psychology/Relevant is a must)

Job Title: Employee Relations Associate (Degree in Psychology or relevant field is a MUST)

Department: Human Resources / People Operations

Reports To: Company Management

Location: Hyderabad

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Overview:

Employee Relations Associate

The successful candidate will partner with leadership and finance teams to address employee relations matters, promote organizational health, and assist with compensation-related discussions and negotiations in alignment with company policy and culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the first point of contact for employee relations concerns, ensuring fair, timely, and confidential resolution.
• Partner with HR leadership and department heads to mediate workplace conflicts and improve team dynamics.
• Conduct investigations and document findings on employee issues such as conduct, performance, or policy violations.
• Facilitate employee engagement initiatives, wellness programs, and surveys to measure and improve workplace satisfaction.
• Use psychological and behavioural principles to design interventions that enhance motivation, trust, and communication.
• Support performance management processes, including coaching managers on behavioural and motivational approaches.
• Collaborate with finance and HR teams to support compensation discussions, offer negotiations, and retention strategies.
• Prepare reports and analyse data trends related to attrition, engagement, and employee relations metrics.
• Contribute to the development and communication of HR policies, ensuring consistency and compliance.
• Lead or assist in training sessions on conflict resolution, leadership communication, and emotional intelligence.

• Education:

  Bachelors degree in

  psychology

  ,

  Human Resources

  ,

  Business Administration

  , or

  Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  .

• Experience:

  13 years of relevant HR, employee relations, or people operations experience.

• Knowledge:

• HR practices, labor laws, and internal policy development.
• Behavioral psychology and workplace motivation strategies.
• Understanding of compensation structure, negotiation techniques, and financial acumen.

Must Have Skills:

• Strong interpersonal, mediation, and negotiation abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to interact with executives and employees at all levels.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset for interpreting engagement and turnover metrics.
• Financial awareness ability to support compensation reviews, offer structuring, and budget-aligned negotiations.
• Empathetic listener with a high degree of emotional intelligence and confidentiality.

Preferred Attributes:

• Exposure to corporate or technology-driven work environments.
• Certification or training in

  Conflict Resolution

  ,

  Negotiation

  , or

  Organizational Psychology

  .
• Proven ability to balance people-focused empathy with business and financial decision-making.
• Interest in scaling company culture during periods of rapid growth or organizational change.