Employee Relations Specialist

General Purpose

Under general supervision, the Employee Relations Specialist plays a key role in fostering a positive and productive culture across Alpine Bank locations. This position works closely with department managers and employees to ensure a consistent application of company policies and to resolve employee concerns.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Partners with department management to resolve employee relations issues.
• Reviews all corrective actions and tracks ongoing employee issues.
• Guides supervisors and managers of the bank on discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Assists with the administration and execution of routine tasks in delicate circumstances such as providing reasonable accommodation, investigating allegations of wrongdoing, and terminations.
• Conducts thorough investigations into complex employee relations issues.
• Gathers and organizes all documentation for unemployment claims. Serves as the main point of contact for our unemployment representative.
• Acts a liaison between location management and employees to navigate leaves of absence (FAMLI and FMLA) and ADA accommodation requests.
• Monitors and helps ensure compliance with federal, state and local employment laws and updates company policies and procedures as needed.
• Maintains accurate and confidential employee records.
• Performs complex tasks and has some latitude for determining appropriate processes to follow.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Employees are held accountable for all duties of this job.

Job Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability :

Education or Formal Training

Experience

Working Conditions

Working Environment :

This job operates in a professional office environment. After successful training in the role, the role allows for a hybrid schedule to include remote work and in office. This arrangement can be modified at any time, at management discretion. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Frequent travel may be required.

Physical Activities :

These are representative of those which must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required; it would require the ability to reach for and lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Employee may have to lift up to 25 pounds.

Note : This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.

Starting Rate of Pay is from $60,000.00 to $65,000.00 per year, depending on experience.

Position anticipated to close November 15, 2025, or when filled.

For an overview of our employee benefits please visit : Alpine Bank Careers Page

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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