Senior Employee Relations Consultant (Barcelona or Madrid) - Barcelona

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

From the moment you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night consider the media you consume, the adverts you see, the apps you use, the websites you browse and almost all of the shopping you do online throughout the day. Chances are that every single one of those interactions, every single one of those experiences, was touched by an Adobe product.

We have a fantastic opportunity for Senior Employee Relations Consultant to join our team based in Spain.

The EMEA Employee Relations Consultant team is a team of regional specialists, who engages cross-functionally across Adobe to resolve complex and critical employment matters. With a focus on compliance and consistency, you will be tasked with providing direction on sophisticated employment matters, giving guidance and input on policies and practices, partnering with key collaborators throughout the business. You will support various levels of management, while being a key partner among the EMEA Employment Law team, HRBPs, Centers of Excellence (CoEs), and the rest of the Employee Resource Center (ERC), the Shared Services team you'll be part of.

Your goal: helping managers and business drive high employee engagement and productivity while mitigating risks and growing our ability to scale!

What you’ll do

• Provide consultation on disciplinary actions and involuntary terminations.
• Coach managers and employees on performance management.
• Advice managers on employees' individual issues (e.g., returning from long LOA and reintegration plans, wellbeing).
• Advice HRBPs and business on how to handle reorganizations from an Employee Resource perspective.
• Mediate conflicts amongst employees.
• Responsible for consultation with employees when required (i.e. changes in terms and conditions of employment)
• Develop a constructive and collaborative relationship with our Spain Works Council
• Collaborate with the Works Council Lead (EMEA) to drive consistency of approach across all of our EMEA Works Councils
• Collaborate with Employment legal department, CoEs and HRBPs and provide general consultation on employee relations and employment law topics.
• Participate in projects, regionally and internationally, as requested to scale as we grow and provide outstanding outcomes and experience for our internal customers.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Expertise in Spanish employment law.
• Experience in providing guidance in implementation of reorganizations, M&As, individual involuntary terminations, performance management and investigations.
• Experience in working with Works council
• Inclined to use data to inform decisions and drive action.
• Demonstrable experience in conflict management.
• Orientation to detail. The ER issues must be documented and analyzed thoroughly. We expect order in case management and case tracking and deep attention to details.
• Ability to use own judgment to problem solve, make decisions and involve key individuals at the appropriate time.
• English and Spanish are required, other languages are a plus.

As our many awards will tell you, at Adobe you’ll be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You’ll be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog, https://blog.adobe.com/en/topics/adobe-life and explore the fantastic benefits we offer at Rewards.adobe.com.

Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We hire talented individuals, regardless of gender, race or colour, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We know that when our employees feel appreciated and included, they can be more creative, innovative and successful. This is what it means to be Adobe For All.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
 

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