Employee Relations Lead

About the role

The Employee Relations Lead is responsible for governing the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (POSH) Act, 2013 across the organization. This role ensures that all POSH cases are managed with neutrality, confidentiality, and procedural fairness while driving continuous awareness and compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the end‑to‑end POSH case lifecycle, including intake, preliminary assessment, investigation oversight, inquiry proceedings, recommendations, and closure.
• Serve as the central governance owner for POSH implementation across all locations and business units.
• Drive periodic policy reviews and updates in line with legal, regulatory, and organizational changes.
• Oversee the constitution, renewal, and effectiveness of Internal Committees (ICs) and Local Committees.
• Ensure cases are handled with neutrality, confidentiality, timeliness, and procedural fairness.
• Guide IC members on inquiry processes, evidence evaluation, natural‑justice principles, and documentation standards.
• Coordinate with Employee Relations, Legal, HR Business Partners, and leadership on recommendations and consequence management.
• Track case metrics, timelines, outcomes, and trends while maintaining data privacy.
• Design and deliver POSH awareness and sensitization programs for employees, managers, IC members, and leadership.
• Drive continuous education initiatives through e‑learning, campaigns, workshops, and induction programs.

Required profile

• Proven experience handling compliance related to the POSH Act, 2013.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the full POSH case lifecycle.
• Experience acting as a governance owner for policy implementation across multiple locations.
• Strong knowledge of policy review processes and legal/regulatory updates.
• Ability to ensure neutrality, confidentiality, and procedural fairness in case handling.
• Experience guiding internal committees on inquiry and documentation standards.
• Effective coordination with ER, Legal, HRBPs, and senior leadership.
• Proficiency in tracking case metrics and maintaining data privacy.

Required skills