Specialist, Employee & Labor Relations

Position Description:

Employee Relations SpecialistKV Pharmaceutical seeks an Employee Relations Specialist. The successful candidate will provide support in the development, implementation, and daily administration of proactive employee relations initiatives. You will assist in conducting investigations and resolving employee and management complaints and conflicts, including compliance matters. The incumbent will support and administer progressive discipline procedures, act as an employee advocate, and assist in ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations. We are seeking an individual who will assist in developing, implementing, and documenting performance improvement plans, and communicate various employment laws, regulations and organizational policies. You will conduct research on laws, regulations, and policies as necessary with various employee relations initiatives. If you can investigate employee complaints, issues and concerns regarding employment practices, report results to management, and assist with resolution apply today. We are seeking an individual who can compile, analyze, and maintain various reports related to employee relations and compliance activities, including corrective actions, compliance hotline, and turnover, communicate trends or potential problem areas, and assist management in interpreting and utilizing data for decision-making. You will perform administrative functions including preparing accurate correspondence, answering telephone, calendar management, filing and record retention, printing and copying, faxing, and preparing for meetings and training sessions. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior or related field plus a minimum of three years of experience working in employee relations including conducting in-depth investigations and communicating directly with management is required. If you have the ability to build and maintain positive relationships internally and externally, can effectively handle difficult and/or sensitive people and situations with tact and diplomacy, and have knowledge of human resources practices, including compliance, discipline, corrective action, and employee relations including basic knowledge of applicable state and federal employment and labor laws and governmental compliance requirements apply today. We are seeking a strong leader who possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills, offers an organized approach to providing timely accurate reports, can multi-task, prioritize, and is proficient in Microsoft Office.KV Pharmaceutical Company, a dynamically growing organization, (www.kvph.com) has reported its 12th consecutive year of record revenues in Fiscal 2007, reporting net sales of over $440 million. KV is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets, and acquires technologically distinguished products through Ther-Rx Corporation, our branded wholly-owned subsidiary and ETHEX Corporation, our generic/non-branded wholly-owned subsidiary. With more than 60 years in business, KV applies its 15 unique patent protected and proprietary drug delivery technologies to both the brand and generic/non-branded subsidiaries. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis is One of Forbes’ “200 Best Metropolitan Areas” in America in 2006. St. Louis was also named the second most affordable large metropolitan area in the country by the National Association of Home Builders in 2005. St. Louis offers a world-class medical community with over 50 general practice, teaching and research hospitals including Washington University and St. Louis University. St. Louis is also rich in education with more than a dozen nationally-recognized four-year universities.KV Pharmaceutical (NYSE: KVa/KVb) provides a comprehensive benefits package including a 401(k) and profit-sharing, health, vision, and dental. We offer competitive salaries and stock options for many positions which have proven to be lucrative to many long-term KV employees. EOE M/F/D/V

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