Employee Relations & Labor Compliance: Provide guidance to managers, HR Business Partners, and HR Operations colleagues on the application of Kazakhstan’s labor legislation and the University’s internal policies. Analyze complex or non-standard employment cases, recommend appropriate courses of action, and promote consistent interpretation and application of employment requirements across the University. Policy, Procedures & Methodological Support: Contribute to the development, review, and standardization of employment-related procedures, templates, guidelines, and recommendations. Provide specialist support to HR administration teams on complex labor relations matters, identify inconsistencies in established practices, and escalate significant compliance risks to the Director of HR Operations & Employee Relations. Disciplinary Procedures & Labor Disputes: Support disciplinary proceedings and complex employee cases within the scope of HR responsibilities, ensuring that procedural requirements, applicable deadlines, and documentation standards are met. Prepare draft notices, assessments, case documentation, and other materials required to support disciplinary processes and labor disputes. Contribute to the preparation of HR’s factual position and coordinate with Legal on matters requiring legal expertise or formal representation of the University. Sensitive Employee Cases, Ethics & Harassment: Participate, in collaboration with the teams responsible for corporate culture and employee engagement, employee well-being, Legal, HR Business Partners, and other authorized functions, in reviewing reports concerning unethical conduct and harassment where employment relations or potential disciplinary consequences are involved. Assess the potential relevance of labor and disciplinary procedures and prepare recommendations within the role’s remit, ensuring appropriate role separation, impartiality, and confidentiality. Advisory Support to Managers & HR Business Partners: Advise managers and HR Business Partners on complex employment matters, including employment contract terms, working and rest time arrangements, additional duties, transfers, termination of employment, and organizational changes involving significant employment risks. Review cases submitted for expert assessment, request additional information where necessary, and recommend practical solutions without assuming decision-making authority assigned to managers or other authorized officials. Employment Risk Analysis & Prevention: Maintain and analyze information on complex employment cases, disciplinary proceedings, employee grievances, and labor disputes within the scope of the role. Identify recurring issues and underlying causes, prepare analytical materials on significant employment risks for the Director of HR Operations & Employee Relations, and recommend improvements to policies, procedures, templates, and internal communications to prevent recurring problems. Training & Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to training and awareness initiatives for HR Business Partners, HR Operations colleagues, and managers on labor legislation, employment practices, disciplinary procedures, and compliance requirements. Promote a consistent understanding of internal policies and effective approaches to resolving employee relations issues. Cross-functional Collaboration & Process Improvement: Collaborate with HR administration, HR data, international mobility, and other HR functions to ensure consistent handling of employment matters. Participate in projects to standardize and digitize employee relations processes, develop functional requirements for relevant digital solutions, and support user testing and implementation. Professional Standards & Confidentiality: Maintain objectivity, impartiality, and complete documentation when handling complex or sensitive cases. Protect confidential information and personal data, identify and escalate significant employment and legal risks in a timely manner, and ensure that matters requiring legal expertise or formal representation are referred to the appropriate function.