Are you an inspired HR professional passionate about fostering team success? A dynamic not-for-profit organization is seeking a transformational HR Business Partner to join their team. This hands-on role involves supporting all internal operations and managing external client priorities, requiring proven expertise in various HR management areas such as talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, and compliance. This remote position requires client site visits and onsite support in the Chicago area. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and make a difference, read on!
Responsibilities:
Management:
- Support and effectively manage all HR functions.
- Mentor and provide feedback to HR generalists.
- Manage and resolve escalated generalist and client issues with professionalism.
- Address employee questions promptly and with empathy.
- Collaborate with the AVP of HR Client Services and HR Directors for talent strategy, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
- Lead research, implementation, and enforcement of policies to ensure compliance with changing laws.
- Create cross-training opportunities for the HR team across clients, fostering professional development.
- Assist in creating learning and development programs for internal team growth.
Operations:
- Serve as Project Manager for the Trello project management tool, ensuring efficient utilization and timely completion of work.
- Manage client email flow, daily administrative workflow, systems, and reporting for client sites.
- Lead proactive internal audits of client files to ensure best practices.
- Oversee quality assurance of offer letters.
Client Facing and Advisory:
- Lead "Service Management" for all clients, including existing clients.
- Prepare client-facing communications (e.g., quarterly newsletters).
- Lead the onboarding process for new clients, ensuring a thorough and uniform experience.
- Determine and enforce appropriate service level agreements for each client.
- Initiate and conduct employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations with tact and professionalism.
- Serve as an HR steward of best practices and employment law, including navigating complexities of union interaction.
Generalist:
- Serve as a generalist as needed, supporting talent acquisition, including interviewing, hiring, and collaborating with Talent Acquisition to understand required skills and competencies.
- Manage various HR tasks, such as conducting background checks, verifications, and I-9 validation, administering leaves and benefits, leading annual open enrollments and investigations, and updating HRIS with status and compensation changes.
- Interpret Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and handbook policies.
Qualifications:
Required:
- 5+ years of HR experience, including talent acquisition, benefits administration, and talent management.
- Bachelor's degree in HR, business administration, or a related field.
- Experience working with HRIS systems.
Preferred:
- A minimum of 1 year of HR generalist experience in a fast-paced, high-growth consulting firm managing diverse client portfolios.
- Experience in K-12 education HR support.
- Experience with the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Resources, SAMHSA, EEO, and funding reporting and audits.
- SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP/PHR/SPHR certification.
- Experience with collective bargaining agreements and union settings.
This organization is committed to providing an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all candidates and team members. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status, gender identity expression, disability status, protected veteran, or other legally protected status by state or federal law.
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 70,000.00 120,000.00 Per Year
