JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Partnership to Business:  

• Develop an understanding of the business, to help support programs for people development.
• Be a thought-partner and advisor to Partners and Staff, while still offering independent unbiased counsel.
• Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders and work in collaboration to achieve goals.

Talent Management:

• In partnership with the Recruiting lead and hiring managers, support key strategic hiring plans for the fiscal year.
• Help managers create meaningful development plans to build the skills of high performers.
• Determine learning needs and leverage existing training programs where possible.

Organizational Effectiveness and Rewards:

• Support development and implementation for engagement action plans, to enable positive impact to the business.
• Closely evaluate attrition trends and develop strategies to manage appropriate levels.
• Ensure that the high contributors are rewarded appropriately, through recognition vehicles throughout the year.
• Assist leaders with decisions regarding salary increases and bonuses.

Employee Relations:

• Lead and manage annual HR processes, including year-end and mid-year performance reviews.
• Provide coaching to managers on writing and conducting effective goals and/or evaluations.
• Handle employee relations issues, including employee and manager coaching and counseling, support and execution of resulting actions.
• Conduct exit interviews, gathering trends to identify new opportunities.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial and labor relations or organizational development.
• Minimum 5 years of professional HR experience, with focus on employee relations, performance management and HR processes and procedures.
• PHR or SPHR or specialized HR training preferred.
• Ability to work with a diverse and distributed employee population, and to operate in a matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of Workday HRIS system desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel and visit different offices, to support the business on an as-needed basis.