SR Human Resources Business Partner

🔍 Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

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Human Resources
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99891 Requisition #
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Feb 28, 2023 Post Date

Gallagher is a global leader in insurance, risk management and consulting services. We help businesses grow, communities thrive and people prosper. We live a culture defined by The Gallagher Way, our set of shared values and guiding tenets. A culture driven by our people, over 30,000 strong, serving our clients with customized solutions that will protect them and fuel their futures.

Artex Risk Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arthur J Gallagher & Co, is one of the world’s fastest-growing and most diverse insurance managers. Employing 500 experienced professionals across 15 international offices, our employees work together to conceive, design and manage alternative risk transfer solutions that help our clients manage today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

Position Summary:

Ensures a comprehensive Human Resource service is provided for multiple locations. This position is a central contact for senior leaders regarding HR operational issues, employee relations, organizational change, and performance management. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing the effectiveness of HR practices and policies and will seek opportunities to improve programs and provide recommendations to increase employee productivity and commitment. The role is responsible for reviewing and identifying employee relations trends and reports, and advising management and HR partners on trend analysis including options for action planning.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Supporting a major business unit on general HR issues such as compensation, recruitment, relocation, diversity, training and organizational development, either in conjunction with specialist HR teams or directly in smaller organizations

  • Implementing a talent management strategy for the region (talent pipelines, development plans, succession plans, workforce planning, etc.)

  • Planning, communicating and administering policies relating to all phases of human resources activity for the region, in alignment with Artex Global and Gallagher as appropriate

  • Supporting compliance with applicable labor laws and making appropriate policy and procedural recommendations

  • Providing HR guidance when appropriate

  • Managing and resolving complex employee relations issues

  • Conducting effective, thorough and objective investigations

  • Maintaining in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day engagement of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.

  • Developing solutions based on subject expertise and occasionally represents the department or function at a broader level.

  • Identifying legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions and ensures policies, procedures, and reporting are in compliance. 

  • Administering benefits programs such as life, health, dental and disability insurances, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance (where applicable). 

  • Maintaining records of benefits plan participation such as insurance and pension plan, and human resources transactions such as hires, promotions, transfers, performance reviews, and terminations, and employee statistics for government reporting (where appropriate).

  • Managing other operational and administrative matters, including but not limited to: onboarding assistance, recruiting requisitions, drafting of offer letters, providing support on payroll matters, and coordinating with the Talent Acquisition team on recruiting matters.

  • May manage lower level staff.

Qualifications - External

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in human resources, organizational development or related field.

  • 7 or more years relevant experience

Desired:

  •  Master's degree preferred.

Work Traits:

  • Above average verbal and written communication skills necessary.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills required.

U.S. Eligibility Requirements

  • Interested candidates must submit an application and resume/CV online to be considered  

  • Are you 18 years of age or older or can you demonstrate legal capacity to enter a contract?

  • Must be willing to submit to a background investigation; any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation  

  • Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.  For U.S. employment opportunities, Gallagher hires U.S. citizens, permanent residents, asylees, refugees, and temporary residents. Temporary residence does not include those with non-immigrant work authorization (F, J, H or L visas), such as students in practical training status. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. Gallagher will require proof of work authorization

  • Must be willing to execute Gallagher's Employee Agreement, or the Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement, which requires, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disclosure.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against nor favor any applicant because of race, sex, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, age, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, gender, gender identity / expression, actual or perceived sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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Please Note:

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