Job Description
Overview:
We are seeking a HR Partner (Hybrid) to join our growing team!
About Us
Community Brands - leveling the playing field between for-profits and purpose-driven organizations
Community Brands provides a connected network of solutions that enable mission-driven organizations to thrive. Our software powers non-profits, associations, and K-12 schools to engage the people they serve through programs and events, raise funds to enable their mission, and manage their financials and operations. Our family of brands are bound by a common purpose to serve the organizations that make our communities a better place to live. With over 1,600 employees in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, and the Philippines, we know that our success is driven entirely by the people of Community Brands. Through professional opportunity, we strive to give each person a clear path to success and personal growth. We embrace diversity and believe that our differences in experience and perspective are the key to our sustained success.
This position is a Hybrid position with minimum expectation of 3 day in the office with some flexibility on the other days.
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
Position Summary
We are looking for a Human Resource Business Partner to join our team!
Based in our office in Leicester, UK, the HR Business Partner will support UK operations by actively partnering with managers to support alignment of organizational and human resources strategies that will progress the business needs/strategies and ultimately drive the best experiences for our customers. Reporting to the US-based HR Director, the role will provide HR guidance/support to UK staff in several areas, including but not limited to performance management, conflict resolution, HR policy guidance and interpretation, talent management/recruitment, business unit transformation and workforce planning, employee engagement, employee relations, and change management.
A Day in the Life
Partner with UK business unit leadership and management teams to improve organizational effectiveness by diagnosing issues in the workplace and identifying appropriate strategies to resolve problems, improve team performance and effectiveness, and development of people strategies that support the business needs.
Serve as a trusted advisor/resource/consultant to leaders and employees in all HR areas including employee development, employee relations, recruitment and selection, diversity and inclusion, policy and procedure interpretation, performance management, workforce development, and change management.
Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to business unit leaders (coaching, counseling, career development, corrective action, etc.).
Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues by conducting effective, thorough and objective investigations.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with legal team as needed/required.
Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with business unit leadership and other internal HR team members to develop solutions, programs and policies.
Maintain effective level of business literacy about the business unit s financial position, strategic plans, and culture.
Facilitate onboarding and offboarding programs for new and exiting employees.
Assist with logistical issues related to our Leicester office of approximately 120 employees.
Manage leaves of absence for UK staff.
Work closely with cross functional finance, accounting, and payroll teams to provide timely information on a regular basis.
Ownership of data accuracy in our HRIS system, Workday, and working with UK staff to progress and complete work transactions in Workday in a timely manner.
Maintain data accuracy in our applicant tracking system, iCims, for UK-based requisitions.
What you'll need:
Proven work experience as an HR Business Partner or Generalist.
Demonstrated ability to establish strong relationships with employees and management.
Analytical and goal oriented.
Demonstrable experience with HR metrics.
Thorough knowledge of labor legislation.
Full understanding of all HR functions and best practices.
BS degree in Human Resources or related field.
Previous immigration experience strongly preferred.
Total Rewards:
Why work here?
Full personal membership to our private healthcare, AXA PPP
25 days of holiday, plus the bank holidays
Generous paid sick leave
Enhanced paid parental leave
Membership to our Death in Service Insurance scheme which provides 4x your salary to your loved ones
Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
Community Brands are an equal opportunity employer, committed to being a successful, caring and welcoming place for all employees. We want to create a supportive and inclusive environment where our employees can reach their full potential, without prejudice and discrimination. We are committed to a culture where respect and understanding is fostered, and the diversity of people's backgrounds and circumstances will be positively valued.
We therefore treat everyone on the basis of their talent and cultural capability, and nothing else.
The policy aims to achieve equality by removing any potential discrimination in the way that our employees are treated by fellow employees or Community Brands, including:
people with disabilities
people of different sexual orientations
transgendered and transsexual people
people of different races
people on the grounds of their sex
those of faith and of no faith
in relation to their age
in relation to their social class or medical condition
people who work part-time
those who are married or in a civil partnership
women who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding.
Discrimination can be either direct or indirect discrimination. Some of the above are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 and discrimination is prohibited, unless there is a legal exception under the Equality Act.
All persons hired will be required to:
verify their identity,
verify they are eligible to work, without sponsorship, in the country they are to be employed in, and
complete any required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.