Associate Human Resources Business Partner

At Consumers Credit Union, we're not just "The People in Your Corner," we're a certified Great Place to Work! And what better team to join to support and impact people than Human Resources?

We're currently looking for an Associate Human Resources Business Partner to be the next member of our awesome Talent Team and help us continue to grow, improve, and elevate the organization.

While reporting to the VP Human Resources, you will provide guidance to managers and leaders on best practices to maximize employee engagement and productivity, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. You'll understand the business and act as a proactive consultant providing hands-on and strategic program management and support for a variety of Human Resources initiatives. You'll make a meaningful impact by utilizing your HR knowledge and experience to assess business objectives and lead the delivery of effective solutions including performance management, employee relations, talent and organizational effectiveness administration, and policy administration. Primary business areas that you will support include the Branches, Contact Center, and Sales.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Provide coaching and consultation to managers and leaders on a variety of topics. Through this consultation, you'll help build people manager acumen and accountability.
• Consult on performance management issues with management, balancing multiple perspectives and factors resulting in solutions that best serve the organization's objectives.
• Support the development and implementation of talent management initiatives and programs, including performance management, employee development, management development, and career development/succession planning for assigned business group(s).
• Advise managers on how to resolve employee relations issues. You'll conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations while adhering to corporate, HR and legal policies. You'll take this a step further and identify opportunities to reduce employee relation issues for assigned business groups.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues to develop policies, programs, and solutions. You'll support annual HR deliverables including the performance review cycle; merit and bonus awards; benefits enrollment; employee handbook review, talent review process, and more.
• Reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance by maintaining in-depth knowledge of employment law related to day-to-day management of employees. Your keen HR skills will help you identify issues or significant risk that require collaborating with legal counsel for guidance.
• Act as a change agent in supporting HR and business initiatives. You'll support change and readiness plans, including creating communications that enable the successful launch of programs or processes. Your success in this area will lead to best practices and a positive impact on our culture.
• Leverage data and metrics to evaluate and analyze trends, patterns, and issues to develop and influence recommendations, solutions, program/policy design. You'll discuss recommendations and solutions with management and HR to proactively improve the work environment.

A successful person in this role will have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Communications or Related
• 4+ Years' Experience in a HR Business Partner, Human Resources Generalist, Employee Relations, Performance Management, or related position
• Self-starter who easily adapts to change and helps to bring others along during times of transition
• Well-developed relationship building and relationship management skills
• Professional verbal / written communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence people at all levels
• Track record of successful project management and ability to effectively implement new HR programs, systems, and initiatives
• Desire and experience in proactively identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and change
• Thrive on being collaborative, positive, consultative, and embracing inclusion and diversity
• Flexibility and willingness to work in a hybrid position with 2-3 days per week onsite at our beautiful headquarters in Lake Forest
• HRCI or SHRM certification preferred

With CCU you'll enjoy:

A stable, growing, well-managed company with a bright future. A sincere commitment to our core values: Be Helpful, Act with Integrity, Be Transparent, Keep it Simple, Be Positive, Embrace Inclusion and Diversity. A belief in developing our employees to their fullest potential. And total rewards that include competitive pay and other benefits:

• FREE: basic life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, employee-only fitness center.
• Multiple plan options for medical and dental, vision coverage, tax-advantaged spending accounts, employee assistance program, tuition assistance, student loan assistance, paid parental leave, and more.
• Generous Paid Time Off (accrue up to 4 weeks during your first year!) + 11 company paid holidays + CCYou Day - a paid day off for you to focus on your wellbeing.

More about CCU:

We're Consumers Credit Union (CCU) and we're The People in Your Corner.

We're a financial institution just like a bank, except not exactly. Banks have customers, but because we're a not-for-profit, member-owned credit union, we have members. And because we're not a bank, we don't drive up profits just because shareholders demand it. Instead, we focus on driving up member happiness through low loan rates, high deposit rates and low- or no-fee products and services. We focus on things like transparency, simplicity, helpfulness, integrity, positivity and inclusion - and we always put our members first.

In fact, we serve over 200,000 members and have over $3 billion in assets. We employ nearly 500 people in the Chicago area and have 16 branch locations in Illinois. We offer access to a national shared branching network, and more than 80,000 surcharge-free ATMs worldwide. And although we've been around for over 90 years, we're just getting started!

Equal Opportunity Employer:

CCU complies with the requirements and spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity in employment. There will be no discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, genetic information, military status (including unfavorable discharge from the military), criminal or arrest history (unless job related), crime victim status, or any other protected characteristic in the recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, termination, or any other employment actions or term and condition of employment. CCU complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which CCU has facilities.

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team at: or 877-275-2228.