HR Business Partner

Position: HR Business Partner (US)
About Baringa

We set out to build the world's most trusted consulting firm - creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You'll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick - slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our HR Team are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join them.

We have a team of dedicated and talented HR professionals, taking responsibility for all "people" aspects of the business. This includes the whole employee life cycle, from attracting new joiners, on-boarding, development throughout their career, ensuring they work in a balanced and healthy way, supporting them when needed, enabling efficient and effective processes throughout, every day, for their entire journey at Baringa.

As we continue to grow organically, we need to ensure our people processes are set up to enable the future size and shape of the business to operate effectively and efficiently, using the appropriate tools. Supporting the ever-evolving business needs and being a key player in the change management of the firm, is a core part of this role.

What you will be doing

• Be the HRBP for the US, looking after the full breadth of the people agenda and being the first point of HR support for our US based colleagues. Our current US locations are New York, Houston, Chicago and Charlotte.
• HRBP roles at Baringa are very broad, so there will be plenty of scope to operate across a range of different activities, including Performance Management, Wellness, Employee Relations, Talent Management, On boarding, Promotions, Salary reviews and People MI.
• You will develop and own the local People Plans for your client group and be accountable for ensuring progress against this, including engaging with other parts of HR, including Reward, Recruitment, Employee Experience and L&D.
• You will need to build trusted relationships and provide hands-on support to Partner Lead(s) in helping them deliver the people agenda of their business plans.
• You will be able to effectively support, advise, coach and upskill our people managers with a range of experience.
• You will deliver training programmes across US that educate and upskill our people on Baringa best practice and ways of working.
• You will enjoy being proactive with your stakeholders and be confident to challenge and influence.
• Support with org structure changes and workforce planning.
• You will work closely with colleagues across our US locations, and the broader People team based in the UK, and you will need to be able to flex your approach to accommodate different jurisdictional/location requirements.

This role reports directly into the Senior HR Business Partner for the Energy & Resources sector, and interfaces with Partners and senior leaders across the US business. You will live and breathe our values and be a great role-model for our culture and behaviours.

Your skills and experience

• Experience with in HR, and ideally within a HRBP/HR Generalist role.
• Experience working with US professional services firms and/or Partnerships is desirable.
• Strong ER knowledge and application of procedures including investigations, performance and sick absence management - you must be able to manage a range of ER cases independently and in line with local labour law.
• An excellent communicator and influencer who can help develop good HR practice with a strong stakeholder management capability, to interact effectively with the appropriate management teams as well as the wider business at Baringa.
• A self-motivated individual who can work on their own initiative, with a "can do" attitude, willing to roll-up their sleeves and "get stuck in".
• Operates with good judgement and risk lens, balancing the needs of local stakeholders with the long-term interests of Baringa overall.
• Someone who can work in true partnership with colleagues across the broader People and broader corporate functions.
• Provide comprehensive advice, guidance, and support on the training, learning and people development interventions required across the company, working with the BU and central teams

What a career at Baringa will give you
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