People Partner

American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida•Irving, TX

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Assurant is seeking a People Partner in Irving, Texas, to provide Human Resource support to managers and employees within designated segments of a business line. This role focuses on enhancing the employee experience, enabling business outcomes, and utilizing data for decision-making. In collaboration with the People Business Partner, you will offer comprehensive coaching to employees and managers on performance and behavioral matters, address workplace concerns, and assist in identifying talent needs through talent programs and processes. This position embodies Assurant's People Organization vision by prioritizing people, fostering employee potential, empowering employees, embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and upholding Assurant Commitments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related area
A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Human Resource professional role.
Experience must include coaching and advising all levels of employees in areas such as performance, organizational change, employee engagement, working relationships.
Knowledge of employment law at the federal and state level (FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Title VII, EEO and other applicable employment related laws)

Nice To Haves

Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills desired.
Certification as PHR, SPHR or SHRM CP or SCP preferred.
Experience in handling employee related investigations and writing report summaries.
Minimum of 1 year HR support for a workforce of a minimum of 250 employees.

Responsibilities

Focus on the employee experience, provide proactive and reactive coaching and consultative human resources advice and services to all employees of Assurant in their designated business unit from intake to resolution.
Coach and advise on Performance Development and Performance Improvement situations, leveraging core learnings from Success in Leading Employees (e.g., StAR/StAR-AR, GROW).
Build and maintain strong working relationships with Managers and People Business Partners for their client group.
Provide hiring & staffing assistance, including interviewing, assessing, and selection, as well as effective compensation management and development of job descriptions.
Partner with managers in client groups on Employee Engagement initiatives, including action planning, team meetings, and follow-up.
Provide performance coaching and advice, potentially participating in meetings with employees and managers.
Advise on policy interpretation, emphasizing manager judgment and discretion, and promoting the use of Success in Leading Employees information.
Provide education and training to managers on topics such as FMLA, Union Avoidance, Wage and Hour, and Accommodations, in consultation with Legal and/or People Business Partner.
Consult with managers and leaders on the termination process, including reductions in force, voluntary or involuntary terminations, and participate in termination meetings.
Facilitate the end-to-end reduction in force process in consultation with the People Business Partner and Business leadership, including talent assessment, notification, and post-notification support.
Perform routine inquiries, research, or investigations into issues raised by employees, managers, or other sources.
Participate in additional projects as identified by People Organization leadership.
Utilize tools such as Workday, Peakon, and ERIN to mine data for client groups and use analytics to drive organizational performance.
Recommend updates and suggestions for the Knowledge Base and analytics to improve content.
Develop and maintain relationships with the People Experience Center team to ensure timely, consistent, and accurate responses to escalated employee and manager concerns or requests.