Senior HR Advisor/Generalist - Hybrid
Company: Waste Management
Location: Lombard
Posted on: April 16, 2024
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Job Description:
As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age,
national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Waste Management (WM), a Fortune 250 company, is the leading
provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North
America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating
excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves
nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial
and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of
collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling
facilities and waste-based energy production projects.
I. Job Summary
As a member of the Waste Management People organization, the People
Advisor is tasked with providing tactical, responsive HR support to
individual contributors in assigned business units and/or
functions. The position serves as the first point of contact and
trusted advisor for employee relations issues and human resources
policies and processes.
II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be
assigned.
Provides reliable and timely coaching and counseling to employees
on issues to ensure consistent, transparent application of
policies, procedures, and employments laws.
Identifies, communicates, and resolves complex employee relations
issues balancing employee advocacy with stewardship of company
policies and employment laws.
Serves as the local People point of contact supporting/delivering
internal processes including Performance Management, New Hire
Orientation and Exit interviews.
Conducts training on company policy, programs, and other issues as
they arise.
Partners and participates with local team(s) on recruitment
outreach efforts.
Serves as an active member of People related project teams as
assigned.
Serves as a mentor to others within the People department by
providing technical advice and guidance.
Assists the People Manager in the development and maintenance of
processes and policies as well as new initiatives.
Apprise and escalates potential legal, risk, safety, etc. concerns
to the People Manager.
III. Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory duties.
IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the
qualifications necessary to perform the job.
A. Education and Experience
Education: Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Human Resources,
Business Administration or similar area of study, or in lieu of
degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years
of relevant work experience.
Experience: Four (4) years of relevant work experience in a People
Advisor or Generalist capacity.
B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements
PHR, SHRM-CP, or CHRP Certification preferred.
C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Approachable and responsive resource able to connect with employees
at all levels.
Solutions-oriented approach to problem solving and conflict
resolution with a strong drive to create a positive work
environment.
Strong internal and external customer focus.
Self-motivated; ability to navigate complex environments, get
answers and autonomously drive solutions.
Comfortable with high volume workload and able to manage multiple
priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong working knowledge of employment laws and regulations and the
ability to appropriately assess risk.
Ability to use experience and judgment to make decisions that may
be based on imperfect or incomplete information.
Ability to recognize trends and identify systemic approaches to
solving problems
Comfort with ambiguity; strong learning agility mindset to embrace
and drive change.
V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and
work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions of the job.
Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as
keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day;
Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30
pounds rarely;
Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as
cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;
Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt,
odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;
Normal setting for this job is an office setting, however,
operational site visits are required with exposure to weather and
areas where large equipment is operated.
Ability to travel 10% - 30% of the time depending upon geographic
span of responsibility.
Benefits
At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive
total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase
Plan, Company match on pension, and more! Our employees also
receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note
that benefits may vary by site.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for,
please click "Apply".
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