Human Resources Business Partner

Join a Great Place to Work and Make a Real Impact in HR!

At Consumers Credit Union (CCU) were more than The People in Your Corner. Were a certified Great Place to Work where collaboration growth and purpose come together. If youre passionate about helping others thrive and love seeing your work make a difference our Human Resources Business Partner role might be your next great career move.

Reporting to the VP Human Resources and working alongside others on the HR team youll provide guidance to managers and leaders in our Branch Network Contact Center and Sales areas. Youll consult on best practices to maximize employee engagement and productivity and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Curiosity is at your core so understanding the organization will help you proactively consult and provide hands-on and strategic program management for a variety of Human Resources initiatives. Youll 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.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Coach and consult managers and leaders on a variety of topics. Through this consultation youll help build people manager acumen and accountability.
• Consult on people issues with management balancing multiple perspectives and factors resulting in solutions that best serve the organizations objectives.
• Support the development and implementation of talent management initiatives and programs including performance management employee development management development career development and succession planning for assigned business groups.
• Advise managers on how to resolve employee relations issues. Youll conduct effective thorough and objective investigations while adhering to corporate HR and legal policies. Youll take this a step further and identify opportunities to reduce employee relation issues.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues to develop policies programs and solutions. Youll support annual HR deliverables including the performance review cycle; merit and bonus awards; benefits enrollment; employee handbook review talent review process and more.
• Ensure compliance and minimize risk 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. Youll 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.
• Use data to drive better business decisions. Youll evaluate and analyze trends patterns and issues to develop and influence recommendations solutions program/policy design.

What you bring

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Psychology Communications or a related field

• 5 years experience in a HR Business Partner HR Generalist or Employee Relations position

• A proactive adaptable and solution-focused approach with strong project management skills

• Excellent relationship-building and communication abilities with influence at all levels

• Professional verbal / written communication and presentation skills

• A passion for continuous improvement collaboration inclusion and positivity

• Willingness to work in a hybrid schedule (23 days/week onsite) at our beautiful Lake Forest IL headquarters and ability to travel to locations in our branch network

• SHRM or HRCI certification preferred

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this role is $89929-$143891 per year. This role is eligible for an annual bonus opportunity. A specific salary offer considers factors including but not limited to skill sets experience and training licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

Consumers Credit Union provides eligible employees an opportunity to participate in our medical (High Deductible HMO and PPO) dental vision spending accounts short-term disability long-term disability life insurance and other plans effective date of hire. You will be eligible to participate in the 401(k) savings plan at any time. You will be automatically enrolled in the pension plan following six months of employment and 1000 hours of service and reaching age 20.

For more information about benefit offerings please visit our careers page: CCU

Founded in 1930 and headquartered in Lake Forest IL Consumers Credit Union has $4.3 billion in assets and serves more than 272000 members making it one of the largest credit unions in the state. CCU believes that nobody needs banks on every corner but everyone needs people who are in their corner. Weve been recognized as a Great Place to Work and were committed to growing both our business and our people. To learn more visit

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 .