Human Resources Business Partner

Location

Brookfield Chicago - 350 N Orleans Street, Suite 300

Business

At Brookfield Properties, we believe retail should be anything but typical. It's why we're integrating shopping, dining, entertainment, and more to reimagine retail experiences everywhere. Because for us, retail isn't just about managing properties or redeveloping malls. It's about creating inspiring spaces that draw consumers in. It's about helping our tenants build their brand in a big way. It's about contributing to our communities. And, more than anything, it's about bringing people together.

If you're ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

Brookfield Properties has an immediate need for a Human Resource Business Partner located at our corporate office in Chicago, IL. Overall, we seek qualities that display our company's core values which are Act with Integrity, Take Initiative, Build Mutual Trust, and Win Together.

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) will be responsible for providing strategic HR consulting to an assigned group departments or regions within the organization. The HRBP will align HR strategies to the business key objectives to help leadership drive organizational effectiveness by providing guidance for leaders and employees in a variety of areas including: metrics-driven analysis, workforce planning, talent development, employee relations, performance management, compensation management, training, and policy & regulatory compliance. This individual also will spend 30% of their time supporting the VP, Human Resources on the Diversity & Inclusion program. The HRBP must be able to cultivate, build and maintain strong working relationships with the internal HR team and assigned business leaders to collaborate on department or team initiatives.

Human Resources Business Partner

• Partner with functional leaders to develop and implement HR strategies that support the business objectives and enable performance and operational success
• Provide change management consulting within the team to support the continual evolution of the business and organizational effectiveness
• Identify, manage and respond to complex employee relations issues by coaching management and employees.
• Provide guidance on problem resolution, aligned with legal and organizational policies and regulations which includes but not limited to:
  • Coordination of reduction in staff
  • Manager and employee coaching
  • Facilitate union contract negotiation and renewal when necessary
  • Policy interpretation
• Drive a consistent performance management process and support the development of manager capability to set clear performance goals, assesses performance and effectively give feedback to foster high performance.
• Facilitate assigned talent development initiatives that align with the HR roadmap and emerging needs of the organization, including but not limited to new hire orientation and culture training
• Provide talent management consulting through the identification of critical roles, talent assessment and succession planning. Partnering with Management, develop and ensure the execution of leadership development plans.
• Manage the year-end base wage adjustment, bonus and promotion process including the communication plan and provide recommendations to respective leaders
• Provide end-to-end management for reasonable accommodation requests including but not limited to intake, engaging in the interactive process, and managing approvals.
• Maintains knowledge of industry trends and employment legislation to ensure compliance, foster a workplace environment consistent with the values and goals outlines by senior leadership, function as a trusted advisor through active listening and effective problem solver of employee issues.
• Act as a point of contact to the Company's employee resource groups to review proposed initiatives and events and ensure alignment with the Diversity and Inclusion playbook.
• Partner with the VP, Human Resources on executing the D&I goals and key priorities.
• Analyze HR metrics, identify themes and prepare recommendations to inform decisions around talent strategies
• Mentor and provide guidance to HR Coordinators on various HR-related issues
• Other assigned duties as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred

• 5-10 years of Business Partner experience with a focus on HR strategy, Change Management, Talent Development and Employee Relations preferred
• Strong interpersonal communication both verbally and written
• Strong ability to coach and mentor others
• Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency, adaptability, and resilience
• Ability to keep confidential employee and team information discreet
• Ability to prioritize and organize work; attention to detail is critical
• Proficient with Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with Diversity & Inclusion programming preferred
• Occasional travel required

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.