[Hiring] HR Business Partner @Verdantas

Role Description

As a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), you’ll serve as both a tactical and HR partner between the HR function and business units. You will support business processes, employee relations, leave support, and organizational development — all while driving initiatives that enhance engagement, performance, and retention. This role is a critical connector, ensuring people strategies align with company goals, fostering a positive workplace culture, and ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies. The ideal candidate is proactive, people-focused, and passionate about fostering a productive and inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating Business Processes: Initiating organization changes in Workday and VantagePoint.
• Managing Employee Relations: First level support for group leaders and department leaders, general employee inquiries, developing job descriptions and aligning career planning tools.
• Coordinating Leave Support: Provide general guidance to managers and employees on leave of absence. This is an essential bridge to the Benefits Team.
• Fostering Employee Communications: The employee life cycle – onboarding, check-ins, pulse surveys, and exit processes.
• Driving Performance Management: Supporting performance feedback, coaching line managers, and brainstorming engagement and development programs.
• Ensuring HR Compliance: Maintaining compliance with labor laws, company policies, and ADA accommodations.
• Working on Projects: Participation in special projects or committees.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Impactful Work: You’ll influence culture, engagement, and performance across the organization.
• Exposure: Work across diverse teams levels to support business initiatives through people solutions.
• Opportunities to Grow: Build your HR expertise as we continue to grow and scale.
• Dynamic Environment: Every day brings new opportunities to collaborate, problem-solve, and improve employee engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred with a minimum of 7+ years of experience.
• Strong organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Hands-on experience using an HRIS system, Workday is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of IL state law & compliance.
• Must be located in Eastern or Central time zone.

Salary Range

$68,500 - $88,000

Benefits

• Flexible Work Environment
• Paid Parental Leave
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off + Holidays

Company Description

Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.

Verdantas is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet.