HR Business Partner

About Baringa

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

As a Certified B Corporation®, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our HR team are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join the team.

We have a team of dedicated and talented HR professionals, taking responsibility for all “people” aspects of the business. This includes the whole employee life cycle, from attracting new joiners, on-boarding, development throughout their career, ensuring they work in a balanced and healthy way, supporting them when needed, enabling efficient and effective processes throughout, every day, for their entire journey at Baringa.

What You Will Be Doing

• Be the HRBP for the US, looking after the full breadth of the people agenda and being the first point of HR support for our US based colleagues. Our current US locations are New York, Houston, Chicago and Charlotte
• HRBP roles at Baringa are very broad, so there will be plenty of scope to operate across a range of different activities, including Performance Management, Wellness, Employee Relations, Talent Management, On boarding, Promotions, Salary reviews and People MI.
• You will develop and own the local People Plans for your client group and be accountable for ensuring progress against this, including engaging with other parts of HR, including Reward, Recruitment, Employee Experience and L&D.
• You will need to build trusted relationships and provide hands-on support to Partner Lead(s) in helping them deliver the people agenda of their business plans.
• You will be able to effectively support, advise, coach and upskill our people managers with a range of experience.
• You will deliver training programmes across US that educate and upskill our people on Baringa best practice and ways of working.
• Support with org structure changes and workforce planning.
• Regular liaison with other people team colleagues to ensure compliance across regulatory matters
  
  

This role reports directly into the Senior HR Business Partner for the Energy & Resources sector, and interfaces with Partners and senior leaders across the US business

Your Skills And Experience

• Experience within HR, and ideally within a HRBP/HR Generalist role.
• Experience working with US professional services firms and/or Partnerships is desirable.
• Working knowledge of federal and state labour/ employment laws.
• Strong ER knowledge and application of procedures including investigations, performance and sick absence management - you must be able to manage a range of ER cases independently.
• An excellent communicator and influencer who can help develop good HR practice with a strong stakeholder management capability, to interact effectively with the appropriate management teams as well as the wider business at Baringa.
• A self-motivated individual who can work on their own initiative, with a “can do” attitude, willing to roll-up their sleeves and “get stuck in”.
• Operates with good judgement and risk lens, balancing the needs of local stakeholders with the long-term interests of Baringa overall.
• Someone who can work in true partnership with colleagues across the broader People and broader corporate functions.
• Provide comprehensive advice, guidance, and support on the training, learning and people development interventions required across the company, working with the BU and central teams
  
  

What a Career At Baringa Will Give You

Putting People First.

Benefits

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• A base salary of $150,000-$180,000 dependent on experience
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage. These benefits utilize comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States
• Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance
• Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan
• Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA
• Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work
• Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers
• Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources
• Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace.

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness . You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here .

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further .