People & Culture Business Partner – 25001
JOB DETAIL
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a People & Culture Business Partner
Major Function
The People & Culture Business Partner (PCBP) position is responsible for aligning People & Culture (P&C) and Organizational objectives with employees and leadership in designated business units. The position serves as a consultant to management on human resource-related issues. The role assesses and anticipates HR-related needs, communicating proactively with our P&C department and the business unit’s management, and seeks to develop integrated solutions. The position formulates partnerships across the P&C function to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization. The PCBP team closely collaborates with Total Rewards, People Technology, Talent Acquisition, and Organizational Development & Learning to advance the strategic goals and initiatives of the P&C team
Salary: The expected compensation range for this position is $85,900 – $107,300
Responsibilities
- Consults with senior leadership and line management, provides P&C policy guidance and interpretation. Conducts periodic meetings with assigned business units.
- Provides day-to-day guidance to line management on performance management, talent acquisition, promotions, transfers our policies and workforce planning.
- Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention. Conducts interpersonal and team development activities.
- Conducts and facilitates training across the organization on P&C policies.
- Serves as integral part of P&C initiatives that occur on a regular or ad hoc basis including climate/culture surveys & exit surveys.
- Partners & collaborates with other units in the P&C Team to coordinate work and to develop and project plan solutions, programs and policies.
- Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the Integrity & Risk department as well as General Council as needed/required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Key Competencies
- Innovative Problem Solving. The ability to investigate a problem and propose proven, as well as innovative, solutions in a timely, efficient manner is needed to address both immediate and longer-term challenges.
- Adaptability. Incorporating constructive feedback, owning mistakes, and holding oneself accountable is core to our culture and essential for building trust with colleagues.
- Empathic, Interpersonal Communication and Collaboration. We welcome other points of view and ideas, recognizing and embracing different and contrary perspectives with kindness, curiosity, and encouragement. Through our conscious efforts to promote cooperative practices, behaviors, and ways of working across many groups and individuals we arrive at mutually agreed upon solutions for challenges our clients encounter.
- Proactive, diligent, customer-service focus is essential to respond quickly & effectively to needs. While no two days are alike, we remain guided by our focus on continuous improvement and commitment to delivering excellent customer service.
- Resilience. Supporting an organization focused on addressing conservation’s most complex problems requires the ability to maintain perspective, even when engaging in emotionally charged situations, and recommend a path forward when no solution feels ideal.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 8 years of experience in Human Resources as a generalist. Four years of additional work experience can substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
- Experience successfully managing the full cycle of Human Resources processes and policies.
- Working knowledge of appropriate HR laws and regulations.
- Additional experience in People & Culture (HR) specialty areas such as performance management, diversity and inclusion, workforce planning, training and development, mediation, and employee relations is a plus.
- Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to mediate is critical.
- Comfort with coaching through difficult situations as well as ability to coach up
- Desire and comfort working with portfolio of clients dispersed throughout the U.S.
- Experience working in a mid to large sized HR team is desired, but not required.
- Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values:
- COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.
- INTEGRITY – We live the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.
- RESPECT – We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.
- COLLABORATION – We deliver impact at the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation.
WWF is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and requires all US-based staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. WWF will consider requests for accommodation from the vaccine requirement based on disability, medical contraindication, sincerely held religious belief, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
To Apply:
- Submit cover letter and resume through our Careers Page, Requisition #25001
- Due to the high volume of applications we are not able to respond to inquiries via phone
As an EOE/AA employer, WWF will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status. WWF values diversity and inclusion and welcomes diverse candidates to apply.
