- Serves as a trusted adviser to studio leadership with core responsibilities to include all aspects of championing the office talent strategy, culture and brand.
- Partners with leadership team to develop and execute talent strategies as it relates to current and future talent needs.
- Leads talent processes including recruitment, on-boarding, employee relations, compensation guidance, routine benefits administrative support, career path development, performance management guidance, employee recognition, record keeping and administration.
- Manages the talent acquisition process including collaborating with leadership of various practices to understand skills and competencies required for open positions, recruiting, interviewing, negotiating with candidates and executing offers.
- Provides support, guidance and mentorship to employees and management on how to provide feedback, navigate difficult conversations, and mediate conflict.
- Partners with leadership teams to ensure equity in all talent processes to produce equitable outcomes in support of firmwide JEDI goals.
- Ensures compliance with local and federal legislation relating to employment standards.
- Oversight for HRIS maintenance and establishing a social media presence to convey our brand, people and stories to attract new talent.
- Uses active listening, flexible, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution organized, teamwork, confidentiality, leadership, and excellent employee relationship skills.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Checks work for accuracy, omissions, and legibility and works with Corporate HR to implement company policies.
- Proficient skills in Microsoft Suite including Teams
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with ability to assess, guide, and influence solutions
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal to be clear and concise
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Experience with data analysis and compliance
- Experience using UKG Pro or similar HRIS products
- Recruitment outreach, interviewing and selection experience
- UKG Pro
- Vision/Deltek
- Cognos Business Intelligence
- Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite
- SHRM-SCP, SHRM-CP, PHR, SPHR credential (strongly preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is required for this role
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Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about Living Design, a philosophy that guides our work and emphasizes poetics and beauty; conceptual clarity; research and innovation; technology and tectonics; community and inclusion; resilience and regeneration; and health and well-being. Our team of over 2,500 professionals in 30 studios worldwide provides interdisciplinary services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects; Portland; Nelson\Nygaard; and Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR). We’re also part of the Sidara Collaborative, a global network of leading designers, engineers, planners, and consultants.
