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Assurant · 16 hours ago

People Partner

Assurant is a leading global business services company that supports, protects, and connects major consumer purchases. They are seeking a People Partner who will provide Human Resource support to managers and employees, focusing on the employee experience and enabling business outcomes through data-driven decision-making.

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Responsibilities

Focus on the employee experience, provide proactive and reactive coaching and consultative human resources advice and services to all employees of Assurant in their designated business unit from intake to resolution
Coaching and advice are centered around and leverages the core learnings of Success in Leading Employees (i.e., StAR/StAR-AR, GROW) as they counsel on Performance Development and Performance Improvement situations
Build and maintain strong working relationships with Managers and with the People Business Partners for their client group
Provide hiring & staffing assistance such as interviewing, assessing and selection to managers as needed. Including effective compensation management and development of job descriptions for needed positions
Partner with managers in client group in their efforts around Employee Engagement that could include action planning, team meetings and follow-up to ensure closure on plans
Provide performance coaching and advice which may include participation in meetings with employees and managers
Provide advice on policy interpretation with the focus on advising managers to always use their judgment and discretion. The Partner will leverage the Success in Leading Employees information in their interactions with managers and promote the use of this information to the Managers
Provide education and training to managers as needed in areas such as FMLA, Union Avoidance, Wage and Hour, Accommodations etc. Collaboratively makes decisions about training needed by consulting with managers, Legal and/or People Business Partner
Performs consultation responsibilities to assist managers & leaders in the termination process whether a reduction in force or a voluntary or involuntary termination including participating in any termination meeting with employees
Facilitates the end-to-end process of the reduction in force in consultation with the People Business Partner and Business leadership. This will include the assessment of talent, notification to impacted associates and continued support to those employees after notification
Performs more routine inquiries, research or investigation into issues raised by employees, managers, or other sources
Participates in additional projects as identified by the People Organization leadership
Utilize multiple tools (Workday, Peakon, ERIN, etc.) to mine data for their client groups and use the analytics to drive performance in the organization
Recommend updates and suggestions to the content in the Knowledge Base and in the analytics that will improve the content available to them and to the managers
Develop and maintain relationships with members of the People Experience Center team to expedite and ensure that employee and manager concerns or requests which have been escalated are responded to in a timely, consistent, and accurate manner as well as documented appropriately

Qualification

Human Resource experienceCoachingAdvisingEmployment law knowledgeAnalytical skillsPHR/SHRM certificationEmployee engagementOrganizational changePerformance developmentProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in a related area
A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Human Resource professional role
Experience must include coaching and advising all levels of employees in areas such as performance, organizational change, employee engagement, working relationships
Knowledge of employment law at the federal and state level (FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Title VII, EEO and other applicable employment related laws)

Preferred

Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills desired
Certification as PHR, SPHR or SHRM CP or SCP preferred
Experience in handling employee related investigations and writing report summaries
Minimum of 1 year HR support for a workforce of a minimum of 250 employees

Company

Assurant

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Assurant provides protection products and related services to safeguard companies against risks.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$469.1M
2025-08-18Post Ipo Debt· $296M
2023-02-28Post Ipo Debt· $173.1M
2004-02-05IPO

Leadership Team

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Keith Demmings
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Ricardo Fiuza
President & CEO - Latin America
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