What You'll Do

• Serve as consultant to management on HR related issues including effective communication, team and individual development, associate engagement, practice/policy application and other management challenges.
• Act as single point of HR and Associate Experience contact for associates in the assigned region; work with other regional HR managers to ensure consistency across the organization.
• Provide regional onboarding support for new Busey team members, ensuring a seamless transition to the organization including working with managers on the setup, coordination and follow-up of onboarding efforts.
• Educate, coach and partner with leadership and managers on performance management, conflict management issues, employee feedback, employee relations, development and coaching, compensation and organizational development.
• Support associate engagement initiatives in the region including execution of action plans and ongoing progress checkpoints--especially for lowest engaged teams--to help increase engagement and leadership effectiveness.
• Implement the performance management process, supporting manager documentation, communication, timelines and potential termination protocol.
• Examine exit interview data for the region; provide insights to managers and create action plans, if applicable.
• Build strong business relationships and partnerships across all levels of the organization and collaborate with leaders to deliver creative solutions around business needs in support of priorities.
• Support facilitation of Talent Roundtable discussions with regional leadership.
• Collaborate with the HR team to champion and accelerate a culture of excellence in which people feel engaged and inspired to deliver top results.

Regional Human Resources Associate II responsibilities include:

• Be able to perform all responsibilities outlined as a level I
• Provide HR expertise, educate, coach and partner with leadership and managers on performance management, employee feedback, employee relations, development and coaching, compensation, and organizational development; engage/educate other Regional HR Managers as appropriate
• Participate and make recommendations in the continual development of key HR programs and initiatives, such as career pathing, the Talent Roundtable process, performance management, employee training and development.
• Lead Talent Roundtable discussions with regional leadership
• Facilitate, through the partnership with HR & managers, department structure/positions changes or enhancements.

What You'll Bring

Knowledge of:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong understanding of HR and other labor related laws and policies

Ability to:

• Maintain confidentiality of associate information
• Analyze and solve problems based on precedent
• Make independent decisions
• Work with little supervision
• Perform duties and make decisions under frequent time pressures

Why It Matters

Through the lens of Service Excellence, effective performance management and development is essential for Busey's vision. Through both formal and informal processes, it will help align associates, resources, and systems to meet Busey's strategic objectives for continued innovation and financial growth.

Education & Training

LEVEL I :

• Associate's/Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
• Requires 3 or more years of Human Resources experience, with direct experience in performance management practices.

LEVEL II :

• Master's degree in related field a plus.
• Requires 5 or more years of Human Resources experience, with direct experience in performance management practices.
• SHRM-CP or PHR certification, requiring continuing education and training in the HR field on an annual basis
• All levels require knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Busey believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Equal Opportunity Employment is a priority for Busey and all qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), marital status, military status, veterans status, citizenship status, disability, order of protection or any other characteristic protected by applicable law or other non-merit based factors.