HR Advisor

Lockton Companies; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockton Companies in Kansas City, MO is seeking an HR professional to support HR initiatives and projects within the People & Culture team. You will reinforce policies, assist with reporting and associate relation cases, and collaborate with global and US teams to drive key HR initiatives.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, strong communication, and the ability to build productive relationships across the organization. Hybrid work is available, onsite four days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business or related field with relevant coursework.
• Experience supporting HRBP functions and business operations.
• Knowledge of employment law and HR compliance.
• Strong written and verbal communication; analytical mindset.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with onsite presence.

Responsibilities

• Assist with HR initiatives and projects.
• Reinforce policies and practices, escalating and resolving issues.
• Support senior HR business partners with reporting and associate relations cases.
• Collaborate with global and US People & Culture teams to deliver initiatives.
• Cultivate strong working relationships across Lockton.
• Understand business structure and strategic direction.
• Participate in core HR initiatives and project implementations.
• Act as a role model for Lockton values and behaviors.
• Manage and execute exit interviews.
• Drive change within Lockton to ensure best practices.
• Support continuous improvement of HR function profile and service quality.
• Assist with business-driven projects with the HRBP.
• Use data and analytics to support business activities.
• Maintain HR communications across Workplace and other channels.
• Assist with 120-Day New Hire Check-In and Year-End Performance process.

Skills

HRBP experience

employment law knowledge

communication skills

interpersonal skills

problem solving

multitasking

conflict handling

build productive relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field

SHRM/HRCI certifications preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Teams)

Job description

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Responsibilities

• Assist with HR initiatives and projects.
• Reinforce policies and practices, promptly escalating and assisting in resolving issues.
• Support senior HR business partners with reporting, associate relation cases and other administrative duties.
• Work with both global and US People & Culture teams to deliver initiatives.
• Proactively cultivate strong working relationships with all levels of the organization across Lockton.
• Understand the business structure, commercially, culturally and strategically.
• Participate in core HR initiatives and project implementations for the business.
• Be a visible role model for Lockton and its values and behaviors.
• Manage and execute exit interviews.
• Act as an agent of change within Lockton to ensure best practices.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Human Resources function profile and perception within Lockton through the quality of support and service delivered.
• Assist with business-driven projects, in conjunction with the HRBP.
• Proactively use data and analytics to support business activities.
• Maintain and update HR communications, across Workplace and other internal communication channels.
• Help manage the 120-Day New Hire Check-In and Year-End Performance process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., SHRM, HRCI) are preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting business operations through Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) functions.
• Knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, including basic employment law.
• Ability to work collaboratively and manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
• High level of written and verbal communication skills, excellent problem-solving capabilities, and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in application and operation of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Teams.
• Be able to demonstrate an ability to build productive working relationships.
• Skill in handling conflict and uncertain situations.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment, with a requirement to be onsite at least four days per week.
• Ability to work outside of normal business hours as needed.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone anequal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.

At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learnsfrom, celebrates and thrives because of ourbreadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long‑term success.