HR Senior Coordinator, Talent & Performance

Crucial Hire; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Crucial Hire is assisting a globally respected professional services firm in the Chicago Loop to hire an HR Senior Coordinator, Talent & Performance, in a hybrid role. You will support performance management, compensation, onboarding and compliance, learn Workday, and work with senior leaders to drive HR initiatives.

This position requires building communications in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio, managing calendars in Asana, and running new hire orientation while safeguarding confidential

Qualifications

• About one year of professional experience after college, or a bachelor's degree with an HR internship or coursework.
• Degree in Human Resources, Communications, Liberal Arts or a related field.
• Strong Excel skills, including sorting, filtering and basic formulas.
• Excellent proofreading, grammar and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Back up the performance management team in Workday: launch review cycles, answer questions, enter reviews and test new cycles before they go live.
• Support the spring review season and year-end activities for the firm's professionals.
• Prepare materials for executive and compensation committees, schedule their meetings and track every follow-up.
• Build polished communications and presentations in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Keep the annual HR process calendars current in Asana.
• Run new hire orientation and keep personnel files accurate.
• Support departures and route policy questions to the right HR leader.
• Protect confidential pay and employee information with complete discretion.

Skills

Excel skills

Discretion with confidential data

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Communications, Liberal Arts or related field

Tools

Workday

Visio

Asana

Job description

Start your HR career at one of the world's most respected professional services firms.

This global firm is headquartered in the Chicago Loop and known everywhere for excellence. Its people work on some of the most important matters in business, and the standard here is simple: do it right, every time.

The Chicago HR team is nine people strong, close-knit and proud of one thing above all. They grow their own.

About the Role

HR Senior Coordinator, Talent & Performance | Chicago Loop | Hybrid

This is where HR careers take off. Four people who held this seat have been promoted into bigger HR roles, and the hiring manager is committed to mentoring the next one.

In one role you will see the whole HR engine: performance management, compensation, onboarding and compliance. You will support senior leaders and executive committees, learn Workday at a world-class firm, and find the area of HR you want to own next.

Schedule: four days onsite, moving toward three, with Thursdays remote. Five days onsite during your first weeks of training.

Responsibilities

• Back up the performance management team in Workday: launch review cycles, answer questions, enter reviews and test new cycles before they go live.
• Support the spring review season and year-end activities for the firm's professionals.
• Prepare materials for executive and compensation committees, schedule their meetings and track every follow-up.
• Build polished communications and presentations in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Keep the annual HR process calendars current in Asana.
• Run new hire orientation and keep personnel files accurate.
• Support departures and route policy questions to the right HR leader.
• Protect confidential pay and employee information with complete discretion.

Qualifications

• About one year of professional experience after college, or a bachelor's degree with an HR internship or coursework.
• Degree in Human Resources, Communications, Liberal Arts or a related field.
• Strong Excel skills, including sorting, filtering and basic formulas.
• Excellent proofreading, grammar and attention to detail.

Required Skills

• A real drive to build a long-term career in HR.
• Organized, detail-focused and calm when priorities shift.
• Trusted with confidential information.
• Warm, curious and easy to work with. Team fit matters a lot here.

Preferred Skills

• Workday experience, or the drive to learn it fast.
• Visio or org chart software.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates of every background. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.