Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Tacodeli; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401k with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Casual work environment

Leadership development

Job summary

Tacodeli in Austin is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to advise restaurant management and operations on HR, benefits, payroll, recruiting, and policy interpretation. You will help improve relationships, morale, productivity, and retention while safeguarding compliance and company values.

Responsibilities include analyzing HR trends, managing employee relations, conducting investigations, coaching management, and supporting training initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Discretion and sound judgment in managing sensitive information.
• Strong working knowledge of employment laws and regulations (ADA, EEO, FMLA, FLSA).
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws and policies.
• Understanding of organization's hierarchy and compensation practices.
• Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to balance multiple assignments.

Responsibilities

• Consult with restaurant management and Ops to provide HR guidance.
• Work with management and employees to improve work relationships, morale, productivity, and retention.
• Serve as point of contact for benefits, payroll, recruiting, and related HR questions.
• Provide HR policy guidance and interpretation.
• Monitor and evaluate training programs to meet objectives.
• Partner with accounting on payroll, deductions, PTO, new hires, terminations.
• Analyze trends with HR to develop solutions, programs, and policies.
• Manage employee lifecycle changes and complex employee relations issues.
• Ensure legal compliance and liaise with the legal department as needed.
• Provide day-to-day performance management guidance.
• Identify training needs and coaching needs.
• Assist with workers' comp claims; focus on safety.
• Be proactive in safety and enforce safe work environment.

Skills

HR experience

Verbal communication

Discretion

Employment law

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Time management

MS Office

Problem solving

Adaptability

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Consults with restaurant management and Ops, providing HR guidance when appropriate.
• Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Serve as the point of contact for all benefit questions, deductions, enrollments, reconciliations, recruiting, etc.
• Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation.
• Participates in the evaluation and monitoring of training programs to ensure success. Follows up to ensure training objectives are met.
• Partner with accounting on payroll, including deductions, PTO, new-hires, terminations, etc.

Execution:

• Analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with the HR group to develop solutions, programs, and policies.
• Manage employee changes, terminations, and other employee lifecycle changes.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the legal department as needed/required.
• Maintain positive relationships with managers and employees and serve as an HR Business Partner for change and understanding of HR and Company policies.

Results:

• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to restaurant management (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions).
• Identifies training needs for business units and individual executive coaching needs.
• Assist with on-the-job injury and workers' compensation claims.
• Must be proactive on safety and work with the HR Director on strategies for enforcing a safe work environment.

How we do it! (Qualities that make you an amazing candidate for this position!)

Composure:

• The ideal candidate needs to be cool under pressure.
• Does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough.
• Is considered mature.
• Can be counted on to hold things together during tough times.
• Can handle stress. Is not knocked off balance by the unexpected.
• Doesn't show frustration when resisted or blocked.
• Is a settling influence in a crisis.

Conflict Management:

• The ideal candidate steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities.
• Good at focused listening.
• Can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably.
• Can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.

Approachability:

• The ideal candidate is easy to approach and talk to.
• Spends the extra effort to put others at ease.
• Can be warm, pleasant, and gracious.
• Is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others.
• Is a good listener.

Informing:

• The ideal candidate provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization.
• Provides individuals with information so that they can make accurate decisions.
• Is timely with information.

Dealing with Paradox:

• The ideal candidate can act in ways that seem contradictory.
• Is very flexible and adaptable when facing tough calls.
• Can combine seeming opposites like being compassionately tough, stand up for oneself without trampling others, and set strong but flexible standards.
• Can act differently depending upon the situation.
• Is seen as balanced despite the conflicting demands of the situation.

Ethics & Values:

• The ideal candidate adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times.
• Acts in line with those values.
• Practices what he/she preaches.

What you bring!

• 5+ years of HR experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The capability to apply discretion and sound judgment in managing complex processes, decisions, and handling sensitive information.
• Strong working knowledge of employment laws and regulations (ADA, EEO, FMLA, FLSA) and the ability to appropriately spot employment risk issues.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, and policies.
• Ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the organization's hierarchy, jobs, qualifications, compensation practices, and the administrative practices related to those factors.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to balance multiple assignments

What Motivates Us!

• Starting pay: $70,000 with a 10% quarterly performance bonus program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) program
• 401k enrollment with company match (eligible after 1 year of service)
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $2,000 (eligible after 1 year of service)
• Casual work environment – celebrate your authentic individuality
• Leadership development opportunities – we aim to promote from within our organization

Physical/Mental Requirements

• Uses a personal computer approximately 40 hours a week
• Uses telephone and email to communicate with customers, both internal and external, approximately 2-4 hours per day
• Sits approximately 5-8 hours per day
• Willingness to travel occasionally, approximately up 10% (locally in ATX as needed and occasionally to Houston, Dallas, and Plano)
• Occasional weekend work may be required

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