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Posted 4 weeks agoPeople & Talent Partner
at Zen Educate
Chicago, United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- Support and guide managers through performance management cycles, including goal setting, reviews, and performance improvement processes.
- Manage and evolve the company’s people drumbeat (e.g. performance review cycles, check ins, calibration processes).
- Lead on employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
- Report engagement findings to leadership and ensure meaningful follow-through on actions.
- Lead initiatives to strengthen company culture, belonging, and connection across teams.
- Own and deliver internal social, cultural, and team engagement initiatives (e.g. events, rituals, recognition programmes).
- Identify capability gaps and design learning interventions aligned to business needs.
- Source, design, or facilitate training programmes for managers and employees.
- Support leadership development and ongoing skills growth across Zen.
- Ensure HR policies and processes are applied consistently and fairly.
Requirements
- We want students to have access to the best education possible, and we go the extra mile to find, onboard, match, and coach incredible educators that deeply care about their students.
- experience in a rapidly scaling organisation.
- You’ll be able to gain exposure to international HR practices and markets, while also having significant scope for career growth into senior People leadership roles.
- Experience in a People Partner, HR Business Partner, or hybrid HR/Talent role where you've been responsible for a wide range of HR-related tasks including onboardings, exit interviews, benefits, grievances, flexible working requests etc. You have
- experience coordinating and running performance review cycles end-to-end, and are now looking to take a more influential role in how managers interpret, calibrate, and act on performance outcomes.
- You’re excited by growth environments, comfortable being a key go-to person for managers and employees, and energised by helping build and shape people processes rather than just running them.