HR Operations Specialist

In this role, you'll be joining a customer-centric culture, ensuring our employees receive outstanding service and support through our new and growing people operations team. With a focus on HR service excellence, continuous improvement and optimising our technology, you'll be joining and helping shape a brand new team to deliver HR operational support across the Americas region.

This position is calling for a dedicated individual who will approach this role with a balance of service excellence, curiosity to learn more and a desire to ensure employees feel valued and supported.

This role offers a unique opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of a global HR Organisation, providing a solid foundation for career growth enabling you to develop valuable skills and insights that will pave the way for a future in HR.

• Process and support employee lifecycle transactions, including documentation and system approvals and updates.
• Assists employees with their HR needs and administering HR programmes or policies. Coordination/administration of HR employee-related tasks.
• Manage and resolve ServiceNow HR service tickets, acting as Tier 2, ensuring timely and effective resolution within established SLA timeframes.
• Maintain and update HR records, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support HR data integrity, audits, and compliance.
• Support audit processes by gathering documentation and ensuring adherence to compliance standards.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and optimise HR processes and best practice improvements.
• Participate in HR system testing.

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• University Degree in HR Administration, Business Administration or a related discipline (or equivalent years of experience) plus generally 1-3 years of Human Resources administration, generalist or HR shared services experience.
• Basic analytical skills and knowledge of HR and Organisational policies, procedures and processes.
• Great customer service and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Experience in HR administration or operations.
• Spanish language skills are preferred.

If you're passionate about driving employee engagement, through HR solutions and service excellence, apply now. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on the employee experience whilst building a solid foundation for your HR career.

This role is based out of our Northbrook or Chicago location.

What we offer:

• Total Rewards : We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career . The estimated salary range for this position is $65,000 to $70,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 5% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

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A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.