HR Manager

Job Title: HR Manager

Industry: Security & Investigations

Location (city, state): Park Ridge, IL

Assignment Type: Temp-to-Hire

Pay: $38–$43/hour | Potential salary of $85,000–$90,000 upon conversion

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8-hour shift | Start time between 7:30 AM–10:00 AM | 4 days in office, 1 day remote

Benefits: This position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

About The Company:

Our client is a growing organization within the security and investigations industry with a nationwide workforce. This is an expanding environment where the HR team plays an important role in supporting employees, managers, and leadership while building and improving HR processes.

Job Description:

The HR Manager will serve as a key member of the Human Resources team, providing hands-on support across employee relations, benefits, compliance, HR operations, training, and process improvement. This position is ideal for an HR professional who is comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment and enjoys creating structure, improving processes, and partnering closely with leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with managers and leadership on employee relations, performance concerns, workplace issues, and terminations.
• Handle employee investigations and help resolve escalated workplace concerns.
• Provide guidance on coaching, corrective action, and performance improvement plans.
• Oversee benefits administration, including open enrollment, new enrollments, qualifying life events, and benefit audits.
• Partner with payroll, timekeeping, and attendance teams to support HR audits and maintain accurate employee information.
• Help ensure HR practices remain compliant with applicable employment regulations.
• Manage employee training through the Learning Management System and identify ongoing development needs.
• Help develop training programs around leadership, difficult conversations, Excel, and other business needs.
• Support and prioritize the daily activities of HR Generalists and Coordinators.
• Maintain HR resources and information within SharePoint.
• Develop and improve HR procedures, workflows, and SOPs.
• Support change management initiatives and help employees and managers adapt to organizational changes.
• Assist with HR technology, policy updates, employee handbook revisions, and other strategic HR projects.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of HR Manager experience preferred.
• Open to an experienced HR Generalist looking to take the next step into an HR Manager role.
• Strong experience with benefits administration and open enrollment required.
• Experience with employee relations, performance management, compliance, and general HR operations.
• ADP Workforce Now and Workday experience highly preferred.
• Experience with LMS, performance management, recruiting, or succession planning systems is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree highly preferred; an Associate degree combined with relevant experience will also be considered.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-changing environment and adjusting priorities as business needs evolve.
• Must be willing to build new processes and make improvements when existing procedures are not effective.

Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which Addison Group has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.