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Senior HR Advisor

clydeco80 open roles

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12.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. clydeco postings stay open a median of 12 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.1%7 days
  4. 19.1%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 52.7%60 days
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clydeco median: 12 days open

The posting

The Team

The HR team in North America consists of 30 people and includes specialist teams in Recruitment, Learning and Talent, and Reward. The generalist team works as one team to deliver an integrated business partnering service to fee-earning and business services teams.

The Senior HR Advisor is a strategic generalist and individual contributor who partners with key stakeholders and Partners across Seattle and designated West Coast offices. The role provides practical, commercially focused advice across the employee lifecycle, uses workforce insight to improve business performance, and supports the effective delivery of people and change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering

  • Partner with the senior HR team to develop the HR function and deliver the people strategy in support of the Firm’s business objectives.
  • Act as a trusted strategic advisor to assigned client groups, contributing workforce insight and practical, commercially focused HR advice to business planning and decision-making.
  • Build strong relationships with Partners, leaders and managers, and coach them to strengthen their people-management capability.
  • Advise on employee relations matters, including performance management, workplace concerns, investigations, conduct, accommodations, leaves of absence, attendance, utilization, compensation, promotions and organizational change.
  • Interpret and apply Firm policies and relevant federal, state and local employment requirements, escalating complex or high-risk matters appropriately.
  • Partner with leaders and Recruitment colleagues to determine hiring needs and prepare clear business cases and requisition resource forms.
  • Use HR data, workforce trends and stakeholder feedback to identify risks, opportunities and evidence-based recommendations.
  • Work with Learning and Talent colleagues to identify capability gaps, support development solutions, and facilitate programmes as required.
  • Bring forward practical ideas that improve employee experience, service delivery and business outcomes.

Career Development and Talent Management

  • Partner with leaders to embed meaningful career development conversations and clear development plans across assigned client groups.
  • Coach leaders to provide timely feedback and conduct fair, constructive Lead talent review activity for assigned client groups, using data and business insight to support succession planning, development priorities and promotion decisions.

Salary Review

  • Maintain awareness of relevant market conditions and contribute market insight and workforce data to the annual salary review process.
  • Support leaders in preparing for and delivering clear career and compensation conversations.

Projects

  • Lead or contribute to regional and Firm-wide HR projects, including change management, organizational integration, process improvement and implementation of new people initiatives.
  • Develop practical project plans, engage stakeholders, monitor progress and evaluate outcomes to support sustainable adoption.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience preferred.
  • Four or more years of broad HR experience, including building effective relationships with senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated experience across several areas of human resources, including employee relations, performance management, talent and organizational change.
  • Working knowledge of relevant federal, state and local employment requirements; experience supporting Washington and West Coast jurisdictions is preferred.
  • Experience in a legal or professional services environment preferred.
  • Strong commercial judgment and the ability to translate HR principles into practical business solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze HR data, identify trends and present clear recommendations.
  • Excellent planning, organization and project-management skills, with strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, coaching and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly.
  • A collaborative, flexible and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to work effectively as an individual contributor and as part of a team.
  • High levels of integrity, discretion and sound judgment.

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal, and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

  • Technical Excellence
  • People and Team
  • Client/Stakeholder Relationships
  • Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
  • Personal Effectiveness

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

A Note on Privacy

Please take a moment to read our privacy notice. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

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