Human Resources Business Partner

About the role

This senior Human Resources position partners with organizational leaders to develop and implement HR strategies, anticipates HR issues through early intervention, and provides customer service, risk assessment, and analytical support across the agency. The role aligns HR initiatives with business processes and objectives, offering guidance on compensation, benefits, HRIS, staffing, labor relations, employee relations, EEO, management training, and workforce development. Responsibilities include conducting HR investigations, facilitating leadership–employee communications, assisting with leadership development initiatives, and managing complex, multi-faceted projects with established deliverables and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced day-to-day HR support across multiple disciplines such as compensation, benefits, HRIS, staffing, labor relations, employee relations, EEO, management training, and workforce development.
• Partner with leaders at all levels to align HR policies, processes, and procedures with business goals and objectives.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret complex HR data to identify trends and recommend mid-to-large scale process improvements.
• Develop, run, and analyze complex reports to provide proactive input to leaders on HR issues and effective strategies.
• Lead special projects and studies, make decisions in diverse HR areas, and train employees and supervisors on HR topics, including leadership development initiatives.
• Serve as a direct customer interface, exercising discretion and judgment to resolve issues and accommodate customer requests in a timely and consistent manner.
• Identify, develop, and initiate accurate communications—verbally, in writing, and through presentations—to internal and external customers.
• Develop and deliver training programs for compliance, soft skills, and other HR-related topics, and serve as a key decision maker in improving training curriculum.
• Provide internal support to HR staff and leadership, oversee record-keeping to ensure files are current, and may act as area Safety coordinator.

Requirements

• HR Business Partner IV: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field and eight or more years of progressively responsible exempt or professional-level HR experience in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity; OR high school diploma or GED and twelve years of progressively responsible exempt or professional-level HR experience, nine years in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity.
• HR Business Partner III: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field and five years of exempt or professional-level HR experience in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity; OR high school diploma or GED and nine years of exempt or professional-level HR experience, seven years in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity.

Pay

• HR Business Partner IV: Salary range $109,870 – $164,806; midpoint $137,338
• HR Business Partner III: Salary range $95,532 – $143,298; midpoint $119,415

Offers are negotiated based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Incentive Compensation

This role may be eligible to participate in the annual incentive plan, with incentives earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

• Retirement benefits through Washington State Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) pension plan, a 401(k) savings plan with employer match, and a 457(b) savings plan.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage options.
• Voluntary benefits including flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsidies, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurance, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more.
• Personal time accrual starting at 160 hours per year, growing at various service intervals; nine paid holidays per calendar year.
• Washington State has no state income tax; the Tri-Cities area has a cost of living lower than the national average.