Human Resources Business Partner Senior

Responsibilities

• Participates in regular meetings with assigned leaders to discuss deliverables.
• Creates effective partnerships with leaders by providing credible and timely Human Resources guidance which positively impacts the achievement of overall HR, financial, and operational goals.
• Analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with the Human Resources Center of Excellences (COEs) to develop and implement solutions, programs and policies.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the legal counsel as needed/required.
• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to leaders (e.g., work complaints, disciplinary actions, coaching).
• Proactively engages with leaders and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Works with leaders to review employee engagement data and provides support in creating action plans and moving engagement initiatives forward in conjunction with their HR leader.
• Promotes and administers the employee opinion survey and develops the action plans.
• Provides Human Resources policy guidance and bargaining agreement interpretation (where applicable).
• Supports completion of various HR documentation as necessary.
• Eliminates barriers to management success by providing timely solutions or compromises to HR issues that serve the needs of the manager while maintaining the strategic interests of the organization.
• Identifies training needs for business units and individual executive coaching needs. Works to implement training and coaching as needed.
• Provides management with information or training related to various human resources topics such as performance evaluations, counseling techniques, and proper incident documentation.
• Analyzes situations and data from sources such as exit interviews, manager and employee interactions, or proactively provide strategic recommendations for addressing situations before they become problems, or by identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Covers for other HRBPs and/or the HR Director as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelors Degree In human resources, business, or related field.
• Required Work Experience: 5 years Experience resolving complex employee relations issues and functioning in an HR consulting type of role.
• Preferred Education: Masters Degree.
• Required Certifications: Professional in Human Resources (PHR).
• Preferred Certifications: SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).
• Required Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, to include strong project management skills, ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, and policies, ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the organization’s hierarchy, jobs, qualifications, compensation practices, and the administrative practices related to those factors, excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines and function with a high level of autonomy, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, to include excellent critical thinking skills, especially when handling sensitive and/or complex employee relations issues, proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software, strong facilitation/presentation skills, advanced working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee and union relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and state respective employment laws.