Employee Relations - Human Resources Business Partner

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to drive people and business initiatives across the organization. You will partner with business leaders to advise on performance management, employee relations, risk assessment, talent planning, and organizational development.

This onsite role with hybrid flexibility offers a salary range of 80k–100k. You will lead investigations, analyze HR metrics, and deliver reports to executives while aligning HR solutions with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR/Business required; advanced degree or HR certification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including 7+ years in a strategic HR Business Partner, consultative, or HR leadership role.
• Proven experience coaching, consulting, and providing strategic guidance to senior/executive leadership on complex HR, organizational, and business matters.
• Comprehensive knowledge of employee relations, policy development, workplace investigations, risk mitigation, and compliance with federal/state employment laws; multi-state experience preferred.
• Must be able to pass a background investigation.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted partnerships with business leaders, managers, and employees by providing strategic and tactical HR guidance that strengthens employee engagement, morale, productivity, and retention.
• Lead and resolve complex employee relations matters, including conducting workplace investigations related to working conditions, performance, and discrimination; assess organizational risk; provide recommendations to leadership; and ensure documentation meets legal and compliance standards.
• Analyze workforce trends and HR metrics (e.g., turnover, exit survey data) to identify themes, diagnose root causes, and develop data-driven recommendations.
• Prepare and deliver regular employment reports to executive leadership, including summaries of insights, trends, and proposed action plans.
• Drive the execution of performance management processes, including manager training, performance calibration, and review and approval of corrective action, ensuring consistency and alignment with organizational standards.
• Partner with business leaders to design and implement talent management and organizational development initiatives, including employee development, succession planning, workforce planning, and organizational design.
• Serve as the primary liaison between assigned business units and Centers of Excellence (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Benefits, Compensation, Leaves/Accommodations, and HRIS) to deliver integrated HR solutions aligned with business needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strategic HR partnership

Employee relations

HR coaching

Policy development

Workforce analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

SHRM/SPHR certification preferred

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Come Grow With Us! Grand Canyon Education (GCE) is a rapidly growing educational service company that has long been an industry leader in providing educational, operational, and technological support services to the post-secondary education sector. Formerly part of Grand Canyon University (GCU), GCE still works closely with GCU to benefit thousands of students, families, and the local inner-city community. We put people first, drive innovation, and do good in the community that we live and work in. GCE's Human Resources (HR) department is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner (HRBP) to help drive people and business initiatives across the organization. This is an impactful and hands-on role for an HR professional who has both the aptitude and expertise to advise and influence strategically while owning complex functions of HR. You will be on the front line working closely with business leaders and employees to provide strategic input and advice on a wide range of topics, including performance management, employee relations, risk assessment, talent planning, compensation, organizational development, conflict resolution, and more. If you're excited about thinking big, using data to drive decisions, being comfortable with challenging conventions, and recommending new solutions, this is the job for you.

Salary range: 80k - 100k

Onsite role with some hybrid flexibility

What You Will Do:

• Build trusted partnerships with business leaders, managers, and employees by providing strategic and tactical HR guidance that strengthens employee engagement, morale, productivity, and retention.
• Lead and resolve complex employee relations matters, including conducting workplace investigations related to working conditions, performance, and discrimination; assess organisational risk; provide recommendations to leadership; and ensure documentation meets legal and compliance standards.
• Analyze workforce trends and HR metrics (e.g., turnover, exit survey data) to identify themes, diagnose root causes, and develop data-driven recommendations.
• Prepare and deliver regular employment reports to executive leadership, including summaries of insights, trends, and proposed action plans.
• Drive the execution of performance management processes, including manager training, performance calibration, and review and approval of corrective action, ensuring consistency and alignment with organisational standards.
• Partner with business leaders to design and implement talent management and organisational development initiatives, including employee development, succession planning, workforce planning, and organisational design.
• Serve as the primary liaison between assigned business units and Centres of Excellence (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Benefits, Compensation, Leaves/Accommodations, and HRIS) to deliver integrated HR solutions aligned with business needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Have

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field required; advanced degree or HR certification (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR) preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive human resources experience, including at least 7 years in a strategic HR Business Partner, consultative, or HR leadership role.
• Proven experience providing coaching, consultation, and strategic guidance to senior and executive leadership on complex HR, organisational, and business matters.
• Comprehensive knowledge of employee relations and employment practices, including policy development, workplace investigations, conflict resolution, risk mitigation, and compliance with federal and state employment laws; multi-state experience preferred.
• Must be able to pass a background investigation.

At Grand Canyon Education, it is our privilege to serve students and those who support academic advancement. We lead educational transformation by developing superior ways to help schools grow and prosper. We provide transparent programmes, intuitive online learning technologies and well-established academic models that promote student success and institutional growth.

Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory outcome (as determined by the university) of pre-employment screening activities, including a background check.

For more information about Grand Canyon Education, Inc., visit gce.com

Our partner in education, Grand Canyon University, is Arizona's premier private Christian university. GCU serves traditional and online students by offering quality academic degree programmes, experienced leadership and transformative learning experiences both on our growing campus and digitally. If you're interested in working for Grand Canyon University, visit jobs.gcu.edu.