HR Business Partner

University System of New Hampshire; Keene (NH); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Keene State College invites applications for a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to support achievement of the College's mission by providing strategic guidance and hands‑on consultation in human resources and organizational development. The HRBP partners with leaders and employees across a diverse workforce, tailoring HR strategies to meet the needs of the organization.

This is a full‑time, benefited, on‑campus position based in Keene, New Hampshire, with a Monday‑Friday work schedule.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and five years of related experience in personnel/human resources work; or Master’s degree and three years of related experience in a specialized field.
• Ability to work with confidential data and information.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Capability to improve processes and adapt to change.
• Ability to organize, multi-task, and prioritize tasks.

Aufgaben

• Provide strategic guidance in HR and organizational development across diverse workplace settings.
• Partner with leaders and employees to design workforce planning, organizational design, and talent development initiatives.
• Support employee relations, policy development, and compliance through data-driven analysis.

Kenntnisse

Confidential data handling

Clear communication

Process improvement

Adaptability

Organizational skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience

Master's degree + 3 years experience

Jobbeschreibung

Keene State College invites applications for a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to support achievement of the College's mission by providing strategic guidance and hands‑on consultation in human resources and organizational development. The HRBP partners with leaders and employees across a diverse workforce, including operational, academic, administrative, unionized, and non‑union environments, tailoring HR strategies to meet the needs of the organization.

This is a full‑time, benefited, on‑campus position based in Keene, New Hampshire, with a Monday‑Friday work schedule.

Key responsibilities include workforce planning, organizational design, employee development, performance management, employee relations, employee initiatives and training, policy development and application. The HRBP also serves as the primary point of contact for managers and employees, helping them navigate the HR services delivery model and access the resources and support they need.

Duties/Responsibilities

Organizational Development and Strategic Partnership (40%)

• Using independent judgment and metric based assessment of each organization's climate, culture and strategic initiatives, provide guidance to leaders throughout management levels on organizational development, including workforce planning, staffing structure, succession planning, recruiting, employee development, performance management, organizational learning and labor relations.
• Act as a change agent through process design analysis to support change and transformation driving towards best practice solutions.
• Provide consult in the engagement of employees in strategic department/unit/college initiatives. Counsel, educate, and advise managers and employees on KSC and USNH policies, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Provide guidance to management regarding HR processes for job changes, new position requests, position updates, position reviews, increase requests, temporary assignments, equity requests and performance bonuses.
• Liaise cross functionally with colleagues across the Human Resource, Legal, Finance and Academic Administration teams. Drive strategic decision making through use of data and analytics, leveraging our internal HCM system, to evaluate patterns and trends and provide insight for HR program initiatives.
• Gather feedback through stay and exit interviews and collaborate with managers on action items.
• Champion strategic HR initiatives and programmatic changes and the engagement with employees and supervisors related to these activities, including training and communication support.

Employee Relations and Compliance (40%)

• Manage employee issues in both formal and informal situations, through investigation, mediation, and data collection and analysis to recommend and facilitate resolutions.
• Foster a fair and equitable workplace culture by partnering, coaching, and advising supervisors/managers and employees on issues that pertain to employee relations, ADA, legal compliance, collective bargaining agreement parameters and performance management.
• Manage complex issues involving understanding, interpreting, communicating and consistently applying KSC and USNH policy, state/federal laws and their interdependencies, Collective Bargaining Agreements, often involving partnership with other KSC/USNH departments and offices.
• Research/investigate and compile pertinent data to influence consistent and compliant resolutions.
• Serve as an advocate for employee needs and concerns and represent employees in a broader context to the campus community.

Training and Special Projects (20%)

• Act as a cultural ambassador for continuous improvement and learning.
• Design and deliver standard and custom training programs on a broad range of HR topics (e.g., performance management, team building, supervisory development, succession planning, orientation etc.) resulting in improved supervisory and management practices and improved employee retention.
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Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and five years of related experience in personnel/human resources work or Master's degree and three years of related experience, involving a year or more in a specialized field, if required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work with and maintain confidential data and information.
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, accurately, and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
• Process improvement capability and flexibility to find better solutions to complete the work.
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to organize, multi‑task and prioritize tasks.
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