Human Resources Business Partner

Jobtailor; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced HR leader in Virginia Beach to drive all HR functions, partnering with senior leaders to translate business strategy into people plans. The role emphasizes engagement, development, and workforce planning to strengthen culture and organizational capability.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in HR, with a track record of delivering HR deliverables and data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years in Human Resources.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership.
• Experience managing data and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct HR functions, including interviewing and hiring staff.
• Assist with compensation, benefits, and leave administration.
• Lead training and employee development activities.
• Enforce company policies and practices.
• Partner with business leaders to define and execute HR deliverables.
• Advise senior leaders on people and employee experience strategies.
• Translate business strategy into workforce, talent, and employee experience plans.
• Identify risks related to capacity, capability, engagement, and retention.
• Advise on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, culture, and change readiness.
• Partner on culture, performance, engagement, inclusion, and organizational capability initiatives.
• Support workforce planning, budgeting, merit, and talent reviews.
• Reinforce leader accountability for engagement and outcomes.
• Own the employee experience lifecycle from onboarding through retention.
• Use feedback and data to identify engagement risks and action plans.
• Support engagement initiatives, change communications, and listening strategies.
• Coach leaders on engagement, trust, inclusion, psychological safety, and performance.

Skills

HR Leadership

Employee Engagement

Organizational Design

Project Management

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Office suite

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

• Lead and direct HR functions, including interviewing and hiring staff
• Assist with compensation, benefits, and leave administration
• Lead training and employee development activities
• Enforce company policies and practices
• Partner with business leaders to define and execute HR deliverables
• Advise senior leaders and executives on people and employee experience strategies
• Translate business strategy into workforce, talent, and employee experience plans
• Identify risks and opportunities related to capacity, capability, engagement, and retention
• Advise leaders on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, culture, and change readiness
• Partner across HR and with business leaders on culture, performance, engagement, inclusion, and organizational capability initiatives
• Support workforce planning, budgeting, merit, and talent reviews
• Reinforce leader accountability for engagement, culture, and people outcomes
• Own the employee experience lifecycle from onboarding through engagement, development, and retention
• Use employee feedback and data to identify engagement risks and create action plans
• Support employee engagement initiatives, change communications, and listening strategies
• Coach leaders on engagement, trust, inclusion, psychological safety, and performance
• Embed employee experience considerations into workforce changes, policy decisions, and operating model shifts

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of Human Resources experience
• Successful history of partnering with senior leadership on assigned HR deliverables
• Track record of executing assigned goals
• Experience with Office suite software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Experience managing projects and deadlines
• Experience collecting, synthesizing, and summarizing relevant sets of data

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading HR functions, including talent acquisition, employee development, and organizational design. Proficient in leveraging data to enhance employee engagement and drive strategic HR initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Human Resources Experience
• Employee Engagement Strategies
• Organizational Design
• Project Management
• Data Analysis

Hard Skills

• Talent Acquisition
• Compensation Administration
• Benefits Administration
• Employee Development
• Workforce Planning
• Data Synthesis
• Policy Enforcement
• Change Management
• Performance Management
• Budgeting

Soft Skills

• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Leadership
• Trust Building

Industry Keywords

• Employee Experience
• Engagement Initiatives
• Organizational Capability
• Culture
• Inclusion

Tools & Technologies

• Office Suite Software
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook