Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Morehouse School of Medicine

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

4 hours ago

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Job summary

Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA seeks an experienced Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to advise mission area leaders and shape the HR strategy. You will partner with management to attract, retain, and develop talent while aligning programs with MSM’s health equity goals and institutional priorities.

This on-site role requires 10+ years HR experience including leadership, strategic thinking, and communication with senior leaders.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university.
Experience: 10+ years of related HR experience with at least 3+ years of progressive leadership experience in HR disciplines with a strategic focus.
Knowledge: Working knowledge of multiple HR disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, performance management, and relevant employment laws.
Experience: Working with, coaching, and influencing leaders.
Influence: Proven ability to influence and partner with leadership and individual contributors to achieve results.
Mindset: Strong HR and business acumen, including problem-solving, critical thinking, and initiative.
Confidentiality: Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Problem-solving: Ability to diagnose problems and drive solutions.
Preferred Education: Graduate degree in business, HR or related field.
Preferred Certification: HR certification such as PHR, SPHR or GPHR.
Experience: 15+ years HR experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.
Leadership: Demonstrated ability to drive HR strategies in a complex, fast-growing environment.
Healthcare/Academic experience: Prior experience in clinical/healthcare or academic healthcare settings is desired.

Responsibilities

Develop, lead, implement, and execute people strategy opportunities to attract, develop, and retain talent.
Collaborate with leaders to prioritize strategic people priorities and solutions that advance mission area goals.
Serve as a consultant to management on HR-related issues and act as a change agent for client bases.
Anticipate HR needs and communicate with institutional leadership to develop integrated solutions.
Partner across HR to deliver value-added services aligned with business objectives.
Influence across the organization to ensure MSM receives optimal HR support.
Act as a change agent to implement institution-wide strategies and initiatives.
Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to management; coach and develop talent.
Facilitate talent reviews, succession planning, and workforce planning.

Skills

HR leadership

Coaching leaders

Strategic HR

Employee relations

Performance management

Diversity & inclusion

Regulatory compliance

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Graduate degree in business/HR

PHR/SPHR/GPHR certification

Job description

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Employment in this role may be contingent upon extramural funding and successful performance and may be terminated or reduced in percentage of appointment if such funding is not secured or ceases to be available.

Position Information

About MSM

Morehouse School of Medicine ( MSM ) is a place of distinction, serving as the nation’s leading academic medical center for vulnerable populations. It’s also a place for passionate individuals looking to join a dedicated community working today to help prepare tomorrow’s leaders.

We exist to:

Improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities;
Increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce;
Address primary health care through programs in education, research and service;
With emphasis on people of color and the under-served urban and rural populations in Georgia, the nation and the world.

At Morehouse School of Medicine, we’re leading the creation and advancement of health equity. You will find a fulfilling career at MSM !

Job Title

Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Position Title

Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Position Type

Non-Faculty

Number of vacancies

Salary Commensurate with experience

Department

Human Resources

Position Summary

MSM People function is transforming Human Resources to expand our support of our institution as MSM leads in the creation and advancement of health equity. Through strategic imagination, agility, resilience, and active collaboration, we deliver the talent and organizational strategies that deliver results for our institution. We are preparing for the future of our organization and the workplace by devising progressive HR and talent solutions that empower our employees and enable a culture of collaboration and innovation.

We are looking for professionals who have a futurist view, think on their feet, and focus their efforts on supporting our leaders as we grow our institution, lead strategic programs with the greatest potential for positive impact, and manage our HR processes and practices within their client organizations with MSM’s Research Enterprise.

The Role:

The Human Resources Business Partner ( HRBP ) serves as an influential people partner, advising our mission area leaders. This leader plays a key role in crafting and implementing the HR strategy and programs in support of short-term and long-term mission area goals with the overall goal of attracting, retaining, and developing the best talent.

*The role is on-site at Morehouse School of Main Campus.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university

Experience: 10+ years of related HR experience with at least 3+ years of progressive leadership experience in HR disciplines with a strategic focus

Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and state respective employment laws.

Experience working with, coaching, and influencing leaders.

Proven ability to influence and partner with leadership and individual contributor levels of the organization to achieve results.

Strong HR and business acumen, including problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and self-initiative.

Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Ability to diagnose a problem and identify and drive appropriate solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Graduate degree in business, HR or related field

HR certification such as PHR , SPHR or GPHR

Experience: 15+ years of related HR experience with 5+ years of HR in an HR leadership role

Demonstrated ability to drive human resource strategies and programs in a complex, fast growing, and dynamic environment.

Previous experience in a clinical/healthcare or academic healthcare setting is strongly desired.

Executive presence, ability to successfully present to and communicate with senior leaders.

Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix organization.

Closing Date

Open Until Filled Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants

Morehouse School of Medicine is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Georgia State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. Morehouse School of Medicine does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

Job Duties

Description of Job Duty

Responsibilities

Strategic Partner and Change Agent

Develop, lead, implement, and execute people strategy opportunities to compete and succeed. Contribute to the execution of the strategic plan through the creation and implementation of people strategies that attract, develop, and retain talent.
Collaborate with and influence leaders to prioritize strategic people priorities and solutions that accelerate the achievement of mission area or department’s priorities through talent management, diversity and inclusion, rewards and recognition, and organizational effectiveness.
Serves as a consultant to management on human resource-related issues and acts as an employee champion and change agent for the client base.
Assesses and anticipates HR-related needs and communicates needs proactively with institutional leadership and seeks to develop integrated solutions.
Formulates partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflects the business objectives of the institution.
Work collaboratively across the organization. Be the influencer for the rest of the Human Resource team to ensure the institution receives the best support to ensure the delivery of people strategies.
Anticipate and respond to changing MSM needs. Influence lasting change in assigned departments by serving as a change advocate on institution-wide strategies and initiatives.

Culture Steward

Be the cultural enabler for the organization. Promote a culture and environment that is productive, open, and empowering, and coach others to behave in line with our management and leadership principles.
Monitor employee attrition through exit interviews, report findings, and recommend retention strategies. Identify trends. Monitor and recommend strategies to address employee engagement.
Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
Create the culture that enables the organization to be successful. In partnership with the leader, develop and drive the employee engagement strategy to help make MSM the very best place to be.
Develop and execute resourcing and talent strategies for the organization that ensure we have the right people in the right place at the right time. Interpret data insightfully and generate original insights for strategic talent priorities. Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to solve problems and drive continuous improvement of talent priorities.
Work closely with area leadership to identify, coach, and develop talent.
Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to management (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions).
Facilitates talent reviews, succession planning, and workforce planning for the business units.
Identifies training needs for business units and individual management coaching needs.
Supports the development and implementation of HR plans, programs, and tools with leaders and centers of excellence to build and enhance organizational capability.

Positive Employee Relations and HR Compliance

Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues.
Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations
Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation.
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 Director of Employee Relations, Office of General Counsel, and Office of Compliance as needed/required.

HR Architect / Organization Design

Provides strategic guidance on business unit restructures.
Proactively reviews established organization design and coaches leaders on options to realign organization to achieve maximum effectiveness and productivity.
Develops unit or mission area workflows, suggests organization design opportunities
Builds organization structure options and recommendations.
Documents work efforts that structure needs to support, teases out and maps roles and jobs, develops job descriptions.
Assists unit leader in implementation of organization design.
Executes strategic workforce planning inside units. Identifies areas of concern or risk.
Works on acquisitions and integration as needed.

Leveraging Data

Leverages data to identify and address trends in engagement, turnover, staffing, etc.
Interprets data and provides insights to leaders to generate strategic talent priorities.
Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to solve problems and drive continuous improvement, employee engagement, staffing, etc.

Other duties as assigned.

Typically supports 200-400+ employees.

Pre-Employment/Employment Requirements

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.

Immunization

Immunization Requirements

It is MSM’s Immunization policy that all Prospective Employees are encouraged to provide proof that they are vaccinated against COVID -19 prior to commencement of employment. If employment will commence during Flu Season, MSM requires all individuals to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless granted an exemption. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain an exemption from MSM will result in rescission of a candidate’s offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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* What is your highest level of completed education?
- High School/GED
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- EdD, MD, PhD, DrPH, JD
* Do you have experience in an HR leadership capacity? If yes, how many years?
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* Please detail your HR experience to include number of years. Do not enter see resume.
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* Please provide your salary requirement. Do Not Enter Negotiable, a specified salary range is required. Not providing a salary requirement will result in your application being incomplete and will not be considered.
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