Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Health in Durham, NC seeks a Sr. HR Business Partner to provide strategic partnership across workforce planning, talent and culture, operations and risk management. You will mentor HR business partners, partner with leaders to align talent with business goals, drive change, and ensure compliance.

This role requires a Bachelor’s in HR/Business and at least 5 years of strategic HR experience with broad knowledge across HR disciplines. Excellent collaboration and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years of strategic HR partnership experience.
• Experience across compensation, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, DEI, performance management, organizational development, talent acquisition, and employment laws.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction to senior leaders and build strategic relationships.
• Partner with stakeholders to forecast workforce needs and align talent with business goals.
• Lead talent initiatives and advise on retention, internal mobility, and succession planning.
• Guide culture strategies and total rewards considerations while mitigating operational risks.
• Drive change initiatives and handle employee relations escalations with HR partners.
• Ensure consistency of HR practices across the system and collaborate with other HR partners.
• Lead cross-functional projects and manage department budgets when needed.
• Provide coaching and advocacy for HR programs.
• Make operational HR decisions impacting leaders and service lines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strategic partnership

Stakeholder management

HR analytics

Change management

Employee relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Job description

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

General Description of the Job Class

The Sr. HR Business Partner's role is to provide strategic partnership in four primary areas: workforce planning, talent and culture strategy, business operations and risk management, and employee relations. The role delivers HR services that address the unique needs of their customers in alignment with overall HR strategies. This role is also responsible for mentoring and/or supervising HR business partners and providing professional HR advisory services by creating a respectful and trusting relationship with managers, leaders, and employees.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Provide strategic direction to higher level leaders (generally AVPs and above). Build and maintain strategic relationships.
• Partner with key stakeholders and leaders to align talent solutions with operational priorities, forecast future workforce needs to align with business goals, and provide analytics insights to aid informed decision making.
• Partner with the business on key talent initiatives. Identify solutions to critical workforce planning trends and needs for complex cases or cases that have been escalated from HR business partners (and/or Center of Expertise higher complexity cases).
• Partner with key stakeholders and leaders to develop effective strategies for leveraging talent, drive culture strategies that match business priorities, create retention strategies, and aid with succession planning and internal mobility.
• Provide consultative support to leaders to execute total rewards strategy and identify operation risks related to compliance and mitigation strategies.
• Proactively partner to drive change initiatives, guide leaders through complex employee relations issues and create strategies to mitigate future issues. Handle employee relations escalations from HR business partners.
• Advise, lead, drive consistency across the business and all stakeholder groups. Monitor, measure and recommend corrective course of action.
• Collaborate with other Sr. HR business partners across the entities to drive consistency. Create consistent practice, service delivery, practices, day-to-day HR operations across the system.
• Offer broad project leadership that crosses multiple areas. Financial responsibility - manage project budget and maintain fiscal responsibility. The role may also manage departmental budgets.
• Consult with HR business partner's for any complex issues. Provide coaching, program advocacy, and other support as needed.
• Make HR operational level decisions impacting leaders, service lines, and system.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

Work requires skills that are generally acquired through the completion of a Bachelor's degree in Human Resource, Business Administration, or related field.

Experience

• 5 years of strategic partnership experience in Human Resources or a combination of education and experience sufficient to meet to the relevant experience and competencies provided below.
• Experience and working knowledge of multiple human resources disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity and inclusion strategies, performance management, organizational development, talent acquisition and applicable employment laws.
• Experience comprehending, interpreting, and appropriately applying the sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, ordinances and policies.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

N/A

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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