Sr HR Business Partner

Nuvance Health; Danbury (CT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Health Savings Account

401(k) Retirement Plan

Basic Life and AD&D insurance

Wellness Programs

Employee Assistance Program

Team Member Discounts

Job summary

Nuvance Health is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to deliver strategic HR services across a large unit, aligning with organizational goals. You will partner with leadership, drive solutions, and influence change to retain and develop talent across the system.

You will lead talent management, succession planning, and labor relations initiatives while coaching managers and ensuring compliant, data-driven HR practices across our organization in Connecticut and nearby locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree required
• 10-12 years of progressive experience as an HR Generalist
• Working knowledge of compensation, organizational design, management development, employee and labor relations, performance management, diversity, and federal/state employment laws
• Demonstrated problem solving skills with business acumen
• Strong ability to influence change with leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and organizational/presentation skills
• Experience with HR information systems and report management
• SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or HRCI preferred

Responsibilities

• Assess and identify management development opportunities to optimize performance
• Coach managers to expand leadership capabilities and drive change
• Lead annual processes for performance management, compensation planning, and succession planning
• Apply HR strategies to achieve unit business goals
• Develop and deliver HR plans aligning with organization objectives
• Participate in sourcing and selection of talent for management roles
• Oversee employee relations and resolve issues with fair investigation and resolution
• Manage relationships with labor reps and participate in labor negotiations
• Partner with HR leadership to design programs for training, pay competitiveness, and staffing
• Analyze data to understand drivers of engagement, retention, and diversity
• Foster open communication of HR information across the organization
• Lead system-wide HR projects and train team members in processes and tools
• Ensure compliance with HR policies and identify opportunities for improvements
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Hybrid 4 days in office, 1 days remote- Sharon Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Danbury Hospital and other offsite locations, as needed.

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary

The Senior Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for delivering exceptional HR services across large and/or complex organizational unit(s) in alignment with organizational objectives. Serves as an extended team member to leadership, actively engages in the facilitation of solutions to business challenges, and influences positive change. Increases organizational effectiveness and delivers solutions that retain and develop talent. Provides leadership for cross-system HR initiatives and serves as a visible mentor and coach to other HR team members.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, evaluates, and identifies areas for management development/improvement to optimize the current and future operational performance of the unit, including influencing positive outcomes. Coaches managers to encourage ongoing expansion of management capabilities, collaboration, change management, and competency of critical healthcare leader attributes.
• Leverages annual processes to identify opportunities to improve organizational structures, address competency and performance gaps, support the development of top talent, and plan for the future. Partners with leaders to maximize the completion of annual and ongoing performance management, compensation planning, and succession planning.
• Understands the unit and organizations business strategies and challenges, and applies human resources strategies and programs to facilitate achievement of the units business goals.
• Implements best in class human resources planning in alignment with employer of choice initiatives. Develops and delivers against comprehensive people plans, which translate the strategic and tactical business plans into HR operational plans.
• Actively participates in the sourcing of management roles and the selection of exceptional talent.
• Oversees a highly effective, fair, and consistent employee relations program for the assigned unit. Partners with Employee Relations resources to ensure that issues are addressed in a timely manner through a comprehensive, thorough, and objective investigation and resolution process. Coaches managers on the effective resolution of conflict, and how to foster a positive working environment.
• Manages relationships with union representatives to provide proactive resolution of issues. Ensures that labor contract provisions are applied accurately and consistently. Serves as a key organizational representative at Labor Management meetings. Plans for and actively participates in contract negotiations.
• Identifies needs within the assigned unit and partners with HR Leadership to develop and deliver programs including training, development, competitive pay, and creative staffing.
• Analyzes and works with data to understand positive and negative drivers of business issues, employee engagement, retention, and diversity. Proposes plans to address current and future challenges in response to data analysis.
• Fosters open and transparent organizational communication, ensuring that key business and human resources information is widely shared in a format and method focused on the needs of the employee.
• Leads system-wide projects and/or processes that directly impact the ability to deliver exceptional service at all levels of the organization.
• Leverages strong HR Generalist expertise and business acumen to coach and mentor other HR team members. Trains others on key HR processes, procedures, and tools.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position. Identifies opportunities for policy improvements.
• Other duties as assigned

Education Skills Experience

BACHELOR'S LVL DGRE

Other Information

• Bachelor Degree required
• Minimum of 10-12 years of progressive experience as an HR Generalist.
• Working knowledge of all human resources disciplines including compensation, organizational design, management development, employee and labor relations, performance management, diversity, and federal and state employment laws.
• Demonstrated creative problem solving skills, with a high degree of business acumen and the ability to quickly grasp complex business issues.
• Adept at working with leadership to influence/facilitate change and the achievement of organizational objectives.
• Exceptional interpersonal, analytical, and organizational/presentation skills, as well as verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with human resources information systems, including report management.
• Masters degree in human resources, business, organizational development, industrial/organizational psychology or other related discipline preferred.

License, Registration, Certification Requirements

None required. SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, HRCI SPHR, or HRCI PHR preferred.

Working Conditions

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk

Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions

Company: Nuvance Health

Org Unit: 1786

Department: Human Resources

Exempt: Yes

Salary Range: $110,000- $120,000, depending on experience

“Available benefits include: Paid Time Off (PTO); Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Account; 401(k) Retirement Plan; Basic Life and AD&D insurance; Wellness Programs; Employee Assistance Program; and Team Member Discounts. Available benefits for union positions may vary in accordance with applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements.”