HR Business Partner

Energy Northwest•Richland, WA

10d•$95,532 - $164,806

About The Position

This position performs a senior role in the Human Resources Department supporting a large client base. It partners with leaders on HR strategies within their groups and helps to anticipate HR issues with early intervention and proactive management advice while providing customer service, risk assessment and analytical support across the agency. Working with leaders, this position aligns HR initiatives with business processes and objectives. This position provides guidance to organizations on compensation, benefits, HRIS, staffing, labor relations, employee relations, EEO, management training, and workforce development while also conducting investigations of HR issues, facilitating communications between leadership and employees, and assisting with leadership development initiatives. This position develops and maintains processes, as well as analyzes complex human resources issues using advanced administrative and technical expertise to identify and achieve agency and department strategies and objectives. Working independently this position is also responsible for multi-faceted and complex projects within specific HR functions. This position may also lead small to mid-sized projects, establishing deliverables and timelines and then monitoring for timely completion.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field from an accredited college or university and eight or more years of progressively responsible exempt or professional level HR experience in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity OR a high school diploma or GED and twelve years of progressively responsible exempt or professional level Human Resources experience, nine years of which were in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field from an accredited college or university and five years of exempt or professional level HR experience in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity OR a high school diploma or GED and ten nine years of exempt or professional level Human Resources experience, seven years of which were in a Business Partner or Generalist capacity.

Responsibilities

Provides direct support to both internal and external customers through use of advanced knowledge of Human Resource discipline(s), established Energy Northwest Procedures, guidelines, policy and applicable laws.
Provides support for a large customer base and/or for functions of significant size, scope and/or complexity.
Functions independently with very limited direction and assistance from specialists and/or supervision.
Provides input and helps to implement HR strategies to support evolving business needs.
Partners with leaders at all levels to understand and anticipate how HR policies, processes, and procedures can be leveraged to meet business goals and objectives.
Leads special projects and studies.
Makes decisions in multiple areas of diverse expertise.
Works directly with other HR Specialists, Generalists or Professionals to develop programs and plans related to a wide variety of human resource areas.
Provides advanced day-to-day Human Resources support in some or all of the following areas: compensation, benefits, HRIS, staffing, labor relations, employee relations, EEO, management training and/or workforce development.
Exercises discretion and judgment in resolving issues, recommending solutions and independently working to accommodate customer requests in a timely and consistent manner.
Responsible to meet timelines and sees processes through from start to finish.
Responsible for collecting and analyzing complex data and recommending mid-to-large scale process improvements.
Performs assignments requiring the application of advanced principles, concepts, techniques and guidelines in various Human Resources disciplines.
Makes decisions and provides advice to management, employees and union officials in regard to the areas listed.
Tracks trends and developments in assigned departments and/or work groups.
Conducts studies, performs research, prepares reports, analyzes results and makes decisions and/or recommendations.
Develops, runs, and analyzes complex reports, identifying HR trends and issues to provide proactive input to leaders on HR issues identified and effective strategies to address them.
Manages special projects and trains employees and supervision on various topics, including assisting with leadership development initiatives to advance the skills of agency leaders.
Provides direct support internally to Human Resource staff, supervision and associated Energy Northwest Leadership (including senior management).
Leads various projects and supports overall Human Resource goals and objectives through daily activity and HR team interactions.
Oversees filing necessary to ensure all files are up to date.
May act as area Safety coordinator.
Identifies, develops and independently initiates accurate communications verbally, written, and through presentations to internal and/or external customers to relay Human Resource data and information, in response to inquiry and for clarification purposes.
Maintains strict confidentiality and data integrity.
Develops and provides training either individually or as part of a team to the organization for compliance, soft-skills, and other related Human Resource information.
Initiates and serves as a key decision maker in the development and ongoing improvement to training curriculum.
May be required to support Emergency Response and Outage positions and/or provide concentrated support in one or more areas of Human Resources based on business needs.

Benefits

Substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan.
Multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage.
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
Tuition reimbursement.
Student loan repayment.
Childcare subsidies.
Health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA).
Health savings account (HSA).
Supplemental life insurances.
Credit monitoring/identity theft insurance.
Personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year.
Nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.