Senior HR Business Partner

UNC Health•Raleigh, NC

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior HR Business Partner serves as a strategic liaison between the business and Human Resources. The role plans, coordinates, and implements HR activities for assigned client areas in alignment with organizational strategy and goals, providing advice, coaching, counsel, and problem-solving support to leaders and teammates. It coordinates delivery of HR solutions in partnership with specialty HR areas and builds effective working relationships across client groups and the HR team. This position operates on a hybrid schedule and supports operations across UNC Health Rex and UNC Health Johnston locations, including Raleigh, Smithfield, and Clayton. The selected candidate must report onsite at least three days per week, with additional onsite presence based on operational needs, meetings, and departmental priorities, and must travel between locations as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline.
Four years of Human Resources experience in a Business Partner role.
Strong relationship-building, interpersonal, customer service, and collaboration skills.
Excellent communication skills and a professional approach.
Strong project management skills.
Self-starter who is motivated, organized, detail-oriented, and able to handle simultaneous projects and priorities.
Strong conflict negotiation skills, including the ability to influence, deliver constructive advice, diagnose and resolve problems, and positively influence change.
Knowledge of employment laws and regulations.
Ability to interface with, influence, and inspire confidence in key partners across businesses, geographies, and levels.
Able to report onsite at least three days per week, be onsite more often when operational needs require, and travel between supported locations as needed.

Responsibilities

Build effective working relationships and provide expert advice and coaching to leaders and teammates.
Equip people managers with tools and knowledge to manage their teams in alignment with organizational plans.
Design, research, develop, and implement HR initiatives that support people strategies, using expert knowledge of the client area.
Contribute to the delivery of business-area Key Performance Indicators.
Identify individual and collective learning and development needs and share them with HR specialty areas for action.
Gather client feedback to help HR specialty areas improve service levels and alert HR areas to issues or projects that may affect other areas.
Identify gaps in existing HR policies and contribute to developing new policies and procedures; consult on and deliver new or amended policies and procedures to the business area.
Provide transformational advice and support, delivering best-practice HR solutions in conjunction with specialty HR areas.
Drive HR initiatives within client groups, including performance appraisals, merit increases, incentive processes, restructures, learning and development programs, change management initiatives, and succession planning.
Embed a performance management culture by promoting clear objectives, feedback, and improved customer service through behaviors; provide training and coaching as needed.