Senior HR Business Partner

UNC Health•Morrisville, NC

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role functions as a strategic liaison between the business and Human Resources. The Senior HR Business Partner plans, coordinates, and implements HR activities for assigned client areas in alignment with organizational strategy and goals. The role provides advice, coaching, counsel, and problem-solving support to leaders and teammates, and serves as a focal point for delivering HR solutions in partnership with HR specialty areas. It builds and maintains effective working relationships across client groups and the HR team. Onsite presence is required once a week; healthcare experience is preferred. The position is a full-time, hybrid role with a standard schedule of 40 hours per week and a day job schedule. It is based in Morrisville, North Carolina, and is exempt from overtime.

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.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop effective working relationships and provide expert advice and coaching to leaders and teammates.
Equip people managers with the tools and knowledge to manage their teams in alignment with organizational plans.
Design, research, develop, and implement HR initiatives that support people strategies, applying expert knowledge of the client area.
Contribute to delivery of business-area key performance indicators.
Identify individual and collective learning and development needs and refer them to the HR specialty area for action.
Proactively obtain 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 into the business area.
Provide transformational advice and support, delivering best-practice HR solutions in conjunction with HR specialty 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 ensuring clear objectives, feedback, and customer-service improvement through behaviors; provide training and coaching as needed.