Senior People Partner (HR Business Partner)

Bezos Academy•Seattle, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Bezos Academy, we believe all children deserve the great start that excellent early education provides, including in under-resourced communities. Our mission is to nurture the potential in every child to become a creative leader, original thinker, and lifelong learner by inventing the solutions needed to scale early childhood education. We are a unique organization that realizes our mission in two ways. First, we operate a multi-state network of schools in under-resourced communities, offering quality Montessori-inspired preschool at no cost to families. Second, we create tools, products, technology, and other solutions designed to reach young children and their caregivers well beyond the walls of our schools. We aspire to have a profound, large-scale impact on children ages zero to five. As a Senior People Partner (HR Business Partner or HRBP) at Bezos Academy, you will serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, managers, and school staff nationwide, partnering across the organization to drive learning and development, organizational and workforce planning, performance management, goal setting, and other people processes. Using data, analytics, and strong relationships, you will translate people strategy into effective team execution, support employee relations and career growth, and help create an outstanding employee experience where teams are set up to thrive and deliver exceptional outcomes for children. You bring a broad spectrum of human resources experience from prior HR generalist and/or business partner roles or similar. Further, you demonstrate strong business acumen, a grounded and consultative approach, and the ability to build trusted relationships across lines of difference while helping a diverse national workforce navigate challenge and change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Eight or more years of relevant experience across a broad spectrum of human resources experience in HR generalist roles and/or a combination of employee relations, talent management, talent development, talent acquisition, and people operations
Demonstrated success at navigating, resolving, and documenting a variety of employee relations issues
Experience supporting a nationally-distributed workforce inclusive of hourly employees, with a strong understanding of frontline operations, workforce dynamics, and other unique needs of hourly employees
Experience coaching and influencing across functions and levels of an organization, with exceptional oral and written communication skills
Proven ability to build trusting relationships across lines of difference
Ability to travel to school sites within Washington state as well as in other states up to 20% of the time

Nice To Haves

Exceptional written communication, with significant experience crafting clear, structured, and persuasive narrative business documents
Ability to partner with engineering, product, and technical stakeholders who develop and launch new tools, products, or technology
Prior success at designing and implementing culture-focused initiatives
Project management experience and the ability to use data and analytics to drive decision making and measure results
Talent assessment skills, along with experience developing high-performing leaders and teams
Experience working at a start-up or other highly dynamic organization

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, managers, and school staff nationwide.
Partner across the organization to drive learning and development.
Partner across the organization to drive organizational and workforce planning.
Partner across the organization to drive performance management.
Partner across the organization to drive goal setting.
Partner across the organization to drive other people processes.
Translate people strategy into effective team execution using data, analytics, and strong relationships.
Support employee relations and career growth.
Help create an outstanding employee experience where teams are set up to thrive and deliver exceptional outcomes for children.