Senior HR Business Partner

SUMMARY
The senior human resource business partner is responsible for performing HR-related duties on a professional level and works closely with senior HR management in supporting designated geographic regions. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: employee relations investigations and counseling, benefits administration and counseling, team member and leadership training programs, ongoing leadership and team member performance management and coaching, onboarding and offboarding procedures, policy proposal and implementation, recruitment and employment support as needed, affirmative action, and employment law compliance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•    Demonstrates a deep understanding of designated business areas in order to support strategic planning, process implementation, recruiting, and all team members programs and efforts to build an effective workforce.
•    Serves as a credible process leader to administer and execute human resource programs including but not limited to compensation, benefits; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, morale; and training and development.
•    Designs and conducts employee relations investigations, interventions, and coaching across all levels of the organization and with the strictest compliance to legal and ethical standards.
•    Maintains employee confidence by keeping human resource information confidential
•    Administration and counseling of team members for FMLA; Annual Open Enrollment administration; team member engagement activities; and 401k administration.
•    Conducts exit interviews with departing employees and identify common turnover factors
•    Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for special projects as identified including strategic planning; research; implementation; and training to advance the business.
•    Serves as a second-level escalation point for other HR team members for handling employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors.
•    Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
•    Inputs HR information accurately into the system, and other HRIS systems/databases as applicable.
•    Support recruiting, interviews, onboarding and facilitates the hiring of qualified job applicants for open positions as needed.
•    Performs other duties or special projects as required or assigned.
 
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following list that follows is representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required:
•    Perform a variety duties and activities of a general and specialized nature in support of the Human Resources Department.
•    Provide technical human resources management services.
•    Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
•    Ability to perform multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
•    Must be dependable, detail-oriented, and strictly confidential.
•    Individual must be able to multi-task in a fast paced, team focused, work environment.
•    Exercise good judgment and maintaining critical and sensitive information, records, and reports and operate with the highest confidentiality and ethical standards.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
•    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required. Or seven to ten years’ human resource experience; a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and five years’ experience in the HR field; or ten years of experience in the HR field, or any similar combination of education and experience.
•    Working knowledge of human resources functions and procedures.
•    Knowledge of employment laws state and federal
•    Works well at multi-tasking in a fast-paced ever moving human resource environment ·
•    Self-starter and self-motivated individual that requires minimal supervision ·
•    Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner
•    Research, analyze and provide effective alternative solutions for employee retention

LANGUAGE SKILLS
•    Excellent spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
•    Strong communication and organizational skills, and ability to interact effectively with management and employees.
•    Spanish speaking required

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The following lists physical demands an employee will perform on a regular basis: sitting, viewing a computer monitor, typing/keyboarding, reading, handwriting, talking, and hearing, walking, standing, talking on the phone. Approximately 50% of time is spent sitting, while frequently required to walk, stand, and bend. Must be able to talk and hear well. Good vision is imperative.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
 
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a Full Time Exempt position 40 hour per week, and it may require working additional hours depending on business need requirements.

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