HybridHybrid at UCENT; occasional travel for site visits, meetings, training, or conferences may include overnight stays.
People & HRHR Generalist & Employee Relations
About the job
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field is required.
At least 4 years of progressive Human Resources experience is required.
An active Arizona Department of Public Safety IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card is required.
Equivalent combinations of experience, training, and education may be considered if they provide comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Knowledge of current federal and state laws, statutes, regulations, policies, and directives pertaining to hiring guidelines, employment law, benefits, and leaves, with the ability to apply them in a K–12 environment.
Skill in full-cycle recruitment practices, including sourcing strategies, candidate evaluation, and selection processes that promote equitable and high-quality hiring outcomes.
Knowledge of workforce planning and position control practices, including tracking, forecasting, and aligning staffing to organizational needs and budgets.
Ability to learn and effectively use an integrated HRIS system to manage employee data, recruitment, and position control.
Skill in recognizing and taking initiative to improve systems and procedures, and implementing changes to enhance HR service delivery.
Skill in data collection, research, and analysis, with the ability to develop actionable recommendations and alternative solutions.
Ability to apply critical thinking and sound judgment to employee relations matters, including performance management, investigations, and conflict resolution.
Ability to anticipate, forecast, and develop proactive strategies to achieve staffing and organizational objectives.
Relationship-building skills to work collaboratively with stakeholders, including school leaders and cross-functional teams.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including developing clear, professional written materials and presentations.
Ability to use Excel and Word to track, analyze, and present HR data, and to prepare reports.
Ability to manage multiple priorities across assigned sites while maintaining attention to detail and follow-through.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
Ability to represent Human Resources professionally and credibly, exercise initiative, and work collaboratively with stakeholders inside and outside ASU Preparatory Academy.
Ability to provide customer service while balancing employee advocacy with organizational priorities.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including frequent standing and talking or hearing, occasional walking and sitting, using hands and fingers to input data and handle or reach for items, and occasionally pushing or lifting up to 30 pounds. Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and adjusting focus.
Responsibilities
Serve as the dedicated HR partner to assigned school sites and build trust-based relationships with those sites.
Partner with HR team members and cross-functional teams to support a seamless employee experience.
Provide customer service to candidates and current employees throughout every phase of employment.
Coordinate with hiring managers and keep them informed throughout each phase of the hiring process.
Maintain accurate information in the HRIS and aligned documents.
Own position control for assigned sites, ensuring alignment among approved roles, budgets, and active staffing.
Partner with school leaders and managers on workforce planning, including forecasting vacancies, enrollment-driven staffing needs, and organizational changes.
Maintain accurate records of staffing allocations, vacancies, and hiring status.
Lead end-to-end recruitment for assigned sites, including job postings, sourcing strategies, screening and selection support, interview coordination and guidance, offer development, and pre-boarding.
Partner with hiring managers to support a high-quality, equitable, and efficient hiring process.
Monitor and improve time-to-fill and candidate experience.
Ensure compliance with hiring policies and requirements.
Use AI tools, as available, at various stages of the recruitment process.
Serve as the primary contact for employee relations matters for manager-level roles and below.
Coach and guide managers on performance management, corrective action, and employee concerns.
Conduct or support investigations as needed, following appropriate processes to ensure fair and consistent outcomes.
Partner with leadership to address workplace concerns proactively and maintain a positive work environment.
Support managers in performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback, and corrective action.
Guide employee development and retention strategies.
Identify trends and partner with leadership to address systemic challenges.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and organizational policies.
Maintain accurate and timely employee records and documentation.
Support and maintain areas of responsibility and organization-driven projects, ensuring compliance.
Prepare reports, graphs, charts, and statistics to forecast needs and trends and make data-based recommendations.
Own projects and work responsibilities assigned to individual HR Partners that support overall HR Operations.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Travel occasionally for site visits, meetings, trainings, or conferences, potentially requiring overnight stays.
Desired Qualifications
SHRM or HRCI certification is highly preferred.
Experience working with HRIS systems is preferred; Workday experience is preferred.
If you are a current worker, please log into Workday and access our internal career site to apply.
Salary Range:
$55,000.00 - $64,500.00 USD annually.As part of Arizona State University’s charter to provide access and excellence, ASU Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) shares this commitment by demonstrating all students can achieve at the highest levels, regardless of their background. To scale our current impact, ASU Prep is advancing a major expansion program taking fundamental responsibility for the communities we serve.
The Human Resources Partner (HR Partner) serves as the primary HR point of contact for their assigned school sites, providing strategic day-to-day support across the full employee life cycle. This role partners closely with the managers of their respective sites to ensure staffing, strong employee relations, and consistent application of HR practices aligned to organizational values and policies.
The HR Partners under the supervision of the respective Human Resources Managers of Talent Acquisition and Employee Relations will assist individuals through a variety of transitions aligned with full-cycle recruitment, onboarding, employee life cycle, offboarding, employee relations, position control, and workforce planning. This incumbent will partake in additional assignments as needed to fulfill the department and organizational needs.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field, required.
4+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, required.
SHRM or HRCI certification, highly preferred.
Experience working with HRIS systems. Workday, preferred.
Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Site Partnership & Support
Serve as the dedicated HR partner to assigned school sites, building strong, trust-based relationships with assigned sites.
Partner with HR team members and cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless employee experience.
Provides excellent customer service to candidates and current employees through every phase of employment.
Coordinates closely with Hiring Managers, keeping them abreast of aligned work through every phase.
Workforce Planning & Position Control
Maintain accurate information in the HRIS system and aligned documents, at all times.
Own position control for assigned sites, ensuring alignment between approved roles, budgets, and active staffing.
Partner with school leaders and managers on workforce planning, including forecasting vacancies, enrollment-driven staffing needs, and organizational changes.
Maintain accurate records of staffing allocations, vacancies, and hiring status.
Full-Cycle Recruitment
Lead end-to-end recruitment for assigned sites, including:
Job postings and sourcing strategies
Screening and selection support
Interview coordination and guidance
Offer development and pre-boarding processes
Partner with hiring managers to ensure a high-quality, equitable, and efficient hiring process.
Monitor and improve time-to-fill and candidate experience.
Ensure compliance with all hiring policies and requirements.
Leverage AI tools as available for various stages in the process.
Employee Relations
Serve as the primary point of contact for employee relations matters for manager-level roles and below.
Provide coaching and guidance to managers on performance management, corrective action, and employee concerns.
Conduct or support investigations as needed, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes, following the appropriate process.
Partner with leadership to address workplace concerns proactively and maintain a positive work environment.
Support managers in performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback, and corrective action.
Provide guidance on employee development and retention strategies.
Identify trends and partner with leadership to address systemic challenges.
Compliance & HR Operations
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, as well as organizational policies.
Maintain accurate and timely employee records and documentation.
Supports, maintains, and ensures compliance with various areas of responsibility and organization driven projects.
Prepares reports, graphs, charts and statistics to forecast needs, trends and make recommendations based on the data.
A variety of projects and/or work responsibilities will be assigned and owned by individual HR Partners at any given time that are respective to the overall HR Operations of the organization.
Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of current federal and state laws, statutes, regulations, policies, and directives pertaining to hiring guidelines, employment law, benefits, and leaves, with the ability to apply them in a K–12 environment.
Skilled in full-cycle recruitment practices, including sourcing strategies, candidate evaluation, and selection processes that promote equitable and high-quality hiring outcomes.
Knowledge of workforce planning and position control practices, including tracking, forecasting, and aligning staffing to organizational needs and budgets.
Ability to learn and effectively utilize an integrated HRIS system to manage employee data, recruitment, and position control.
Skilled to recognize and take initiative to improve systems and procedures; implementing those to enhance HR service delivery.
Skill in data collection, research, and analysis, with the ability to develop actionable recommendations and alternative solutions.
Ability to apply critical thinking and sound judgment to employee relations matters, including performance management, investigations, and conflict resolution.
Ability to anticipate, forecast, and develop proactive strategies to achieve staffing and organizational objectives.
Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, including school leaders and cross-functional teams.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, including developing clear, professional written materials and presentations.
Skill in data collection, research, analysis, and development of recommendations and/or alternative solutions. Being able to prepare reports and working with tools such as Excel and Word to track, analyze, and present HR data.
Ability to manage multiple priorities across assigned sites while maintaining strong attention to detail and follow-through.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
Ability to model professionalism, exercise initiative, work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders in and outside of ASU Preparatory Academy. Being able to represent the Human Resources function with credibility and integrity.
Ability to provide excellent customer service while balancing employee advocacy with organizational priorities.
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. The employee must use hands, arms and fingers to input data, handle, feel or reach. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 30 lbs. such as boxes, supplies, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
LOCATION:
UCENT- Hybrid
TRAVEL:
Occasional travel may be required for site visits, meetings, trainings and/or conferences. Locations may vary and may require overnight stays.
This job description is subject to change at any time.