Human Resources Business Partner
Job Description
Full job description
Job #
041403
Department Code
19002-7220
Department
Office of Human Resources
Job Title
Human Resources Business Partner
Location
Syracuse, NY
Pay Range
$79,000 - $90,000
Pay Determination
Pay rates at Syracuse University are based on a combination of factors including, but not limited to, the job responsibilities; the candidate’s education, training, work experience and key competencies; the university’s strategic priorities; internal peer equity; applicable federal, state, local laws, grant funding and contractual requisites; and external market analyses.
Staff Level
S5
FLSA Status
Exempt
Hours
Standard University business hours
8:30am – 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am – 4:30pm (summer)
8:30am – 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am – 4:30pm (summer)
Hours may vary based on operational needs.
Job Type
Full-time
Campus
Syracuse, NY
Unionized Position Code
Not Applicable
Job Description
This is a unique opportunity to join Syracuse University’s highly motivated team of talented and experienced HR professionals in a strategic and operational capacity. As a member of the Labor and Employee Relations Team, you will work in partnership with the senior leaders, key stakeholders, and HR colleagues to shape, develop, and deliver HR plans and strategies in line with the needs and priorities of the organization. You will operate as your assigned academic and/or administrative unit’s HR expert providing high-level people management support and development in an inclusive and student centered environment.
The role requires someone conscientious, organized, and fully cognizant of how to provide counsel to the most senior leaders in a complex and challenging environment across the full range of employee matters. The most qualified candidates will be conversant in the most up-to-date best practices in employee relations, organizational development, performance management, recruitment, retention, staff development for employees, supervisors, and faculty, workforce planning, benefits, and compensation.
The role requires someone conscientious, organized, and fully cognizant of how to provide counsel to the most senior leaders in a complex and challenging environment across the full range of employee matters. The most qualified candidates will be conversant in the most up-to-date best practices in employee relations, organizational development, performance management, recruitment, retention, staff development for employees, supervisors, and faculty, workforce planning, benefits, and compensation.
Education and Experience
- A four-year degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or related fields is preferred.
- Degree requirements may be substituted for an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience. SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or similar certification is desired.
- Preferred candidates may have an advanced degree and experience working with faculty, research staff, and higher education.
Skills and Knowledge
- Preferred candidates for this role will have four (4) plus years of progressive HR experience demonstrating HR expertise, leadership, communication, relationship management, and ethical practice.
- Ability to think critically to identify and implement effective solutions.
- High aptitude in emotional intelligence.
- Demonstrated strong organizational skills
- Effective at building and maintaining strong, positive, professional relationships.
- Demonstrated success working in an inclusive, multicultural, work environment.
- Must be able to work independently, proactively, focused and self-motivated.
- Excellent judgment, customer service, diplomacy, and well-honed interpersonal skills.
- Superlative written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to handle sensitive, confidential matters with tact and discretion
Responsibilities
- Effectively manages and resolves complex employee relations issues; provides coaching to employees; conducts effective, thorough investigations.
- Builds and maintains effective working relationships with leaders and employees to provide guidance and counsel on a variety of HR and business-related issues.
- Provides HR support to leadership in developing and implementing strategic and tactical initiatives that drive and support short and long-term business goals.
- Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation; administers training and education sessions to management and staff; provides updates on changes in employment and labor laws that impact the workplace.
- Partners with Sr. HR Business Partners to implement university-wide HR and compliance initiatives.
Physical Requirements
Not Applicable
Tools/Equipment
Not Applicable
Application Instructions
In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume and cover letter.
About Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University’s 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University’s 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
About the Syracuse area
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
EEO Statement
Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities.
Commitment to Supporting and Hiring Veterans
Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University’s contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Campus Community
Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.
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