Strategic People Partner

Overview

The Strategic People Partner serves as strategic partner who drives talent and business outcomes while delivering effective enterprise business line support. The Strategic People Partner uses HR expertise and best practice and strategic service excellence solutions in people operations and full employee lifecycle by executing alllevel plans, focusing on enterprise initiatives, reacting and proactively responding to situations, and sustaining solutions with minimal risks and supervision. The Strategic People Partner ensures the quality of HR Business Partner service delivery through effective collaboration with all stakeholders including shared services partners and HR centers of excellence.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Partners with business executives, leaders, and their teams for the development of business strategies that boost productivity and expansion.
• Understands performance management and analyze performance metrics on employee retention and experience to improve and enhance business outcomes.
• Analyzes data to identify trends within employee relations, internal transfers, performance management, corrective actions, and employee separations to make recommendations to HR Leadership regarding effective interventions to address talent concerns and retention.
• Identifies employee related, legal, and/or compliance risks and escalate the analysis and proposed solutions to the Director of Talent Management.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative, credible, and trusting relationships and partnerships with individuals across a broad range of people and groups, both internal and external to demonstrate the value of HR as a consistent knowledgeable, trusted, go-to resource.
• Maintains working knowledge of employment law and pending legislative and/or regulatory changes affecting the department, workforce, and/or healthcare industry and make proactive recommendations to the Director of Talent Management on possible changes, updates, or enhancements.
• Effectively utilizes our HR shared services and centers of excellence team members to deliver required expertise, resources, and services to address team member's needs in the areas of talent acquisition, benefits, leave administration, compensation, workforce development, and employee transactions.
• Maintains confidentiality of all Human Resources and company information and data, as well as ensures adherence and compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, and internal controls specific to the role.
• Models, promotes, and performs all duties in an ethical manner consistent with the overall mission and values of the enterprise and the organizations served.
• Performs any other duties as needed to drive the vision, fulfill the mission, and abide by the values of this organization.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to manage and maintain professional relationships at all levels.
• Exhibit good judgment, honesty, integrity, responsibility, and punctuality through the utilization of professional work standards.
• Ability to prioritize against department, business, and organizational objective and goals and demonstrate flexibility to change direction as needed.
• Ability to work independently, effectively manage projects, and meet deadlines in fast paced environment.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills (verbally and in writing), and strong attention to detail.
• Knowledge in talent acquisition, talent development, total rewards, data and analytics, as well as talent management.
• Ability to use good judgement and effective problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to travel locally within the Austin area (20 - 30%), and as needed outside the Central Texas area (less than 10%)
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
• Knowledge and proficiency using HR related systems preferred.
• Healthcare experience required.
• Ensure all actions represent the Enterprise in a highly professional manner at all times.
• Ensure and uphold compliance with company policies and procedures, as well as all applicable rules and regulations within healthcare and human resources fields.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree (higher degree accepted) in Sociology, Education, Human Resources, or a related field.

Required Experience:

4 years experience as an HR generalist or HRBP

Preferred Experience:

6 years experience as an HR generalist or HRBP in a health care, clinical, hospital, social services, or community or public health setting.