Job Title:HR Business Partner (Power Delivery Operations)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC

*This position may be filled as a HR Business Partner or Senior HR Business Partner based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.*

*The desired work location for this role is Jackson MS or New Orleans LA.*

Job Summary/Purpose

The HR Business Partner or Sr is a mid to senior level position that provides support in aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated business units. This position supports partnerships across the HR function to deliver valueadded service to management and employees that reflects the business objectives of the organization. The HR Business Partner or Senior does this by supporting and participating in the development implementation and continuous improvement of people programs to drive the successful of business strategies. The HR Business Partner or Senior provides strong HR business partner functional support and is the face of HR for employees typically up to director level leaders and below within their respective business unit operating under limited supervision and can work independently and make decisions within their area(s) of expertise.

This position requires a proactive individual who is comfortable with leading and navigating in situations of ambiguity and is passionate about people and committed to supporting our workforce in delivering premier performance.

Fundamental Job Duties/Responsibilities of all HR Business Partners

1. Facilitates and leads the discussion of prioritized meetings related to people and talent related programs within their respective business units.
2. Consults and mediates employees (director level leaders and below positions) by providing HR guidance when appropriate.
3. Identifies and analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with the HR group and provides recommendations in the development of solutions and business activities to drive desired outcomes.
4. Ability to tell the story clearly and concisely with data considering your audience determine what data matters to get the message across.
5. Consults and participates in managing issues related to employee relations up to director level leaders and below by collecting and preserving objective and effective evidence to support recommendations.
6. Maintains indepth knowledge of labor relations and compliance requirements related to daytoday management of employees to support reducing labor risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the labor relations department as needed/required.
7. Maintains indepth knowledge of legal and compliance requirements related to daytoday management of employees to support reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the legal department as needed/required.
8. Provides daytoday performance management guidance for up to directorlevel leaders and below (e.g. coaching counseling career development disciplinary actions).
9. Works closely with director level leaders and below to improve work relationships build morale and increase productivity and retention.
10. Translates and navigates HR policy guidance and interpretation.
11. Delivers guidance and input on respective business units talent and culture initiatives.
12. Composes clear concise and empathetic messages to deliver sensitive or challenging information to respective business units with the ability to flex and shift styles to ensure the message is delivered.
13. Identifies training needs for respective business units and up to director level leaders and below coaching needs by leveraging data and insights.
14. Ability to lead and implement change management initiatives with respective business.
15. Delivers recommendations as a liaison between the business and other Centers of Excellence (CoE) departments to optimize the impact of programs & change with the business.
16. Develops and Facilitates relevant presentations and proposals leveraging data related to HR and people programs.
17. Ability to understand and manage ones own emotions effectively read and respond to the emotions of others build strong relationships communicate clearly and navigate challenging situations with empathy and composure.
18. Advocates participates and provides recommendations with influencing improvement strategies to enhance employee experiences and work environments.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Bachelors Degree in Human Resources or related field and/or equivalent work experience preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

HR Business Partner: Two 2 years of HR or related experience with a degree or four(4 years of HR or related experienced without a degree.

Senior HR Business Partner: Four 4 years of HR or related experience with a degree or six 6 years of HR or related experienced without a degree.

Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position

In addition to Entergys Values and Expectations standards:

Capabilities Knowledge & Skills

Proficiency Level Expectations:

HR Business Partners should be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of the profession and its practices as well as work independently and make decisions within their area(s) of expertise. Based on this level proficiency

expectations are related to the following concepts:

HR Professional Capabilities:

Business and financial acumen

Identify and translate relevancy behind the organizations mission vision and core values and be able to explain how these elements are related to the overall strategy and show up in daytoday responsibilities tasks and programs with diverse functions and jobs.

Change management and change leadership

Solid understanding of change management frameworks (e.g. Kotters 8Step Process ADKAR PROSCI etc. and can make recommendations based on the different types of changes organizations undergo (structural technological or cultural). Can recommend change initiatives as well as lead the development and of change strategies.

Communication and stakeholder engagement

Can draft and deliver communications such as emails newsletters or presentations. Exercises transparency with the limited guidance. Is able to demonstrate how their communications are considerate of stakeholder needs and how the relationship of stakeholder impact/influence directly influences communication styles approaches and forums. Demonstrates solid interpersonal skills and can interact positively with team members.

Compliance and controls

Can translate fundamental employment laws regulations and policies/procedures. Demonstrates sensitivities to standards as well as recognizes areas of flexibility with limited guidance.

Project management

Demonstrates solid knowledge of project management terminology and project stages (initiation planning monitoring and closure) as well as the ability to deliver and translate the importance of each stage. Can draft and lead projects plans with moderate levels of complexity and understand more significantly complex projects with limited guidance

HR Business Partner Capabilities

Strategic Alignment and vision

• Ability to translate work activities and how they align to strategic vision of the company

Interpret and translate data to enable business decisions

• Fundamental understanding of key data concepts and data sources. Can interpret simple datasets and recognize relevancy to KPIs. Can present findings in a straightforward manner using simple visuals or summarizing findings from charts and graphs.

Risk assessment and management

• Has basic knowledge of risk management concepts and differentiations (e.g. operational financial strategic compliance). Participates in risk assessments and can perform simple qualitative assessments with categorizations of impact and likelihood.

Environment and employee experience focused

• Foundational knowledge that employee experiences encompasses workplace culture engagement job satisfaction and wellbeing. Assists in organizing initiatives and planning strategies associated with employee experiences.

Talent Management and workforce planning

• Ability to recognize simple trends and the significance of workforce planning in aligning talent needs with organizational goals and can assist in the development of recommendations to address identified opportunities.

Agile influencer

• Is able to identify simple scenarios that require an agile approach to influence or drive desired outcomes. Adjust approaches of delivery and proactively requests for insights and guidance. Assists in the planning strategies to use different approaches for consultative and empowering successes with the business.

Senior HR Business Partner Capabilities

Strategic Alignment and vision

• Demonstrates solid strategic alignment to mission and vision by reinforcing alignment in daytoday interactions presentations and consultations.

Interpret and translate data to enable business decisions

• Solid demonstration of key data concepts and data sources. Can translate datasets and recognize relevancy to KPIs. Can present findings in multiple ways using visuals or summarizing findings from charts and graphs. Is able to deliver provocative questions stimulated from the data back to the business based on analytics for continued improvement and business empowerment.

Risk assessment and management

• Demonstrates solid knowledge of risk management concepts and differentiations (e.g. operational financial strategic compliance). Leads discussions in risk assessments and can performs qualitative assessments with categorizations of impact and likelihood along with recommended of mitigation plans.

Environment and employee experience focused

• Solid understanding of employee experiences and develops initiatives and planning strategies for

improvements.

Talent Management and workforce planning

• Identifies internal and external trends and provides recommendations to address identified opportunities.

Agile influencer

• Actively adjusts approaches of delivery and proactively requests for insights and guidance as well as engages in independently initiated feedback sessions to confirm impact equaled intent. Leads developing strategies to use different approaches for consultative and empowering successes with the business.

Any certificates licenses etc. required of the position

Desired: PHR SHRMCP

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Primary Location: MississippiJacksonLouisiana : New Orleans
Mississippi : Jackson
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NonBargaining
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 118037
Travel Percentage:25 to 50

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Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.