People & Culture Business Partner – Director, Academics

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The People & Culture Business Partner - Director Academics role will lead people & culture business initiatives within Advocate Health academics including Wake Forest University School of Medicine Health Professions the National Center for Clinical Trials and Clinical Training/GME. This role will be responsible for driving businessobjectives and serve as a trusted advisor to academic leaders on people & culture strategy issues designing long-term business solutions in partnership with academic leaders. The People & Culture Business Partner - Director Academics will serve as a consultant to academic leaders on business related issuesleveraging a solid grounding in people & culture programs and practices and business literacy about the business units financial position its mid and long-range plans culturecompetition and its customers. The People & Culture Business Partner - Director Academics will develop integrated solutions by communicating needs proactively withinpeople & cultureand academic leaders they support. This role will partner across the people & culture function to deliver value added service to management that reflect the businessobjectives of theorganization and acts as an academic champion and change agent. Assesses andanticipates business needs requiring Human Capital Management (HCM) related solutions.

Major Responsibilities:

• Actsas a People & Culture business partner to assigned academic leaders functioning as a consultant on business and people & culture related matters. Utilizes a strong grasp of organizational expectations and culture translating the brand in how people & culture services are delivered.
• Guidesboth short and long-term decisions within academics utilizing knowledge of workforce planning and development with sound succession planning processes and programs. Provides guidance and support for refining or developing new organizational design and implementation ofrestructures. - Researches and analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with people & culture centers ofexpertise leading to the development of sound people & culture solutionsprograms and policies to help leaders meet business challenges.
• Researches and develops creative and innovative ideas and solutions that will help academic leaders meet objectivesutilizing depth of knowledge andexpertise in people & culture and organizational strategies.
• Provideseffective performance management guidance to leadership (coaching counseling career development corrective action discharge) which serves to drive academic results. Effectively coaches leaders on how their actions reflect and drive the culture and weave cultural standards into practices and processes.
• Providesa balance of the ability to appropriately challenge leaders whilemaintaining strong partnership and relationships with academic leaders applying a high degree of confidence andexpertise as an advanced people & culture leader.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of policiesprocedures and legal requirements mitigating risk and ensuring compliance.
• Designsand delivers broad learning to leaders to build capability in alignment to key people & culture priorities initiatives and capability building efforts.
• Serves as a liaison between people & culture operations and the academics.

License/Registration/Certification Required:

• None Required. SHRM-CP -SCP PHR or SPHR preferred.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources or related field.

Experience Requirements:

• 7 years of experience in with progressive responsibilities and demonstrated organization strategy activity development consulting partnering on complex employee relation issues and developing facilitating and leading human resources functions.
• Experience in academic medicine preferred.
• Experience working in a complex academic or health care organization is a plus.
• 3 years of management experience in strategic planning directing and leading comprehensive human resources functions within a complex organization.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities Required:

• Demonstratesadvanced consulting skills and ability to effectively develop implement and apply organizational strategies to address complex business challenges including change/succession management workforce planning leadership development and organization design.
• Advancedknowledge andexpertise of multiple human resource disciplines and business practices including compensation practices organizational diagnosis employee/union relations diversity performance management regulatory compliance and employment laws.
• Demonstratedleadership and excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills. Ability to build/foster strong trusting relationships influence leaders use negotiation skills and develop solutions to achieve results. Ability to advise leaders on how to successfully lead people through change.
• Acuteanalytical ability and business industry and financial acumen; understands the role caregivers and leaders play in driving financial performance.
• Must beself-directed self-motivated and flexible.
• Ability to take initiative to identify and anticipate client needs and effectively manage multiple conflicting priorities and deadlines.
• Expert in in the use of data evidence-based research benchmarks people & culture and business metrics for critical decisioning.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program