Business Partner (Human Resources)

Client Services

• Acts as the primary point of contact for employees and managers in assigned divisional units. Participates in the establishment of Human Resources programs to ensure proactive service delivery that meets the needs of the campus community and is aligned with the colleges overall mission vision and values.
• Ensures coordinated activities including but not limited to employment processes compensation employee relations employee development equal opportunity Title IX employee leaves and accommodations.
• Develops strong partnerships with management and assigned divisional units providing consultation coaching and leadership guidance in an effort to positively influence organizational performance.
• Advises managers in creating high-performance work systems by aligning talent structure and technology in order to drive employee engagement continuous improvement increased efficiency and productivity in support of the overall College strategy.
• Conducts regular meetings with client leadership to provide status updates performance management guidance policy and contract interpretation and guidance and opportunities to partner and develop services for other needs.

Investigations Inquiries & Problem Resolutions

• Consults with management regarding complex and/or highly sensitive employee relations matters in the use of performance management and corrective action plans.
• Proactively assists employees and leadership in resolving work-related conflicts through facilitation conflict resolution and guidance consistent with the Colleges mission values policies and procedures.
• Conducts administrative and disciplinary investigations or assists as a second-seat investigator; writes investigations reports; participates in disciplinary and grievance hearings; makes recommendations and prepares disciplinary correspondence; and documents disciplinary-related actions. Consult with the Office of Equity & Compliance in employee matters that require legal review.

Guidance

• Partners with divisional leadership to identify potential patterns trends and policy recommendations and bring concerns forward for consideration utilizing HR metrics to inform as applicable.
• In collaboration with the Employee Experience and Organizational Development Teams and clients identify programs for development and implementation that support identified employee relations and equal opportunity needs within those areas. Partners with senior leadership to ensure required training is completed in divisional units.

Documentation Recordkeeping & Metrics

• Consults with management on issues of position reclassification promotions demotions transfers and position descriptions. Processes changes to positions and/or personnel. Processes employee resignations and retirements.
• Maintains required employment and investigation files and documentation as required by internal practices and governing regulations including routine auditing of relevant files.
• Utilizes various HR systems and records to retrieve information on individual employees histories and situations going to HRIS staff for higher-level or specialized data needs.

Culture of Respect

• Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty staff students and members of the community.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources or a closely related field.

• At least three (3) years of progressive responsibility in Human Resources and knowledge of employee relations function and other subject areas of HR.

• Knowledge of state federaland local labor laws.

• Knowledge of dispute resolution and grievance procedures and knowledge of administering and ensuring adherence to labor/union contracts.

• *An appropriate combination of education training coursework and experience may qualify a candidate.

Preferred:

• Ten (10) years of progressive responsibility in Human Resources and certification credential through the Society for Human Resource Management (e.g. SHRM-CP) or HR Certification Institute (e.g. PHR)

**CSCC has the right to revise this position description at any time. This position description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Additional Information

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