HR Partner , Berkeley Regional Services

Job Details

• Job
• Location:
  
  Main Campus-Berkeley
• Full/Part Time:
  Full Time

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world.

At Berkeley, the best careers are built on a foundation of continuous learning and growth. We actively support professional development by providing all full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours of paid time per year and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups.

We invite applicants who are inspired by our Principles of Community and who are eager to be part of our exciting Strategic Plan, which charts Berkeley's next era of excellence.

Learn more about some of our accomplishments at Points of Pride.

Berkeley Regional Services (BRS), a division of the UC Berkeley Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, brings together administrative professionals who support the people and programs advancing UC Berkeley's teaching, research, and public service mission. BRS partners with schools, colleges, departments, and research units across campus to provide services in Human Resources and Academic Personnel Support, Research Administration, and Purchasing and Reimbursements.

The SHARE Region is one of BRS's five service regions and supports a diverse portfolio of academic and research organizations across UC Berkeley. SHARE partners with the Division of Social Sciences, the Division of Arts & Humanities, Undergraduate Education, the College of Chemistry, the Space Sciences Laboratory, and related Organized Research Units (ORUs).

As part of the SHARE Region, team members work in a collaborative service environment supporting organizations with distinct programs, priorities, and operational needs. The work provides opportunities to build strong campus partnerships, navigate a dynamic higher education environment, and contribute to administrative services that help Berkeley's academic and research communities thrive.

The HR Partner is responsible for managing client relationships and facilitating effective service delivery to administrative business or academic units on campus. This position serves as a business partner and liaison between clients and BRS HR/APS to ensure the efficient flow of information and coordinates activities to best serve client needs in a timely manner. The HR Partner works with the Service Delivery Manager and AP/HR Process Improvement teams to implement best practices and deliver continuous improvements in service.

This role involves recommending, developing, implementing, administering, coordinating, and evaluating Human Resources policies, labor contracts, statutes, programs and procedures covering recruitment, compensation, employee relations, labor relations, welfare programs, training and development, visa procurement, inter-campus transfers, and employee services.

The First Review Date for this job is:
September 29, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

• Counsels department managers and supervisors on employee and labor policies, procedures, and appropriate practices regarding performance management, recruiting, on-boarding, compensation/classification, disability, training and other areas of HR. Responsible for diverse and complex client allocation. Collaborates with their lead and employee and labor relations, the academic personnel office, and researches and provides information to resolve grievances, identify inconsistencies, ambiguities, or compliance issues with collective bargaining agreements to flag potential conflicts and problematic provisions, and provide recommendations for interpretation and subjects of bargaining.
• Manages recruitment cycle for a full range of staff or academic positions.
• Acts as the regional SME when it comes to the Lecturer contract with respect to hiring, changes to FTE and potentially layoffs. A solid understanding of any actions that will impact Lecturer…