HR Business Partner​/Senior HR Business Partner

Title: HR Business Partner/Senior HR Business Partner

Employee Classification: HR Business Partner

Campus: University of North Texas - System Administration

Division: SYS-Human Resources

Sub Division-Department: SYS-Human Resources

Department: SYS-Human Resources-910600

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.0

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

The UNT System Human Resources Department is seeking to hire a Human Resources Business Partner to join our team. This role serves as a strategic HR partner, fostering strong relationships across departments to support employee engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness. It leverages HR data to inform decision‑making, ensures policy compliance, and guides departments through change management and process improvements. The position also supports professional development, compensation and classification strategies, and contributes to HR program enhancements.

Through cross‑functional collaboration and independent project management, it ensures seamless HR service delivery aligned with university goals.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration or related field and two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in HR or related field; or any equivalent combination of education, experience and training.

To be considered for the classification of Senior HR Business Partner
, additional qualifications are required:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration or related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in HR or related field; or any equivalent combination of education, experience and training.

Preferred additional qualifications include:

• Master’s degree in human resources or a related field.
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Certification.
• Higher Education experience.

To be considered for the classification of Senior HR Business Partner
, the following additional qualifications are required:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration or related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in HR or related field; or any equivalent combination of education, experience and training.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of human resources management; of human resources programs such as employee relations, compensation, classification, employment, benefits, workers’ compensation, or organizational development; and of federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing personnel activities.
• Skill in oral and written communication, in conducting interviews, in using computers and human resources related software applications, in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing, and in problem solving.
• Ability to explain policies and procedures to staff and the public; to maintain confidential and sensitive information; to develop and analyze human resource processes; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with applicants, employees, and the general public; to communicate effectively; and to plan, assign, and/or guide the work of others.
• Skill in using office computer information systems to organize, store, manipulate and retrieve data.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Ability to plan, organize and effectively manage multiple assignments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment, with frequently changing priorities.
• Focused on providing a high level of customer service and follow‑through.

• Performs workplace investigations following best practices and prepares well written investigative reports, making final determinations in investigations.
• Partners with university departments, divisions, managers, and employees to provide guidance on a wide variety of human resources issues in the areas of employee relations, performance management, compensation, benefits and leave, employee engagement, compliance, policy interpretation, and institutional…