Senior Human Resource Business Partner

Overview

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Provide strategic direction to higher‑level leaders (generally AVPs and above). Build and maintain strategic relationships, partner with key stakeholders and leaders to align talent solutions with operational priorities, forecast future workforce needs to align with business goals, and provide analytics insights to aid informed decision making. Partner with the business on key talent initiatives, identify solutions to critical workforce planning trends and needs for complex cases, and develop effective strategies for leveraging talent.

Drive culture strategies that match business priorities, create retention strategies, and aid with succession planning and internal mobility. Provide consultative support to leaders to execute total rewards strategy, identify operational risks related to compliance, and develop mitigation strategies. Proactively partner to drive change initiatives, guide leaders through complex employee relations issues, and create strategies to mitigate future issues. Handle employee relations escalations from HR business partners, advise, lead, and drive consistency across the business and all stakeholder groups.

Monitor, measure, and recommend corrective actions. Collaborate with other Sr. HR business partners to drive consistency, create consistent practice and day‑to‑day HR operations across the system, and offer broad project leadership that crosses multiple areas. Manage project budgets and maintain fiscal responsibility; advise HR business partners on complex issues, provide coaching, program advocacy, and other support as needed. Make HR operational level decisions impacting leaders, service lines, and the system.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource, Business Administration, or related field.

Experience:

Five (5) years of strategic partnership experience in Human Resources or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The candidate must have working knowledge of multiple human resources disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity and inclusion strategies, performance management, organizational development, talent acquisition, and applicable employment laws.

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