HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana! Kamehameha Schools (KS) is searching for a strategic, trusted, and people‑centered Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to serve as a key advisor to leaders and teams across the organization.

This role is ideal for an experienced HR professional who excels at consulting with leadership, navigating complex employee relations matters, and shaping workforce strategies that drive organizational success. The HRBP brings deep expertise across core HR disciplines including performance management, employee and labor relations, workforce planning, and policy administration, while leveraging data and insights to inform decisions and improve employee and manager experiences.

As a collaborative partner, the HRBP works cross‑functionally within HR to deliver value‑added solutions, design impactful development initiatives, and champion a high‑performance, values‑driven culture. They balance sound judgment, confidentiality, and compliance with a strong commitment to coaching, problem‑solving, and relationship‑building. Thriving in dynamic environments, this role plays a vital part in advancing people strategies, leading change initiatives, and supporting leaders through growth and transition.

If you are passionate about enabling leaders, strengthening workplace culture, and driving meaningful organizational impact through HR, we encourage you to apply!

We welcome applications from qualified candidates. This position requires residency in Hawaiʻi or willingness to relocate, with a designated primary office location on Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island). Regular onsite presence is required to support business and operational needs. Employees who do not reside on Hawaiʻi Island must be able to travel to Hawaiʻi Island weekly.

Consults with leaders to provide HR counsel, resolve complex employee relations issues, and improve work relationships and environment. Providing guidance on people and workforce strategies, the HRBP supports the business unit in achieving organizational goals and strategic initiatives. The HRBP forms intentional cross‑functional partnerships within HR to deliver value‑added services and solutions to enhance management and employee experiences across the organization.

• Serves as the primary HR point of contact for the department with line and senior management, providing HR guidance and interpretation.
• Provides day‑to‑day performance management guidance to management (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions).
• Consults managers in formulating and executing proposed adjustments for new hires, promotions, and transfers, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and best practices.
• Partners with managers to facilitate team‑based interventions to promote high performance E Ola! Culture. Provides individual coaching as needed.

• Partners with management (and other HR partners) to align people strategies with unit goals, as well as the overarching organization’s mission, identifying skills/talent needs for short-, mid-, and long‑term success.
• Collaborates with Talent Management to provide strategic guidance to leaders on goal setting, coaching, and the creation of individual performance development plans. Designs interventions, trainings, and programs to address employee development needs.
• Delivers training on a variety of topics to diverse audience.

• Analyzes data to gain insights into workforce trends, engagement, and performance metrics. Engages with others, cross‑functionally and collaboratively to make connections, test, and fortify data‑informed insights and feedback to utilize in client engagements to address issues, formulate strategy or approaches.
• Utilizes data and insights to inform problem‑solving and enhance manager effectiveness, designing responses, remedies, and programming,…