Human Resources Business Partner - Carson City, Nv

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) is a thought leader who aligns HR strategies with the business objectives. This role partners with our teams to establish and implement HR initiatives which foster organizational and people development leading towards successful execution of our strategic plan.

Reporting directly to the Director of Human Resources, the HRBP is skilled in building effective partnerships with all levels of employees and has a demonstrated history of implementing successful programs that contribute to the business results.

The HRBP advises leadership in the development of solutions through organizational development and cultural and process-oriented perspectives. Key skills and abilities include coaching, influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, process development, analysis and problem solving.

Desired Education or Certification Criteria:

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or closely related field and 3 years of professional human resources experience preferred.

Healthcare human resources experience is desirable.

Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Action oriented: Enjoys working hard; is action-oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others
• Ethics and values: Adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times, acts in line with those values, rewards the right values and disapproves of others, practices what he/she preaches
• Functional/Technical skills: Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
• Organizing: Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done, can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal, uses resources effectively and efficiently, arranges information and files in a useful manner
• Conflict management: Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities, reads situations quickly, good at focused listening, can settle disputes equitably, can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise
• Time management: Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently, values time, concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities, gets more done in less time than others, can attend to a broader range of activities
• Learning on the fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems, a relentless and versatile learner, open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement, experiments and will try anything to find solutions, enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks, quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything
• Drive for results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully, is constantly and consistently one of the top performers, very bottom-line oriented, steadfastly pushes self and others for results
• Problem solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes all fruitful sources for answers, can see hidden problems, is excellent at honest analysis, looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers

About our company:

Established in 1977, Nevada Health Centers is the largest provider of primary care for the uninsured, underinsured, and geographically isolated, with 17 health centers, three mobile health programs, and seven Women, Infants and Children offices.

Our mission:

To provide access to quality healthcare services throughout Nevada.

Our vision:

To create an integrated, provider-led healthcare system that supports the delivery of safe, effective, quality-based primary care to all Nevadans.

Nevada Health Centers (NVHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) commonly called a Community Health Center (CHC). Patients are not discriminated against in the delivery of healthcare services based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, age, mental of physical disability, sexual orientation, genetic information or source of payment.

Nevada Health Centers will provide equal opportunity employment to all employees and applicants for employment. No person shall be discriminated against in employment because of race, color, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or intellectual disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally require to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

As part of Nevada Health Centers’ COVID-19 response and to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients, unless otherwise prohibited by law, new hires with a start date of November 1, 2021, or later are required to be fully vaccinated.

Fully vaccinated means at least 14 days past the last vaccination in an FDA-approved-vaccine series. For example, 14 days past the single-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine, or 14 days past the second dose of the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine.

 To prove vaccination, you must provide either 1) the CDC-issued card you received at the time of vaccination, or 2) a copy of your COVID-19 immunization record from a state-sponsored immunization record repository.  

• Formulate partnerships across the organization to deliver value added HR services to leadership and associates that help achieve the business objectives of the organization.
• Maintain a high level of business acumen about healthcare operations and FQHC organizations.
• Analyze business unit trends and metrics to develop solutions, programs and policies to improve HR’s contribution to the organization’s goals.
• Provides guidance and input on business unit design, workforce planning and succession planning.
• Provides counsel and support to leaders and/or associates in the administration of Human Resources policies and procedures.  May provide resolution of employee relations and performance issues. 
• Partners with business unit leaders in the process of performance management, associate engagement survey interpretation and action planning, patient satisfaction strategies, and identification of training and development needs in order to develop a business unit culture that supports achievement of objectives.
• Utilizes knowledge of Human Resources, legal, and regulatory requirements in conjunction with market best practice to ensure business unit compliance and competitiveness.
• Acts as coach and mentor for leaders and associates.
• Diagnoses and assesses individual, group, department, site or organizational issues by collecting and analyzing data through various methods (qualitative and quantitative). Facilitates, leads and participates in large-scale organizational projects and multidisciplinary teams and to enhance process improvement and cultural change.
• Manages the recruitment process including job posting, candidate screening, interviewing, progress reporting, and new hire orientation
• Administers compensation programs, benefits and pension programs, workers compensation, and ensuring compliance
• Assists leadership with the annual performance management program, including leadership consultation and data management to ensure effectiveness, compliance and equity within the organization
• Promotes workplace diversity through fair hiring practices
• Designs and implements employee and leadership training including policies, communication, performance management, etc.
• Participates in special projects for HR as needed
• Communicates with leadership and employees to answer questions, clarify policies and processes, create solutions and resolve issues or conflicts
• Supports corporate initiatives and communicates to leadership and employees as appropriate