Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Minimum Experience
6
Summary
The Senior Business Partner will be a critical member of the Human Resources team and will have a direct impact on the future success of HR in addressing the needs of client divisions. The Sr.BP serves as a strategic internal consultant and leader to clients, business areas, and functional groups. The Sr. BP will provide a strategic combination of business acumen, strategic functional HR consultation and significant professional experience to support client divisions with the objective of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of our human capital. This person also will actively be involved with the following: change management, performance management, consulting/coaching senior leaders on people issues, developing divisional HR strategies, talent management and employee retention ((including succession planning), organizational design, project management, influencing senior leadership teams, driving employee engagement programs, understanding and utilizing key human capital metrics, coordinating critical development and assessment leadership programs, and facilitating interventions utilizing HR staff and resources.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides strategic HR support and counsel to the business unit in the areas of workforce planning, talent/organizational development and performance, compensation, staffing, employee relations, interpretation of HR policy, and compliance.
- Proactively aligns effective and creative talent management and learning solutions to address business objectives and coordinates the facilitation of appropriate learning interventions while accounting for learning principles and theories and managing ongoing delivery.
- Develops a comprehensive knowledge of client business by engaging in department planning and staff meetings. Builds relationships within the business units served.
- Ensures that HR services are provided as appropriate to internal client needs, identifies new opportunities where HR can add value, and maintains leading-edge knowledge of HR issues.
- Promotes a culture of performance excellence, continuous learning, and high-impact collaboration at the individual, team, and organizational levels targeted to enable the Board to achieve its business priorities.
- Explicitly connect HR activity and initiatives with client division objectives in the short-term and strategic development in the long-term.
- Cultivate a deep understanding of the Board's public and political environment and leverage this knowledge to develop human capital outcomes that influence division performance.
- Develop and communicate metrics to measure HR program effectiveness, to help identify accomplishments, make decisions, and set new strategy.
- Keeps current on HR best practices, trends and developments and incorporate as appropriate to the Board.
The Performance Strategy and Operations (PSO) Business Partner (BP) will be a critical member of the PSO team and will have a direct impact on the future success of PSO in addressing the needs of client divisions. The BP serves as an internal consultant, change agent and performance coach and facilitator, bringing to bear the appropriate expertise and resources to deliver timely, effective business solutions. The BP will provide professional HR guidance and support to client divisions with the objective of adding value to the business operations. Coordinates critical development and assessment leadership programs and facilitates interventions utilizing PSO staff and resources.
Superior strategic HR consultative skills and the demonstrated ability to work as a Business Partner. Proven ability in client relationship management, influencing and coaching senior leaders, change management skills, consulting with executive leaders on people issues and HR strategies. Proven abilities in the area of leadership that drives higher degrees of organizational effectiveness and organizational design. Proven ability in utilizing various testing and measurement tools to validate and evaluate the effectiveness of programs. Demonstrated ability designing, selecting, and integrating programs, both internal and external in an organization. Proven ability to work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes, exercising tact to ensure cooperation between internal and external clients. Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills typically acquired by a completion of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and six years of experience in human resources. Ability to manage and influence those not under direct authority. Strong project management and problem-solving skills, utilizing technical expertise and good business judgment in support of operational and strategic objectives. Change Management, PHR or SPHR certification is preferred.
This position is hybrid, requiring a combination of telework and an in-office presence in Washington, DC.