The HR Business Partner provides expertise and facilitates operations for the Prairie Research Institute’s (PRI’s) human resources administration, including providing specialized guidance to both internal and external audiences regarding training and development programs, recruitment, compensation, employee relations, and HR policy.
Responsibilities Include:
- Manage searches for academic and civil service positions, following all unit, campus, University, state, and federal policies and procedures. Includes the development of job descriptions, ad placement, guiding the search committee process, assisting with interview questions, and the completion of search documentation.
- Monitor and investigate hiring trends to inform the determination of open searches, compensation, and effective advertising practices.
- Collaborate with managers to coordinate staffing needs, advising best practices on hiring processes, writing position profiles, and general recruiting initiatives.
- Provide knowledge and guidance to managers, scientists, and directors with workforce planning, succession planning, and service deliverables for all employee groups, including academic, civil service, graduate students, and hourly employees.
- Interpret Campus/University procedures and serve as a resource to departmental staff.
- With some direction, work with managers to resolve general employee relations issues, escalating issues to the Assistant Director when necessary.
- Research and prepare ad hoc reports when needed or at the request of the Associate Director.
- Working with the Strategic Communications group, write and design content for internal and external web pages, taking a strategic role in internal communications initiatives.
- Develop internal training initiatives, including video training series for off-site locations.
- Collaborate with the HR group to design and implement onboarding programs.
- Assist with the development and implementation of the annual merit program.
- Act as a project manager, investigating and resolving funding issues, advising on NONRs, and AP staff contract renewals.