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About the Role

The Vice President, Human Resources provides executive-level leadership and acts as a strategic business partner. This role promotes and implements the organization's core values and mission through strategic planning and management of human resources programs. The position is responsible for developing and executing human capital strategy and maintaining strong relationships with leadership teams and internal customers.

Responsibilities

Acts as a strategic business partner that develops and leads the Human Resources team in organizational and performance management, succession planning, change management, recruitment, and employee relations.
Serves as an advisor to the senior leadership team on human capital matters and their impact on organizational culture.
Assesses, inspires, and develops an HR team to create an innovative HR function that supports the organization.
Provides leadership and oversight for HR programs and policies, ensuring they are current, competitive, within financial constraints, and legally compliant.
Establishes and implements HR initiatives that effectively communicate and support the organization’s vision and strategic plan.
Partners with key personnel, HR business partners, and HR leaders to create, maintain, and revise employee policies.
Participates in the WVUHS System-wide HR policy committee to represent the hospital.
Functions as a strategic business partner to leadership teams regarding key organizational and strategic issues.
Acts as a liaison with WVU Medicine HR Shared Services to deliver high-quality HR services.
Monitors human resources indicators to identify problem areas and recommends solutions.
Establishes credibility throughout the organization as an effective listener and problem solver of people issues.
Provides consultancy, advice, and coaching to all employees.
Partners with leaders to effectively support, propose, and lead initiatives that embrace a culture of high performance.
Implements change management plans to meet the continually changing needs of the organization.
Supports the system-wide HRBP, Employee Relations, and HR Policy committee.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial relations, business administration, or related field required.
12-15 years of Human Resources experience.
At least 7-10 years of prior leadership/people management experience required.
Knowledge of federal and state laws, regulations, and rulings of governmental agencies including FLSA, EEO, OSHA, Unemployment, and Workers’ Compensation.

Skills

Strong leadership skills
Strong communication skills
Strong team building skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to execute initiatives across a complex organization
Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted business partner
Strong business acumen
Independent judgment
Ability to identify correlations between Talent initiatives and business outcomes

Location

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

12-15 years of Human Resources experience
7-10 years of leadership/people management experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial relations, business administration, or related field
Master’s preferred
Professional Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification desirable and preferred
SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certification desirable and preferred

About the Company

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.

Equal Opportunity

WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.