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About the Role
The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) acts as a strategic advisor and operational consultant to university leaders. This role integrates Roberts Wesleyan University’s Christian faith-based culture into the employee experience, fostering a supportive workplace. The HRBP also manages university-wide HR programs, ensuring alignment with the university's mission and standards.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with leaders to integrate Roberts’ Christian faith-based identity and values into performance conversations, leadership development, workplace practices, and team culture.
- Advise leaders on talent strategies, organizational structures, change management, and team dynamics, promoting a culture of grace, accountability, and professional growth.
- Help design workplace environments where staff and faculty thrive holistically, modeling life-long learning and purposeful living to effectively mentor students.
- Serve as a consultant for employee concerns and workplace conflicts, applying biblically grounded principles of reconciliation alongside university policy and employment law.
- Serve as the enterprise owner and subject matter expert for assigned HR discipline(s).
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve institution-wide policies, frameworks, and operational workflows within designated functional areas.
- Design and facilitate workshops, manager toolkits, and compliance training aligned with industry best practices and the university’s faith-integrated culture.
- Partner with units on organizational design, position creation, job description development, and staffing models and analyses.
- Guide managers through onboarding frameworks, annual performance evaluations & improvement plans, retention strategies, and learning & development initiatives.
- Ensure client actions and HR programs comply with federal/state employment laws and university policies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of progressive HR experience as an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, or functional specialist, preferably in higher education.
- Demonstrated track record of managing or administering an enterprise HR program (e.g., compensation structures, talent acquisition, or learning programs).
- Sound understanding of federal and state employment law and HR operational practices.
- Demonstrated commitment to Christian higher education and the mission of Roberts Wesleyan University.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally across complex organizational units.
- Strong organizational leadership and change management experience.
- High emotional intelligence, active listening, and the ability to build trust with diverse academic and operational leaders.
- Ability to articulate and operationalize a faith-integrated view of work, community, and personal growth.
- Ability to address immediate employee relations needs while simultaneously managing long-term institutional programs.
Skills
- Talent strategies
- Organizational structures
- Change management
- Team dynamics
- Employee relations
- Conflict resolution
- Compensation
- Talent acquisition
- Talent development
- Workforce planning
- Organizational design
- Employee lifecycle management
- Regulatory compliance
- Performance evaluations
- Learning & development
- Federal and state employment law
- HR operational practices
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Organizational leadership
- Emotional intelligence
- Active listening
- Trust building
- Faith-integrated work culture
- Strategic planning
- Tactical execution
Location
- University client groups
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3-5 years progressive HR experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree preferred
About the Company
- Roberts Wesleyan University is a Christian faith-based institution.