HR Business Partner

Job Summary

Indiana University South Bend is seeking an energetic, results-driven HR Professional to serve as a strategic business partner, aligning HR practices to support the campus's strategic goals.

Departmental-Specific Responsibilities

• Serves as a trusted strategic partner to assigned academic and administrative units, providing guidance on workforce planning, employee relations, talent management, and organizational effectiveness.
• Builds strong relationships with campus leaders, faculty, and staff to understand operational goals, workforce challenges, and emerging needs.
• Partners with departments to develop and execute recruiting and staffing strategies aligned with campus priorities and budget considerations.
• Provides expert consultation on employee relations matters, performance management, policy interpretation, and corrective action, ensuring consistency and compliance with university policies and employment laws.
• Coaches and advises supervisors and managers on leadership practices, performance feedback, change management, and conflict resolution.
• Collaborates with campus and university HR Centers of Excellence to support compensation planning, equity analysis, and retention strategies.
• Contributes to the design and delivery of HR-led programs related to training, development, career mobility, and employee engagement.
• Supports a culture of inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement across the campus.

General Responsibilities

• Utilizes and applies in-depth academic and staff HR body of knowledge and skills to provide tactical guidance for HR related matters like salary administration, hiring, training, and policy interpretation.
• Resolves and provides solutions for more complex employee relations issues with continued partnership, counsel, and support from Centers of Expertise (COEs).
• Provides HR support for academic personnel processes, including administration for academic leaves, policy review and consultation, visa-processing coordination, and facilitation of promotion and tenure procedures.
• Collaborates with other business partners and managers to improve and build effective relationships to improve employee engagement and identify "high priority" retention needs.
• Coaches leaders to help determine best solutions regarding policy interpretation, performance issues, workforce planning, change management, conflict resolution to ensure alignment and consistency across the university.
• Provides HR consulting and problem-solving solutions on issues to leaders and managers.
• Collaborates with HR COEs to roll out and support university-wide initiatives, ensure client's needs are understood and met, and deliver change management interventions.