Job Details
Job Title: HR Business Partner - Tech Dining
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 302050
About Us
Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
- Students are our top priority.
- We strive for excellence.
- We thrive on diversity.
- We celebrate collaboration.
- We champion innovation.
- We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
- We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
- We act ethically.
- We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Department Information
Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) serves the Institute and its more than 14,000 employees through strategic counsel, employee engagement, and essential human capital management operations. As the people's unit, GTHR is engaged throughout the employee's lifetime at Georgia Tech. Our team works with sensitive employee information and assists in the management of complex employee issues. Professionalism and confidence are of the utmost importance within our team.
What we do:
- Process payroll and maintain employment data for approximately 14,000 active faculty, staff, and students
- Strive to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent in the marketplace.
- Provide immigration, labor, and tax support required for foreign national faculty and staff to work at Georgia Tech and support employees performing services overseas.
- Leverage a market-driven compensation structure to attract and retain employees.
- Advise employees and managers regarding work performance and conflict management.
Job Summary
This position acts as the HR strategic partner and advisor to senior leadership in assigned unit(s). In collaboration with leadership and the Georgia Tech Office of Human Resources (GTHR), the HR Business Partner is responsible for assessing and anticipating HR-related needs and developing integrated solutions. The position develops partnerships across HR to deliver value-added service to management and employees reflective of unit and Institute-wide objectives.This position will interact consistently with: leadership, staff, and employee population of assigned unit, central HR leadership and staff.This position typically will advise and counsel: Leadership, staff, and employee population of assigned unit.This position will supervise: May supervise lower-level staff.
Responsibilities
- Partner with GTHR Talent Acquisition and unit leadership to develop and implement a proactive strategy for recruitment and retention of unit staff
- Collaborate with unit leadership to optimize and advance the business interests of the unit, while advancing the interests and strategic direction of the Institute.
- Design and implement professional development programs to address professional growth, training needs, team-building, and mentoring to maximize employee satisfaction and productivity
- Create plans to develop talent within the unit and assess development needs; Provide day-to-day performance management guidance.
- Facilitate discussions with GTHR Compensation and unit leadership to evaluate compensation; Consult on reclassification, promotion, and other staff compensation changes.
- Work closely with management and employees to improve workplace relationships, build engagement, and increase productivity and retention; Provide regular in-depth assessments of potential personnel challenges and root cause analysis.
- Enable engagement and professional growth within the unit by developing tools, resources, training, and communication campaigns to increase employee and manager knowledge and understanding of HR policies and procedures across the Institute.
- Represent GTHR in assigned unit and build relationships with unit leadership; Serve as a liaison, connecting GTHR subject matter experts and unit managers, as necessary
- Provide insights around workplace trends and challenges, both internal and external, to enable strategic discussions around people management and organizational effectiveness.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
Seven to nine years of job-related experience
Other Required Qualifications
Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
Additional Preferred Qualifications
PHR or SPHR certification or other HR certification; management consulting and previous senior-level management experience (or coaching experience of those at the senior management level). Experience as an HR generalist with a large and complex organization. Some experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruiting, Talent Management, Performance Management, Organizational Design, Compensation Analysis, and Global HR delivery. Also preferred is specific experience with attracting talent within a higher education setting.
Proposed Salary
Salary range: Up to $100,000/yr.
(Commensurate with experience)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Skills
This job requires the ability to develop and maintain credibility with senior-level managers by demonstrating strong business acumen, a solution-focused approach to problem-solving, and diplomacy. The job also requires proactive, strategic, and innovative thinking, emotional intelligence, effective communication skills, and experience using analytics to influence decisions. Experience supervising staff and resolving complex employee relations issues is required, as is a working knowledge of applicable workplace laws. Additionally required is a demonstrated history of successfully applying HR consulting, negotiating, and influencing skills, as well as techniques and knowledge of HR concepts and best practices.
Other Information
This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position does not require security clearance.
Location: Atlanta, GA
Key Areas:
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while delivering high-quality results with urgency and accuracy.
- Brings strong emotional intelligence and the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of an organization.
- Deep expertise in HR competencies, including talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, and hiring best practices.
- Extensive talent acquisition experience across both corporate/internal recruiting and agency environments.
- Proven ability to lead, delegate, coach, and evaluate team performance to achieve business objectives.
- Skilled in managing internal and external stakeholders, strengthening partnerships, and delivering exceptional client experiences.
Background Check
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