Job Description

The Senior People & Talent Generalist is responsible for performing People & Talent related duties on a professional level and works closely with People & Talent Business Partners and management in supporting leaders and employees. This position carries out administrative and strategic responsibilities in the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment/employment, and employment law compliance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Under the direction of a Business Partner may directly support a client group and/or take on less complex employee relations cases.
• Coaches managers and leaders on effective performance management.
• Consults and coaches employees and managers on employee relations matters including University policy interpretation, job performance and corrective action while providing solution-oriented recommendations and support.
• Administers various People & Talent plans, projects, and procedures. Assists in the development and implementation of employee policies and procedures, prepares and maintains the employee handbook and the policies and procedures manual.
• Recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to continually improve efficiency of the department, services performed and enhance the employee experience.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and develops solutions to address business issues and challenges.
• Participates in developing department goals, objectives, and systems.
• Assists in evaluation of reports, decisions, and results of department in relation to established goals.
• Works closely with Business Partners and leadership to track and analyze incoming inquiries and investigations and recommend and develop consistent practices and action plans.
• Provides exceptional support to an assigned team of Business Partners.
• Raises questions and concerns and recommends potential solutions to any performance management issues to assure effective People & Talent implementation and ongoing improvement of processes.
• Represents Business Partner Team with ongoing support in project-based teams to support the overall P&T strategy.
• Facilitates support for onboarding new leaders introducing university philosophy and culture.
• Maintains human resource information system records and compiles reports from the HCM.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state and local employment and benefits laws and regulations.
• Collaborates with all People & Talent subject matter experts to support the business collectively.
• May act as mentor to P&T Specialist or P&T Generalist
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.