HR BUSINESS PARTNER - University of Washington

Req #: 239697 Department: ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN MEDICINE Job Location Detail: Sciences Center next to UWMC Montlake Posting Date: 10/15/2024 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $5,897 - $8,845 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701\_a11y.pdf) As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. **The Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (APM) has an outstanding opportunity for a person seeking a job that makes an impact, a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) .** APM is one of the largest departments in the School of Medicine with 245 clinical and research faculty members, 110 residents, 38 Postdoctoral Scholars and ACGME Fellows, 90 staff members, and 115 affiliated clinical faculty members working at six different locations in the Seattle area. Learn more about our department at UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine (https://anesthesiology.uw.edu/) **POSITION PURPOSE** The HRBP is a key position on a fast-paced HR team that requires a range of responsibilities to provide seamless customer service across the Department for staff and student employees. This position will provide expert consultation and complex support on staffing and recruitment, HR Policies, Workday/Payroll system issues and inquiries, leave administration, training, and carrying out HR initiatives, processes and programs. Additionally, the HRBP will handle Staff HR including student employment matters requiring independent judgment, analysis, and discretion in effecting, executing, and discharging personnel functions in Workday. This position will be responsible for ensuring that Workday activities are managed accurately and timely, following compliance requirements per the State and University regulations. This position is expected to understand, interpret, and apply appropriate policy, procedure, and required regulations. The position is focused on staff HR issues but in rare occasions may be called upon to assist on Faculty Affairs issues. This position partners with teammates and leaders to propose, draft, and execute complex and multifaceted HR tasks with high impact to employees and requires significant organization, problem-solving, project management and communication skills with frequent and substantive interactions within and outside the Department. Individual initiative, solid judgement, discretion regarding sensitive and confidential matters and superior customer service skills are all necessary for the tasks assigned. This position requires accuracy, efficiency, flexibility, creativity, and a desire to serve multiple stakeholders, while working within UW regulations. This position's duties will be in four broad categories: **CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** + Human Resource Management (Includes compliance, recruitment, compensation, leaves of absence, onboarding/offboarding, Workday and payroll operations, performance review process, employee engagement, staffing plan development, graduate student employment, and other staff HR issues. + Procedures and Process Improvement + Special Projects & Other Duties as Assigned **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** + Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Administrative Management, or a related field + Minimum of 2 years' experience with progressive responsibility in human resources or related field at a diverse, complex, multi-faceted organization. **Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.** **ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS** + Demonstrated dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion. + Demonstrated thorough knowledge of HR policies, procedures, principles, and practices. Personnel and salary administration, recruitment techniques and management. + Solutions-oriented, demonstrating strong initiative and follow-through. + Ability to thrive and prioritize while working with a high volume of work, concurrent projects and critical, time sensitive deadlines with consistent accuracy and attention to detail. A flexible and open mindset is essential. + Ability to exercise high degree of judgment and handle confidential information with tact, discretion, and diplomacy, and to maintain strict confidentiality. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and proven organizational and interpersonal skills; ability to maintain a calm demeanor under pressure and communicate effectively at all levels within an organization. + Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) and other web-based programs. **Application Process:** The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed. University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.