The HR Business Partner will serve as a HR leader providing strategy, advice and guidance to valued faculty and staff throughout the University. The role requires the HR Business Partner to be fully cognizant of how to provide counsel to faculty, staff and senior leaders in a complex and challenging environment across the full range of employee matters. The most qualified candidates will be conversant in the most up to date best practices in employee relations, organizational development, performance management, recruitment, retention, supervisors and faculty, workforce planning, benefits and compensation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough and objective investigations, disciplinary and grievance conferences.
• Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to management (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions), and serve as a trusted advisor and coach to all employees.
• Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention.
• Provide HR policy and procedure guidance and interpretation.
• Conduct regular meetings with respective division/department leaders and management staff.
• Provide guidance and input on division/department restructures, workforce planning, succession planning.
• Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with HR group to develop solutions, programs and procedures. Develop and communicate HR and University policies and procedures that impact faculty and staff employees.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with legal department as needed/required.
• Lead and participate on various departmental and University committees and special projects as required.
• Oversee the onboarding of part-time faculty, including data entry in the Oracle Cloud-Based System.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, performance management, federal and state employment laws is required.
• Excellent judgment, consulting, critical thinking/problem solving, diplomacy, written and interpersonal communication, conflict management, and negotiation skills are required.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitive and confidential matters with tact and discretion.
• Ability to self-direct and manage multiple client groups with conflicting priorities is required; ability to take initiative, anticipate client needs and make recommendations for implementation is required.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field is required. Master’s degree and/or SHRM-SCP, SPHR or PHR and SHRM-CP certification is preferred.
• A minimum of three years of progressive human resources experience providing guidance and consultation to management and staff in the areas of employee/labor relations, compensation, employment, training, and organizational development,
• Personal computing skills, including working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and database management software applications are required. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, is preferred.
• Previous experience using computer-based Human Resource Information Systems to access information and process transactions is required..

Physical Requirements

• Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

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Austin Peay State University is a four-year public, doctoral-level university, with six colleges and four Chairs of Excellence. The University has an enrollment of over 11,000 students and is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, a community of an estimated 150,287 people located approximately 40 miles northwest of Nashville, TN.

Austin Peay State University is a proud supporter of hiring veterans. We hire veterans with equivalent experiences and pay grades from their military service, rather than requiring or preferring only college degrees. Please visit our website for more information on how veterans can qualify for additional employment opportunities at APSU: https://www.apsu.edu/human-resources/hiring-veterans/.

Austin Peay State University (APSU) prohibits discrimination in all employment, programs, and activities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), disability, age, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. For Title IX inquiries or complaints, contact: Chief of Institutional Culture & Title IX Coordinator, LaNeeça R. Williams at williamslr@apsu.edu | 931-221-7690, Browning Building, Room 140, Clarksville, TN 37044. For other non-discrimination concerns, contact: Director of Institutional Culture & Title VI & Title VII Coordinator, Dr. Jo Baldwin at baldwinjapsu.edu | 931-221-7178 or Associate Director of Accessibility Compliance & ADA/504 Coordinator, Jayme Glover at gloverj@apsu.edu | 931-221-7160. View APSU’s full nondiscrimination policy at Policy 6:001.

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The HR Business Partner will serve as a HR leader providing strategy, advice and guidance to valued faculty and staff throughout the University. The role requires the HR Business Partner to be fully cognizant of how to provide counsel to faculty, staff and senior leaders in a complex and challenging environment across the full range of employee matters. The most qualified candidates will be conversant in the most up to date best practices in employee relations, organizational development, performance management, recruitment, retention, supervisors and faculty, workforce planning, benefits and compensation.