Job Summary:

Essential Duties:

• Partners with a cross-functional group of subject matter experts within UTA's HR Centers of Excellence to design and execute on business strategy.
• Uses data to guide and support decision-making, develops proactive performance management solutions and works with leaders on solving tactical/strategic issues.
• Develop strategies to sustain or improve Employee Engagement and focuses on HR best practices. Lead, develop, and inspire a team of HR professionals, includes leading and managing other HR Business Partners.
• Identifies talent strengths and needs through ongoing assessment of business needs.
• Design approaches using HR data to help business leaders make decisions to build, buy, or borrow talent and assess impact of the decisions.
• Assists Talent Acquisition in building strategic talent plans aligned with organizational strategy, data (e.g., attrition rates, hiring trends) and budgets.
• Collaborates with Total Rewards to understand the market competitiveness of the client organization's compensation and makes recommendations to improve engagement and retention through fiscal levers.
• Identifies where change is needed and contributes to the development of interventions that improve leadership and team performance to achieve strategic imperatives for assigned client groups.
• Assesses data, interprets information, and presents insights and recommendations on leadership effectiveness and performance.
• Assembles and provides summary status updates and guidance for senior level HR leadership. Conducts one-on-one effectiveness coaching with leaders to improve leadership capability or the resolution of leadership gaps.
• Coaches' managers and leaders to facilitate organizational change and model an inclusive environment.
• Partners and consults with peer HR disciplines (e.g., Talent Management, Organization Development, Compensation, Benefits) on leveraging the UTA talent pool, diagnosing talent management processes/programs, interpreting results, and building recommendations based on data analyses.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Partners with the legal department as needed/required. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field.
• Four (4) years of human resources experience in employee relations to include investigations, providing counsel/guidance to employees and leaders, compliance with organizational policy and strong knowledge of functional areas of human resources or the equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Human Resources Management and/or MBA in Human Resources or related field highly desirable. Proficient with PeopleSoft. 
• National Human Resource certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM SCP, PHR or SPHR) is strongly preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to analyze data and understand trends.
• Ability to develop recommendations for action based on the analysis.
• Strong ability to influence through strong relationships, expertise, and data and the ability to manage a complex set of stakeholders.
• Strong sense of the importance of teamwork and collaboration.
• Superior communication skills and understand how to communicate large, complex change.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Results focused, accountable, and highly trusted with the ability to be highly service focused with commitment to outcomes.

Special Instructions:

EEO Statement:

UTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. A criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. The UTA is a tobacco free campus.

Open Until Filled: No

Location: Arlington

About The University of Texas at Arlington

With annual research expenditures in excess of $100M, the University of Texas at Arlington is a Carnegie Research-1 “highest research activity” institution committed to life-enhancing discovery, innovative instruction, and caring community engagement. A leading institution in the heart of the thriving North Texas region, UTA nurtures minds within an environment that values excellence, ingenuity, and diversity. With a total global enrollment of over 59,000 in AY 2018-19, UTA is one of the largest institutions in the University of Texas System. Guided by its Strategic Plan Bold Solutions | Global Impact, UTA fosters interdisciplinary research and teaching to enable the sustainable megacity of the future within four broad themes: health and the human condition, sustainable urban communities, global environmental impact, and data-driven discovery. UTA was cited by U.S. News & World Report as having the second lowest average student debt among U.S. universities in 2018. U.S. News & World Report also ranks UTA fourth in the nation for undergraduate diversity. The University is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and is ranked as the top four-year college in Texas for veterans on Military Times’ 2018 Best for Vets list.

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