Senior People & Talent Business Partner at Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT

Job description

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Professional 312 Pay Range: $109,900.00 - $170,400.00 Job Description The Senior People & Talent Business Partner will support the business, by providing strategic guidance to ensure effective planning and implementation of people initiatives. This is a senior level individual contributor position working with and supporting all levels of leadership to build leadership talent, manage culture, enhance employee engagement, and ensure that decisions and actions are centered on doing the right thing. Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Serves as strategic advisor to senior management and executives by fostering trusted relationships. Influences high-level business strategy and decision-making while maintaining P&T alignment. Creates significant impact on the organization by influencing company-wide P&T strategy and culture. Works across multiple departments or regions. Manages complex cross-functional People & Talent projects and practices cross-organizationally, including competency models, talent assessment, succession planning, employee engagement, career development, talent management, change management, and performance management. Analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with the People & Talent team to develop solutions, programs, and policies. Works closely with business leaders to improve working relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention. Provides guidance and input on restructures, workforce planning, talent selection, and leadership acquisition. Identifies employee and leadership development gaps and collaborates with the People & Talent Learning Team to identify plans to close gaps. Participates in operational and strategic business department meetings with senior leadership. Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues and conducts effective, confidential, thorough, and objective investigations leading to actions or solutions for resolution. Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of people, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance. Leads significant people initiatives and projects to ensure clear understanding, articulation of, and application of initiative. Represents business group priorities/initiatives to People & Talent leadership to ensure solid understanding of business group challenges and deliverables. Maintains a comprehensive understanding of People & Talent policies, processes, and procedures and successfully applies them to people situations. Demonstrates solid business acumen and develops a deep understanding of the university and assigned business group(s). Contributes to the continuous improvement of People & Talent processes, policies, and procedures. Nav