HR Business Partner

Play an important and strategic role in human resources and employee relations.

Be the backbone of hope and healing.

At Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge, every role matters in helping people overcome addiction and find a new path forward. Whether you’re working directly with clients or supporting behind the scenes, your contributions make recovery possible. In return, we offer a values-driven workplace, supportive managers, and opportunities to grow. That commitment has earned us recognition from Newsweek as a Best Addiction Treatment Center and seven straight Star Tribune Top Workplace awards.

* This position can sit in Twin Cities Metro OR Rochester*

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a strategic and operational partner to assigned programs, departments, and facilities, aligning employment practices with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and service delivery needs. This role provides consultative HR leadership in a regulated residential and outpatient substance use disorder treatment environment, with a strong focus on employee engagement, performance management, compensation, employee relations, and compliance.

The HRBP ensures consistent application of HR policies and practices, mitigates organizational risk, and supports a culture grounded in compassion, accountability, and respect.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The essential functions include the following:

• Serve as the primary HR partner and trusted advisor for assigned programs, departments and facilities, attend leadership meetings and ensure consistent application of HR policies and practices.
• Partner with executive, program, and operational leaders to support implementation of program and department priorities and align HR strategies with organizational goals, licensing requirements, and service delivery needs.
• Utilize consultative approach to coach leaders on performance management, corrective action, documentation, and terminations.
• Conduct employee relations investigations, including allegations related to relapse, misconduct, complaints and policy violations.
• Ensure timely, thorough, and legally sound documentation to mitigate risk for all employee relations matters.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across all assigned programs, departments and facilities.
• Support compliance with licensing standards applicable to residential and outpatient treatment programs, including background studies, staff qualifications, training requirements, and all employment related Minnesota DHS guidelines.
• Partner with Compliance and Program leaders on regulatory audits and inquiries.
• Support workforce planning, organizational design, and leadership development initiatives.
• Lead change management initiatives, assisting teams in navigating growth and transitions effectively to minimize disruption.
• Provide guidance to leaders by interpreting employment-related policies and assessing potential risks, helping them make informed decisions.
• Identify ways to improve HR policies and procedures in support of organizational goals.
• Provide guidance on compensation administration and employee changes; process employee change requests in HRIS as appropriate.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to support hiring needs throughout the recruitment process.
• Support onboarding processes to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Partner with Learning & Development to identify and support training needs for supervisors and staff.
• Assist with team development and team building for assigned programs, departments and facilities.
• Provide guidance to leaders and employees regarding compensation practices, job classifications, and internal equity across the organization.
• Administer leave of absence processes (FMLA, state paid leave, workers’ compensation, ADA accommodations) for assigned programs, departments and facilities.
• Support employee engagement initiatives and employee feedback processes for assigned programs, departments and facilities.
• Support MnTC’s Christian philosophy and ministry approach to serving clients and…