People & Culture Business Partner – Director, Academics

Department: 14213 Enterprise Corporate - People & Culture Business Partner

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information: N/A

$62.15 - $93.25

The People & Culture Business Partner - Director, Academics role will lead people & culture business initiatives within Advocate Health academics, including Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Health Professions, the National Center for Clinical Trials, and Clinical Training/GME. This role will be responsible for driving business objectives and serve as a trusted advisor to academic leaders on people & culture strategy issues, designing long-term business solutions in partnership with academic leaders.

The partner will serve as a consultant on business-related issues, leveraging a solid grounding in people & culture programs and practices and business literacy about the business unit’s financial position, its mid and long-range plans, culture, competition and its customers. The partner will develop integrated solutions by communicating needs proactively within people & culture and academic leaders they support. They will partner across the people & culture function to deliver value-added service to management that reflect the business objectives of the organization and act as an academic champion and change agent.

The role assesses and anticipates business needs requiring Human Capital Management (HCM) related solutions.

• Acts as a People & Culture business partner to assigned academic leaders, functioning as a consultant on business and people & culture related matters. Utilizes a strong grasp of organizational expectations and culture, translating the brand in how people & culture services are delivered.
• Guides both short and long-term decisions within academics, utilizing knowledge of workforce planning and development with sound succession planning processes and programs. Provides guidance and support for refining or developing new organizational design and implementation of restructures. Researches and analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with people & culture centers of expertise, leading to the development of sound people & culture solutions, programs and policies to help leaders meet business challenges.
• Researches and develops creative and innovative ideas and solutions that will help academic leaders meet objectives utilizing depth of knowledge and expertise in people & culture and organizational strategies.
• Provides effective performance management guidance to leadership (coaching, counseling, career development, corrective action, discharge) which serves to drive academic results. Effectively coaches leaders on how their actions reflect and drive the culture and weave cultural standards into practices and processes.
• Provides a balance of the ability to appropriately challenge leaders, while maintaining strong partnership and relationships with academic leaders, applying a high degree of confidence and expertise as an advanced people & culture leader.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of policies, procedures and legal requirements, mitigating risk and ensuring compliance.
• Designs and delivers broad learning to leaders to build capability in alignment to key people & culture priorities, initiatives and capability building efforts.
• Serves as a liaison between people & culture operations and the academics.

• None Required. SHRM-CP,
  -SCP, PHR or SPHR preferred.

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field.

• 7 years of experience with progressive responsibilities and demonstrated organization strategy activity, development consulting, partnering on complex employee relation issues, and developing, facilitating and leading human resources functions.
• Experience in academic medicine preferred.
• Experience working in a complex academic or health care organization is a plus.
• 3 years of management experience in strategic planning, directing and leading comprehensive human resources functions within a complex organization.