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Director, HR Business Partner
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Organization Facility: Beth Israel Lahey Health - Non Executive Category: Human Resources Job ID: JR73248 Date posted: 04/24/2025Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
The Director, Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) will have a solid line reporting relationship to the Divisional VP, HR Business Partner. The Director, HRBP drives critical human capital initiatives and associated business results. He/she/they leads activities and ensures successful achievement of objectives related to employee engagement, workforce management, performance management, talent acquisition and development, succession planning, diversity and inclusion, communications, and change management. The Director/HRBP impacts overall business performance and employee engagement by providing strategic, creative, and collaborative leadership across the assigned Division(s.) Further, this role proactively diagnoses issues and opportunities and takes necessary action to bring timely resolution.Job Description:
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Partners in the planning process to ensure strategic plans drive business results. Contributes to the development of people strategies that support business strategies and objectives, and help to drive business and organizational performance. Support and influence key operational and strategic decisions.
2. Understands the general business conditions that affect their facilities and associated service lines while staying current on the research and trends within HR to present an informed point of view.
3. Provides input to HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) and other related BILH COEs regarding specific functional strategies, programs, and practices to ensure that they meet business needs. Serves as an advocate for business leaders and managers.
4. Participates in the interview and selection process as needed to ensure consistent quality of leadership. Applies best diversity and inclusive practices to promote inclusive hiring and promotions.
5. Leads talent assessment and development discussions leveraging program, approach, and template guidelines provided by HR COEs.
6. Coach leaders on change management strategies and resistance management techniques in accordance with the BILH change management methodology.
7. Create strategies to identify and overcome barriers (e.g., by facilitating meetings/conversations to identify root-cause issues of change blockers and coaching managers on appropriate tactics to mitigate or overcome issues).
8. Develops and implements plans to ensure exceptional results from change initiatives. Identifies where inconsistent communications or messaging may appear and aligns communication plan with company strategy to ensure expected results.
9. Supports all aspects of HR during new facility/programs openings, closings or relocations. In partnership with senior HR leaders, provides human capital consultation regarding team, department, or more significant business/operational restructuring.
10. Ensures departmental processes, procedures and outcomes are Joint Commission and/or other accreditor compliant. Participates as Human Resources lead in Joint Commission, CMS and DPH surveys if/as needed.
11. Has the responsibility to lead and support managers and directors in developing and improving operations to create optimal performance levels.
12. Cross-covers other Director, HRBP roles as needed for vacations, etc.
Required Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree in Business, HR or Related Field required. Master's degree preferred.
2. More than 10 years related work experience required and 5-8 years supervisory/management experience required
3. Lead with a system mindset that embraces transformation and change. Build strong, cross-functional relationships that involves and engages leaders and teams at all levels at the local hospital and throughout the system operations. Foster a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism.
4. Have knowledge of the HR functions and associated HR policies, approaches, and environmental constraints, as well as relevant HR laws and regulations.
5. Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. SPHR or SHRM-SP. Experience with Workday HRM. Experience as a HRBP working within a multi-site system environment and working with large, widely dispersed, workforce.
2. Certification in change management certification (PROSCI or Certified Change Management Professional- CCMP).
3. Experience as a HRBP in healthcare environment.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
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