Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Employee Relations

Position Summary:

The Senior HR Business Partner, Employee Relations, serves as a strategic and operational HR consultant to assigned business units within UDRI. This role provides guidance across employee relations, workforce planning, performance management, and recruitment, while partnering with leadership to align strategies with organizational goals.

The Senior HR Business Partner, Employee Relations, combines day-to-day operational support with strategic insight, including full-cycle talent acquisition, and acts as a key partner to ensure workforce effectiveness, employee engagement, and compliance with applicable laws and requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum P3

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience working in an HR Generalist or HRBP function.
• Experience leading teams and supervising personnel.
• General understanding of employment law.
• Proven ability to influence and partner with leadership on HR strategies and workforce decisions.
• Knowledge of federal and state employment laws, regulations.
• Effective communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with HRIS systems.
• Effective leadership, communication, analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
• Ability to work across organizational functions with diverse constituents, and translate workforce needs into scalable programs and solutions.
• Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. person (i.e., a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee).

Minimum P4

• Candidates for the P4 level will be expected to exhibit all qualifications required for the P3 level, in addition to 10 years of progressive HR experience, including experience in employee relations, recruitment, and HR consulting or 9 years of experience with a related Master’s degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

Preferred P3

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• 8 years of progressive HR experience, including experience in employee relations, recruitment, and HR consulting or 7 years of experience with a related Master’s degree.
• HR certifications: SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR.
• Experience supporting research, defense contracting, or highly technical organizations.
• Demonstrated success in full-cycle recruitment, workforce planning, or HR strategy initiatives.
• Familiarity with OFCCP compliance, internal audits, and affirmative action reporting.
• Experience in performance management, employee development programs, and succession planning.
• Ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations and provide actionable HR insights.
• Demonstrated experience within the Employee Relations functional domain.
• Knowledge of defense contracting requirements.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Preferred P4

• Candidates for the P4 level will be expected to exhibit all qualifications required for the P3 level, in addition to 12 years of progressive HR experience, including experience in employee relations, recruitment, and HR consulting or 11 years of experience with a related Master’s degree.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

First application review date will be 11/09/2026.

Closing Statement:

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.