HR Business Partner Job in Newark 19702, Delaware Us
Impact the lives of millions of children!
Knowledge Universe is a leading global education organization with a network of more than 3,700 locations worldwide, employing over 40,000 education professionals, operating large on-line schools, colleges, international schools and school management systems which together touch over four million students daily. We are the nation’s largest private provider of early childhood and school-age education and care, serving more than 250,000 children in the United States. The Company is committed to enhancing the educational opportunities for children, families, and the dedicated professionals who serve them.
We are seeking a talented HR Business Partner to serve as a consultative business partner and change agent to managers in driving employee productivity and engagement and improving organizational effectiveness in alignment with the organization’s business objectives. You will be responsible for the development, coordination, support and implementation of targeted Human Resources initiatives within KinderCare and delivering HR solutions to improve the organizational effectiveness of individual business units. As a consultative business partner, you will provide day-to-day human resources support to management, as well as serve as a primary HR interface and integrator of other Human Resources initiatives and functions (such as Organization Development, Compensation, Benefits, Employee Relations and Recruiting).
Job Responsibilities
- Provides partnership, leadership, direction, counsel and expertise to enable business leaders to manage a small to medium sized business as well as integrated enterprise events.
- Provides oversight, supervision and direction to (KCLC divisional HR team) to deliver HR programs and services designed to meet the unique needs of the customer group.
- Coach and mentor high potential and high professional employees as part of the organization’s focus on talent development.
- Partner with business clients and HR functional groups to build and execute workforce plan in achievement of overall business strategy, objectives, and goals.
- Coordinate with clients to ensure delivery of additional HR Resources, such as, Organization Development, Talent Management and Compensation in order to diagnose, develop and deliver timely, comprehensive and relevant solutions to the client.
- Offer thought and policy leadership on human resource issues to clients.
- Leverage existing HR resources to ensure delivery of timely, relevant and efficient HR operations.
- Work and communicate effectively across HR and the client organization.
- Assist in building a strong organizational culture.
- Build HR capabilities within client organization.
- Ensure compliance with all pertinent HR-related laws and regulations.
- Contribute to enterprise initiatives and projects.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of Human Resources experience.
- Experience working in an HR function with a strategic business partner model strongly preferred.
- Operations experience preferred but not required.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, advanced degree preferred.
- Excellent customer focus.
- Strong business acumen with extensive knowledge of the business, understanding of market trends, competition, company policies/procedures culture.
- Proven strategic agility and thinking; knowing how the organization can perform and win, can initiate and operationalize competitive HR strategies and plans linked to the business strategy.
- Broad Human Resources expertise including organizational behavior, change management, business planning, policy implementation and communication.
- Ability to build partnerships with leaders at all levels.
- Strong negotiation, conflict resolution, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build and maintain excellent peer relationships.
- Some supervisory experience highly preferred.
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