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Human Resources Business Partner
Job Code:2025-631
Branch/Department:Human Resources-Towson
FT/PT Status:Regular Full Time
Salary range:$73,866-Starting Salary
  
At BCPL, staff members have the opportunity to enrich individual lives and build strong communities by delivering exceptional customer experiences, establishing meaningful partnerships, and creating innovative learning spaces. We seek enthusiastic, open-minded, self-motivated individuals who can work well independently and with others. BCPL circulates over 10 million items and provides library services through its 19 branches, 4 mobile library vehicles, and an extensive outreach network. If you are forward thinking and passionate about public service, consider joining BCPL in this position.

Schedule:
This is a full time position working 40 hours a week.  All library administrative staff may be required to work evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays throughout the year as part of the normal work schedule.

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Human Resources Director, the Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) acts as a strategic partner to designated business units, aligning HR initiatives with organizational goals.  This role is responsible for providing expert HR guidance, driving workforce strategies, and ensuring a high-performance culture within the organization.  This role is responsible for collaborating closely with business leaders to align HR initiatives, they will provide advice and counsel on employee relations, labor relations, talent management and development, performance management and HR related compliance matters.

Essential Functions

Functions listed are intended as illustration of the various types of work performed.  The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or logical assignment to the position.

Strategic Partnership

  • Collaborate with business leaders to develop and implement HR strategies that support organizational objectives
  • Serve as trusted advisor on workforce planning, talent management, and organizational design
Employee Relations
  • Manage complex employee relation issues and provide conflict resolution support
  • Ensure compliance with labor laws and company policies addressing workplace concerns promptly and effectively
  • Provide direction and consolation to leadership with people management issues including retention/engagement; rewards program; compensation/incentives; coaching; dealing with unsatisfactory performance, development of growth plans; problem solving; and disciplinary actions up to and including terminations
  • Responds to and investigates employee concerns regarding policy interpretation and application, allegations of discrimination/harassment, and disputes regarding disciplinary actions and terminations; prepares reports based on findings of investigation and maintains all pertinent documents/data
  • Partner with labor relations officer to respond to grievances and union contract interpretation inquiries
  • Develop; implement and execute retention and employee satisfaction strategies

Performance Management

  • Partner with leaders to drive performance management initiatives, including goalsetting, coaching and feedback

Talent Acquisition and Retention

  • Oversee and manage full-life cycle of acquiring talent
  • Implement strategies to enhance employee engagement and reduce turnover

Change Management

  • Lead and support change management initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness

Training and Development

  • Consult with business units to identify training and staff development needs
  • Support and partner in the implementation of or execution of all training and learning initiatives
Other duties as assigned

Bargaining Unit Status: Ineligible

Job Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree in human resources, business administration or related field and four (4) years of experience in human resources with at least one year in an HRBP consultant/advisory role
Or
  • High school or equivalent with six (6) years of human resources experience in an HRBP role
In addition
  • HR certification is a plus
  • Must be willing to obtain certification within two years of employment
  • Union experience preferred
  • Must have working knowledge of HR fundamentals: talent acquisition, employee/labor relations
*For Best Consideration: apply by January 27, 2025*

**Applicants for this position will remain in consideration for any HRBP position openings within the next six months and do not need to reapply.**

We have a 14 step pay scale. Internal applicants starting pay varies based on their current step on the salary scale. We also offer, as appropriate, overtime pay, comp. time, and differential pay.

The Library offers an excellent benefits package that includes pay holidays, 20 vacation days, 15 sick days, and seven personal days per year. In addition the Library also offers health, dental, vision, life, voluntary long-term disability, pension, deferred compensation, an employee assistance program, flex spending, and Commuter Choice parking and transit accounts.