Human Resources Business Partner, People & Culture

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), People & Culture serves as a strategic and operational Human Resources professional who partners with leaders, faculty, researchers, managers, and Monellians across the institution to advancePeople & Culture initiatives, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, workforce planning, talent management, leadership development, and operational excellence.

The HRBP plays a critical role in fostering a positive workplace culture that reflects Monell's mission, values, scientific excellence, innovation, collaboration, and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Human Resources Business Partnership

• Serve as a strategic Human Resources partner to assigned departments, laboratories, and operational areas.
• Build effective relationships with leaders, faculty, researchers, and Monellians throughout the institution.
• Provide guidance and consultation regarding workforce issues, employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, and workforce planning.
• Assist leaders in identifying practical solutions to workforce and organizational challenges.
• Support institutional initiatives that strengthen culture, engagement, retention, and employee experience.

Appointment Letters and Personnel Actions

• Prepare, review, coordinate, and track appointment letters and personnel actions.
• Draft appointment letters for new hires, promotions, transfers, salary adjustments, reclassifications, temporary assignments, renewals, faculty appointments, visiting scientists, visiting students, postdoctoral fellows, trainees, interns, and volunteers.
• Ensure consistency between approved personnel actions, budgets, grant funding, and employment documentation.
• Coordinate with Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, Research Administration, Principal Investigators, and leadership to verify appointment details.
• Conduct thorough quality reviews to ensure accuracy of names, titles, compensation, dates, reporting relationships, funding sources, and employment terms.
• Monitor appointment expirations, renewals, and employment status changes.
• Maintain employment documentation and personnel records in accordance with institutional policies and regulatory requirements.
• Exercise exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and quality assurance in all employment documentation.

Offboarding and Separation Administration

• Coordinate employee separations including resignations, retirements, end-of-appointment actions, and involuntary separations.
• Prepare separation documentation and facilitate offboarding activities.
• Coordinate the collection of institutional property and removal of system access.
• Conduct or coordinate exit interviews and employee feedback processes.
• Maintain compliance with institutional policies and applicable employment regulations.
• Ensure a professional and respectful employee transition experience.

Benefits Administration

• Serve as a resource regarding employee benefit programs and eligibility requirements.
• Assist with health and welfare benefits, retirement plans, leave administration, and related benefit programs.
• Coordinate new hire benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, and annual open enrollment activities.
• Partner with benefit providers, brokers, and vendors.
• Support employee benefit communications and education efforts.
• Assist with benefits audits, reporting, and compliance activities.
• Maintain accurate benefits records and documentation.
• Respond to employee benefit inquiries and assist with issue resolution.
• Assist with learning communications, enrollment, reporting, and participation tracking.
• Support virtual, on-site, instructor-led, and self-directed learning experiences.

Human Resources Technology and Project Management

• Assist with the project management, implementation, expansion, and optimization of ADP Workforce Now.
• Support Human Resources technology initiatives and system enhancements.
• Collaborate with Human Resources, Payroll, Information Technology, Finance, Learning & Development, and operational leaders regarding system implementation and adoption.
• Support system training, communication, change management, and user adoption initiatives.
• Assist with reporting, analytics, data integrity, and process improvement efforts.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to Human Resources technology.

Policy Administration and Compliance

• Interpret and apply Human Resources policies, procedures, and practices.
• Assist with maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Support policy development, communication, implementation, and training activities.
• Assist with audits, reporting requirements, and compliance initiatives.
• Maintain confidential Human Resources records and documentation.

Human Resources Operations

• Support day-to-day Human Resources operations and services.
• Assist with Human Resources reporting, metrics, audits, and special projects.
• Participate in process improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Support Payroll, Finance, Research Administration, and other institutional departments as needed.
• Provide exceptional customer service to leaders, faculty, researchers, and Monellians.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Psychology, or a related field required, or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience required.
• Experience supporting employee relations, talent acquisition, onboarding, benefits administration, performance management, and organizational development preferred.
• Experience within a scientific, nonprofit, research, healthcare, academic, or higher education environment is highly desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of Human Resources principles, employment laws, and best practices.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, relationship-building, and customer service skills.
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and quality assurance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience utilizing Human Resources Information Systems, including ADP Workforce Now.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and reporting tools.
• Commitment to collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Monell provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.