HR Business Partner (Remote)

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Pearson Virtual Schools provide high-quality, highly accountable online education solutions to schools, school districts, and students in grades K-12. It serves families and schools with a variety of digital learning and online school solutions including Connections Academy and Pearson Online Academy. The group, formerly known as Connections Education, is based in Columbia, Maryland, and has been named a “Top Workplace” by the Baltimore Sun for three consecutive years and a “Best Place to Work” by Baltimore magazine. Recognized for its outstanding curriculum, high-quality teachers, and leadership, Pearson Virtual Schools is committed to expanding quality education through technology and helping students achieve both academic and personal success.

Position Summary:

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) will support a portfolio of five to seven virtual schools and will serve as the central point of contact for school leaders, school leadership, and school staff. The HRP is responsible for providing targeted, customized support to schools in the areas of workforce planning, employee relations, leadership coaching, and HR strategy development and implementation. This is a remote working virtual HRBP role.

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnerships, Employee Relations, Leadership Coaching, Workforce Planning.

General Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnerships

• Build high-functioning relationships with leaders in assigned schools/departments to support and anticipate needs.
• Partner with HR leads in Talent and Systems and Reward to provide feedback from customers, generate new ideas, assist with program development and implementation, and promote HR initiatives to the organization.
• Develop strategic and operational plans to achieve results and ensure alignment with company goals and objectives through training and development initiatives.
• Analyze data to determine trends, areas for improvement, and educational opportunities and recommend and/or implement appropriate strategies.
• Anticipate business needs and provide short- & long-term customer-focused solutions that drive effective business results through the alignment of HR best practices to strategic business goals.
• Partner with the Training team on the deployment of training needs assessments and collaborate on training activities and special projects

Employee Relations

• Consult with staff and managers regarding employee relations issues and initiate action plans to address and resolve issues.
• Coach and advise staff and managers on matters regarding conflict resolution, relationship building, and effective communication.
• Coordinate with legal counsel and school boards as needed in regard to employment-related legal matters and policies.
• Review and analyze key data metrics for turnover and staff satisfaction, and create and implement action plans as needed.
• Manage performance assessment program including dissemination of communications, coordinating with training team on staff and manager training and resources, and 100% completion rate.
• Strategize and develop plans for staff retention efforts.
• Assist with and advise managers on disciplinary action procedures, coaching, counseling, and documentation.
• Assist managers with the preparation of performance assessments.

Leadership Coaching

Work with school leadership teams to implement Action Plans.

Meet with key stakeholders to understand the holistic opportunities for leaders’ growth and development.

Use data (new hire, pulse, exit, engagement, leadership assessments) to identify key areas of development and create development plans to support leaders/leadership teams.

Meet regularly with identified leaders to provide feedback with a focus on growth and achievement of development goals.

Support culture camp initiatives.

Implement succession plans for each school and ensure key talent had a development plan to focus on growth and retention.

Workforce Planning

Support school leaders with staffing and promotion need during the annual budgeting process.

Develop long and short-term staffing plans to meet the organizational needs of the department/school.

Support managers with the creation of job descriptions.

Manage the position change process by creating and obtaining approval for offer letters and communicating necessary data to payroll.

Analyze the information provided on an application to determine the suitability of the applicant for employment. Based on those findings, make recommendations to hiring managers.

Conduct phone and in-person interviews as requested and assist with the selection of hires.

Support teams with the creation and delivery of all HR-related communications.

Other duties as assigned.

Pearson Online & Blended Learning is focused on providing a flexible work environment to its employees, including the ability to work from home on a regular basis in most positions. We believe that flexibility in work/life balance is a critical part of our culture and employee satisfaction, and we are proud to provide to our employees the ability to work from anywhere, anytime. In exchange, we require that employees have the appropriate means to work remotely, including adherence to our work-at-home policies regarding home office setup, including but not limited to privacy of records, technology standards, equipment standards, and expectations.

Qualifications

• 2- 3 years of generalist HR experience with employee relations experience is a must.
• Previous work experience gained within a PEO or HR outsourcing company would be beneficial.
• Four-year college degree, preferably with an HR focus.
• SHRM-CP or PHR qualifications are highly advantageous.
• Previous virtual work experience in a metrics-driven organization is preferred.
• Education/academic sector experience is a plus.

As required by the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, Pearson provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of Colorado only, the range of starting pay for this role is $60,000-$65,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Learning is the most powerful force for change in the world. More than 20,000 Pearson employees deliver our products and services in nearly 200 countries, all working towards a common purpose – to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We do that by providing high quality, digital content and learning experiences, as well as assessments and qualifications that help people build their skills and grow with the world around them. We are the world’s leading learning company. Learn more at pearsonplc.com.

Job: HUMAN RESOURCES

Organization: Virtual Learning

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Req ID: 7243