Human Resources Business Partner

The HRBP will act as a business partner to all employee levels with a focus on delivering value-added service and support. Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, this role will act as a key liaison and advocate of a wide range of HR-related initiatives, programs, and services, with a specific emphasis on talent acquisition, onboarding, and offboarding.

In Office M-F, Bethesda

Fluency in French is required.

Essential Duties:

• Provide support and guidance to the employee population in all aspects of human resources functions including benefits, FMLA, ADA, time-off management, and training.

• Research, identify, and recommend candidate sourcing tools and talent pipeline development strategies through job boards, career sites, and social media.

• Assist with the development, implementation and maintenance of position descriptions.

• Generate ideas, then create and design plans for various onboarding, recruitment, and retention initiatives.

• Manages the onboarding process for new hires to ensure successful integration. Ensures compliance with the comprehensive background investigation process for all new hires.

• Ensure new faculty are supported in relocation locally and from abroad. Liaison with the French Embassy (WDC) on the expat process.

• Primary contact for ADP-related inquiries, including system setup and password resets.

• Participate in the evaluation, development, and utilization of HRIS system.

• Develop and analyze HRIS tracking/metrics to evaluate success and make recommendations related to recruitment, retention, and engagement activities.

• Review, process, and audit HR and benefits enrollment requests/changes in ADP. Helps maintain data integrity in systems through audits, queries, and analysis, and assist with regulatory reporting.

• Completes payroll related tasks and duties, pay procedures, and assistance with unemployment claims.

• Maintain and update cloud personnel files.

• Timely process workers’ compensation claims; work with insurance carrier on return-to-work strategies.

• Respond to routine inquiries regarding human resources policies, procedures, and programs. Ensure confidentiality of information, as required.

• Complete employment verifications of current and former employees after securing authorization.

• Exhibit integrity, ethics, and fiscal responsibility.

• Perform related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. Additional related experience may be substituted for required education.

• 8-10 years of prior HRBP hands-on experience; SHRM or HRCI Certification, preferred.

• Proficient in MS Office and Google.

• Highly motivated, self-directed, and passionate about our people and organization; ability to remain objective.

• Operationally strong, detail obsessed. Sees the big picture and understands how things connect; solid analytical and problem-solving skills in a complex work environment.

• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence and confidently interface with employees at all levels.

• Knowledge of HRIS systems and capabilities including reporting, data management, and processing. Prior experience with ADP WFN, preferred, but not required.

• Knowledge and understanding of compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.

• Strong time management skills with an ability to prioritize work, multi-task, and meet deadlines.

• Ability to routinely travel between the two campus locations (3–5-mile radius).