Director, HR Business Partner at Vital Strategies

Are you seeking an opportunity to bring your professional expertise to a global organization focused on re-imagining public health?

The Director HR Business Partner is a new position at Vital Strategies and will guide and support our expanding Public Health Program division that currently has over 100 employees across 5 continents. This exciting new opportunity includes partnering with programmatic leaders in workforce planning, job design, onboarding, and engagement. The Director will possess strong business acumen, organization development, and human resources expertise coupled with consulting skills required to aid in guidance and development of people functions within the division. Our ideal candidate has a passion for solving complex people challenges, comfortable managing multiple stakeholders at various levels, and an ability to negotiate competing priorities and deadlines.

This position will be part of the global HR team providing dedicated support to the PHP division bringing technical expertise and ensuring organizational alignment. The Director will collaborate with the global people team to shape a work environment that aims to be diverse and inclusive. The Director will also partner with the team in the design and implementation of new processes and systems including performance management and learning and development initiatives.

This is a full time, hybrid position based out of our New York City office location.

Vital Strategies is committed to helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to protecting the safety of our employees. All U.S. employees will be required to be fully vaccinated unless the employee is approved for a reasonable accommodation due to a disability or a religious reason.

Vital Strategies is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) organization. We believe our programs are strengthened when they are developed and supported by individuals with diverse life experiences, whose understanding of social and cultural issues can help make our work and workforce more inclusive.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, gender, national origin, ancestry, actual or perceived age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, alienage or citizenship status, gender (including gender identity or expression), partnership status, arrest or conviction record, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of sex offense or stalking, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Read about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Vital Strategies: https://www.vitalstrategies.org/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-vital-strategies/

This is a full time position based out of our New York City office location, where a hybrid office schedule is in place. We offer highly competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. The salary range for this position is $120,000-$130,000 USD. The candidate much have eligibility to work in the U.S. at time of hire

ABOUT VITAL

Vital Strategies is an international public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury and death. We currently work in 73 countries, supporting data-driven decision making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include non-communicable disease prevention, tobacco control, road safety, obesity prevention, overdose prevention, environmental health, vital statistics systems building and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment research. Our programs are primarily concentrated in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific; the Overdose Prevention Program is our first initiative in the U.S. Please visit our website at www.vitalstrategies.org to find out more about our work.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Workforce planning and onboarding: partner with divisional leadership to create workforce plans, support hiring managers in addressing their business needs and translating that into defined job descriptions for recruitment. Collaborate with divisional leaders to develop and deliver high quality divisional onboarding.
• Management and performance: support divisional and program management reinforcing a continuous feedback culture, coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions.
• Learning and development: identify training needs for business units and liaise with Director of Talent Acquisition and Management to address.
• DEI Ambassador: ensure diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded into people practices and work with Task Force on various initiatives.
• Support: The Director serves as a coach and consultant to the division’s program heads and managers as well as other employees on management matters. The Director will coach managers and leaders on HR policies and processes, inclusive of talent planning, development, and performance management in order to promote a culture of continuous growth and development.
• Collaboration: The role of the Director is also a highly collaborative one where the incumbent will collaborate with HR team in developing and executing a lifecycle approach to people management focused on forecasting, staffing, development, on-boarding, performance management, retention, talent movement, and leveraging workforce insights and analytics that can be used for PHP division. The Director will also work with HR team in ensuring the implementation of best practices and compliance to legislation at all times.
• Analytics: The Director leverages divisional workforce insights, develops and analyzes analytics in order to focus division leaders on relevant people management issues offering strategies and solutions including development plans and promotion.
• People Operations: provide input on global policies and core business processes to reduce legal risk and ensure appropriate regulatory compliance. Collaborate with global HR team in areas such as: compensation administration, onboarding, employee relations, and internal investigations.

Education:

Minimally, a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business or any other related field.

Skills & Abilities:

• Experience in all HR functional areas, with strong consult and coaching skills, successfully partnering with business leaders to drive individual, team, and divisional performance
• Ability to build strong, ongoing, impactful relationships at all organizational levels and across a diverse range of cultural, generational, ethnic, racial, educational, and social backgrounds
• Expert level of technical HR skill, expertise, compliance understanding and the latest trends and best practices
• Excellent written/oral communication skills, confident, persuasive presentation skills, organizational influence, and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, negotiation, problem solving skills.
• Flexible and open to change, highly organized, strong work ethic and ability to work on multiple simultaneous projects and meet tight deadlines.

Experience required:

• 10 years’ work experience in human resources with minimal three years in a senior position
• Experience working in a strategic business partner/leadership role
• Experience working in a global environment with non-profit experience highly preferred
• Experience successfully guiding program heads and divisional leadership in change management initiatives and shared decision making.
• SHRM or HRCI certification a plus