HR Business Partner

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity of our community

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body as an open-access and low-cost institution. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to our students' diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

HR Business Partner

Job Description Summary:

Reports directly to the Vice Chancellor, Human Resources (VCHR) with a dotted line to the respective Executive Vice Chancellor. Responsible for providing executive-level strategic and operational support to assigned College business units while working closely and on-site as needed with the College's leadership and management teams to identify and address HR­ related issues, implement solutions, as well as deploy and support adoption of employment initiatives across an assigned region of campuses and local business units. Partner with HR leadership to develop and adapt processes and services in support of the College's strategy and goals.

Job Description:

The location of this position is the Highland Campus. This position is a hybrid role and must be flexible to be on-site as needed or deemed necessary by the Vice Chancellor, Human Resources. The College or VCHR reserves the right to change or end remote/hybrid work arrangements at any time.

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Supervises, trains, coaches, directs, coordinates, and disciplines personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws.  Recommends hire and termination personnel actions for positions supervised.

• Partner (on-site as needed) with assigned unit leaders to understand and support the strategic direction of the College and their area, as well as align HR initiatives with College goals and objectives.

• Provide expert guidance to college management on HR policies, procedures, and programs to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

• Oversee and provide guidance to the recruitment and hiring process, including job postings, candidate screening, interviewing, and selection.

• Guides unit leadership in the development of their organizational design, job descriptions, and performance expectations.

• Ensure adoption of the College's performance management and succession planning process, Including coaching, feedback, and performance evaluation.

• Lead the development and implementation of HR programs and procedures.

• Serve as liaison between the college's HR department and other areas and d