HR Partner

We go where others won't, taking on some of the biggest public health challenges to protect and enhance millions of lives, and create a better, more secure world. Here, you will join passionate professionals who advance their scientific, technical and professional skills to develop products designed-to protect and enhance life.

The HR Partner plays a critical role in the Global HR team in providing HR support across functions and locations in partnership with business leaders, in service of driving employee engagement and achieving business objectives.

This position is a first point of contact for leaders and employees, and is responsible for bringing to life the following Human Resource activities and initiatives within their designated team: Recruitment, including processing staff requisitions, job postings, outreach, interviewing, candidate selection; Employee Development, including performance management, talent review and succession planning; partner with leaders on team effectiveness, conflict resolution; and other HR processes and initiatives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Works closely with HR Leadership, guides managers and employees through the application of HR policies and business processes (i.e. performance management, recruitment, etc.).
• Provides direction and recommendations on company policies and procedures, including the interpretation of requests to policy questions and exceptions.
• Recruitment
  • Works closely with HR leader to manage the end-to-end recruiting process and system.
  • Develops and implements recruiting strategies for multiple functions and recruiting plans for open positions, including creating creative sourcing solutions for hard to fill positions.
  • Educates hiring managers on recruiting responsibilities, processes, and technologies.
  • Sources, interviews, evaluates, and presents qualified candidates for open positions
  • Partners with HR and business leaders to ensure job requirements and core competencies identified in the job description align with business needs, proactively identifying gaps and making recommendations.
  • Manages and facilitates company diversity initiatives related to recruitment, including integrating diversity into the recruitment process to ensure a diverse candidate pool.
  • Manages and facilitates the onboarding process.
  • Ensures all recruiting activities are conducted within legal parameters and regulations, and are in accordance with internal policies.
  • Participates in the Affirmative Action Planning process, ensuring proper disposition coding, diverse candidate pools, manager training.
• Employee Development
  • Partners and consult with HR leader and business leaders to strengthen leadership/management capabilities, organizational design, and employee engagement.
    • In partnership with the HR Leader, coordinates and/or delivers:
      • talent review programs
      • employee development program content
      • client group participation in enterprise management and leadership development programs
      • Maintains succession plans and supports workforce capability analysis and planning as needed.
      • Supports HR leaders and Employee Relations Manager with employee relations issues, including providing strategies and processes for employees and supervisors.
      • Conducts exit interviews and provides summary reports to appropriate parties.
      • Coordinate the voluntary employee departure process, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and applicable employment legislation.
      • Prepares and coordinates employee documentation including letters, notification, communications, and job descriptions.
• Various HR Processes
  • Partners with Compensation to perform analyses on compensation procedures.
  • Provides support to HR leaders as needed on various initiatives.
  • Prepares reports, presentations, and material as needed.
  • Guides employees and managers through HRIS self-service transactions. Perform other non-self-service HRIS transactions to ensure data is accurate.
  • Maintains position control by reconciling budgeted positions in HRIS and finance budget systems to ensure accuracy in personnel planning.
  • Develops and generates reports as requested - including staffing, headcount, compensation, etc.
  • Maintain personnel files, ensuring all HR/payroll records are filed on a timely basis.
  • Maintains and follows SOX processes with regards to employee transactions.
  • Provides special project support to the HR Leader and Lead HRBPs as required.

The above statements are intended to describe the nature of work performed by those in this job and are not an exhaustive list of all duties. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time which reflects management's assignment of essential functions.

MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of three years' experience in a Human Resources Generalist capacity or other Human Resources operational role.
• Proficient in MS Office with a high level of comfort using computer systems such as HRIS and SharePoint. Advanced knowledge of Excel preferred.
• Demonstrated capability to interface and maintain effective relationships with all departments and employees in a team-oriented environment.
• Uses discretion, good judgment, and initiative to independently complete day to day responsibilities and tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and plan work activities, meet timelines, and deliver appropriate and accurate results.
• Identifies and resolves issues proactively and quickly, utilizing effective analysis techniques.
• Ability to obtain and maintain working knowledge of, and compliance with, applicable regulations that govern our business including, but not limited to: SOX, GXP, employment standards, human rights legislation, health & safety regulations, Emergent's Code of Conduct, and employment policies.
• Must be able to operate in a fast paced, highly structured team-based environment.

Per CDC guidelines, Emergent strongly recommends that all employees working on site are vaccinated to help ensure their safety, as well as the safety of fellow employees. This includes the use of good judgment when determining when the CDC guidelines advise that you stay home when ill.

There are physical/mental demands and work environment characteristics that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. This information is available upon request from the candidate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all essential functions.

Emergent BioSolutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the diversity of our workforce. Emergent does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Information submitted will be used by Emergent BioSolutions for activities related to your prospective employment. Emergent BioSolutions respects your privacy and any use of the information submitted will be subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy .

Emergent BioSolutions does not accept non-solicited resumes or candidate submittals from search/recruiting agencies not already on Emergent BioSolutions' approved agency list. Unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to Emergent BioSolutions by search/recruiting agencies not already on Emergent BioSolutions' approved agency list shall become the property of Emergent BioSolutions and if the candidate is subsequently hired by Emergent BioSolutions, Emergent BioSolutions shall not owe any fee to the submitting agency.

ABOUT EMERGENT

Protecting and Enhancing 1 billion lives by 2030 focuses our energy to improve the quality of life for individuals around the world, giving them the opportunity to experience the fullness of life.

Our drive towards this vision informs all of our actions-whether it is our approach to product development, manufacturing, encouraging employee health and wellness or giving back to the community-we strive every day to achieve this shared goal.

WE BELIEVE IN OUR VALUES

• Lead with Integrity
  • We gain trust and confidence through ethics, quality, and compliance excellence
• Stand shoulder to shoulder no matter what
  • We combine our best thinking and communicate openly to support each other.
• Own it always
  • Every person at Emergent is engaged and accountable for delivering on our commitments.
• Break through thinking
  • We take smart risks, pursue innovation and challenge ourselves to constantly improve.
• Compete where it counts
  • We set the right goals and respect each other as we conquer them together.