Business Partner-Human Resources

**Primary Purpose:** The HR Business Partner (or Sr.) reports to the Manager, Human Resources and understands how best-in-class talent drives the organization’s success. The HRBP drives organizational excellence by utilizing their knowledge of the business and competitive marketplace, influencing business decisions, applying data analytics, leveraging built relationships, and utilizing the broader HR organization to execute. The HRBP understands the business beyond the HR function and influences the overall organization to ensure superior operations and business outcomes. ### Responsibilities **Essential duties and responsibilities:** - Using strong business acumen, consults with functional management to deliver value-added HR services that reflect the business objectives of the organization. - Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity, engagement, and retention. - Provides day to day performance management guidance to line management (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions). - Recommends organizational development strategies to management including quality improvement, performance enhancement approaches, and problem-solving by analyzing departmental trends and performance outcomes. - Provides HR policy guidance, interpretation, and consistency, reducing legal risks and ensuring compliance. - Consults with management team members on training needs across an assigned area of responsibility. Participates in the evaluation and monitoring of training programs to ensure success. - Consults with management and talent acquisition partners on strategies to effectively attract, recruit and retain employees. - Develops and implements programs that promote positive employee relations. Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. When needed, conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations. - Contributes to the development and deployment of programs and events that contribute to the well-being of team members and the overall work environment at Tallgrass. - Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnover, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service. - Performs a variety of complex analytical and technical human resources functions related to employee relations, performance management, training & development, HRIS reporting, classification and compensation, dispute resolution, recruitment support, separation, leave administration and worker's compensation. - Interprets and explains human resources laws, administrative regulations, and other human resources policies and procedures to supervisors, and employees. - Develops effective leaders within the organization, focusing on leadership needs and key themes identified as part of the business strategy and organizational and talent review processes. Initiatives include working with leaders to create strategies to close talent gaps, developing a highly effective leadership team; assist with developing bench strength for succession and talent management. Encourages building strength through diversity. - Maintain awareness of potential union encroachment; inform and consult with management and labor relations team regarding organizing activities/developments. - Administer onboarding and separation administration and interviews. - Communicate benefits, compensation and HR policies and procedures to employees and management; make presentations on these and other relevant HR programs, changes and related issues. - Assist management in the employment process as it relates to recruitment, selection and placement of employees. - Facilitate and conduct training on a variety of HR initiatives (Affirmative Action, performance management process, interviewing/selection, harassment/discrimination/prevention, etc.). - Keep the team informed of client group issues and travel schedules. - Excellent analytical and co…