HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER (HRBP) at CityOfNewYork

The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self-sufficiency as quickly as possible. Human Resources Solutions (HRS) supports the human resources needs of the Department of Social Services, the Human Resources Administration, and the Department of Homeless Services through strategic partnership and collaboration, with the goal of creating an inclusive, motivated, and client centered workforce. Human Resources Solutions (HRS) is recruiting to hire an Confidential Strategy Planner to function as a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) who will: - Direct the flow of all human resources activities between the respective Chief organizational structure and the various component of the Human Resources Solutions in the following areas: Workforce Management & Recruitment, Classification, Timekeeping/Payroll, Employee Discipline, Employee Benefits, etc., ensuring that programmatic support area staffing needs and agency goals are efficiently and expeditiously met. - Delegate full authority and accountability for all actions affecting hiring, promotions, salary adjustment, transfer, etc. for their specifically assigned program areas. - Recommend and work with HRS to develop solution for employee relation conflict, problematic areas and help develop ideas to prevent and manage conflicts in addition to help improving departmental and organizational structure. - Determine, analyze, and recommend approach to effectively staff program areas to meet their operational needs; secure budgetary and headcount authorization of all proposed human resources actions prior to approving the expenditures. Advise and educate RA/C Heads, etc. on critical staffing problems i.e., promotions, hires, ensuring that the impact of such actions are within contractual agreement and approved budgetary and headcount constraint. - Direct the preparation and submission of a valid monthly Pre-and Post-Audit Planned Action Report (PAR) for each assigned program area component, assuring that the PAR submission conforms to all Mayoral directive and approved guideline; is responsible for audit tracking of all submitted PAR's; negotiate with HRS on all unresolved and sensitive issues. - Communicate with senior staff during meetings and other fact-finding sessions to secure information and explore options needed for optimal operational efficiency, expediting actions where possible. - Identify, analyze, assess, and review the impact of existing and/or new policies and practices to ensure adherence and uniform implementation with the assigned program areas. Alert and recommend appropriate action to HRS Administration concerning non-compliance to human resources policies and procedures; disapprove actions received from the assigned area of responsibility which do not conform to such policies. - Partner and collaborate with other Human Resources leaders and/or key operational/programmatic leaders to culturally enhance the work environment and create and establish technically sound business principles and practices. - Is the principal resource to key executive staff within the assigned areas of responsibility; assists and/or advises them in both short- and long-range planning for staffing needs to meet their operational goals and objectives within headcount and budgetary constraints. Provides advice and consultation to RA/C program heads when planning program reorganizations, or new operational components to ensure that labor management agreements, mayoral vacancy notices, ads and recruitment fliers are in place to effectively implement programmatic planning. - Directly supervises Deputy HRBP responsible for supporting activities necessary for the execution of the HRBP's function. Work Location: 4 World Trade Center, New York, NY Hours/Schedule: 9 to 5 CONFIDENTIAL STRATEGY PLANNER - 54737