Associate Director, Human Resources

• →Coordinating with the Director, serves as a strategic HR Business Partner to selected Chicago Booth leadership teams, aligning HR strategies with business objectives and driving high levels of service, engagement, and responsiveness as well as influencing senior leadership decisions through data-driven insights and strategic guidance.
• →Coaches and develops assigned leaders to enhance effectiveness, build leadership capability, and support the growth of high-performing, inclusive teams. Covers topics such as talent management, including hiring, performance engagement (Invest4Growth), employee relations, corrective action, and separations.
• →Assists with the annual workforce planning process for assigned units, partnering with senior leadership on talent assessment, succession planning, compensation planning, and organizational design.
• →Supports integrated talent strategies, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, and onboarding to meet evolving organizational needs.
• →Partners on compensation strategy, leveraging internal and external data to inform decisions on merit increases, equity adjustments, promotions, and workforce investments.
• →Supports organizational change initiatives, and partners with leadership to navigate transitions and drive adoption of new structures, processes, and ways of working.
• →Provides guidance on employee and labor relations, proactively managing risk, resolving complex workplace issues, and ensuring equitable policy application, in partnership with Booth HR Leadership.
• →Consults on organizational design and job architecture, including job analysis and position development aligned to current and future business needs.
• →Leverages HR data and analytics to inform decision-making, identify trends, and implement process improvements that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• →Champions a high-performance culture, advancing performance management practices, employee engagement initiatives, and retention strategies informed by workforce insights.
• →Represents HR as a trusted advisor, contributing to Chicago Booth and University-wide initiatives, and enhancing the overall employee experience across the lifecycle.
• →Follows HR policies as well as collaborate with our University HR partners within the central HR team, primarily the benefits and employee labor and relations partners.
• →Guides staff hiring processes, including developing job descriptions, interviewing and reference checking, handling employment offers, and conducting orientation. Develops templates and drafts routine offer letters. Maintains appropriate human resources data and records, solving a range of problems using best practices.
• →Has a deep understanding of unit's employee/labor relations efforts, including handling grievances, disciplinary warnings, and employee complaints.
• →Performs other related work as needed.

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management, critical thinking and influencing skills.
• Supporting workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy initiatives.
• Leading or supporting organizational change initiatives, such as restructuring, growth, transformation; guide leaders through change; and drive adoption of new processes and structures.
• Work independently with little supervision; possess a self-motivated disposition; identify opportunities for improvement and recommend effective changes, all while achieving key objectives resulting in desired outcomes.
• Handle multiple detailed tasks/projects simultaneously and meet strict deadlines with frequent interruptions.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and diplomatically with colleagues, as well as with students, faculty and corporate contacts in a multitude of communication methods, including in person, email, and phone.
• Professional demeanor, including tact, discretion, and a customer service-oriented approach.

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

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Pay Range

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

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