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Sr HR Business Partner (short-term)
JSI
Remote, USA
Full Time, Temporary, Contract
Senior · 8+ years experience
Remote
USD 87909-141456 yearly / year
Discovered 1 months ago
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RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as the primary headquarters P&C point of contact for country-based leaders and local HR teams to deliver immediate, compliant guidance on urgent personnel, performance, and labor relations issues.
- Partner closely with international project leadership to navigate and resolve sensitive employee relations matters, localized staffing challenges, and live personnel crises.
- Collaborate across the global People & Culture team to share knowledge, lessons learned, and operational tools, driving efficiency across the international portfolios.
- Oversee immediate transactional needs for project staff and expatriates to guarantee seamless operational continuity and compliance with standard JSI procedures.
- Prioritize day-to-day problem-solving, operational firefighting, and workflow coverage across assigned portfolios, focusing on immediate resolution.
- Lead or coordinate global HR Incident Response Teams to ensure thorough, compliant, and confidential resolutions of sensitive workplace incidents, as assigned.
- Collaborate with proposal teams under tight deadlines to draft, review, and finalize the personnel, staffing, and management components of active business development bids, including sourcing, interviewing, and vetting high-caliber key personnel candidates for active proposal pipelines to strengthen JSI’s competitive positioning for new awards, as requested.
- Align immediate P&C advisory actions with country-level project objectives to minimize operational risk and support workforce stability during coverage.
- Apply specialized knowledge of international labor standards and major donor requirements (e.g., USAID, Gates Foundation, CDC) to resolve complex country HR challenges.
- Guide and mentor local country HR staff on standardized lifecycle processes to reinforce country capacity and policy adherence.
- Ensure full compliance with internal P&C policies and donor rules across all portfolio actions to safeguard organizational resources.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Health, or Organizational
- Psychology, a related field, or equivalent experience. HR certification (e.g., SHRM-SCP/SPHR) and/or Master's degree preferred.
- 8+ years of relevant progressive experience in international HR, including leadership/people management experience.
- Proven experience with international donor organizations (USAID, Gates Foundation, CDC); previous experience working within JSI systems, culture, and operational frameworks is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience across the full talent lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee relations) with strong business acumen and project management skills.
- Advanced cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to strict confidentiality.
- Fluent oral and written English communication skills.
- Fluency in a second language (French, Spanish, Portuguese, or others) is preferred.
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, if necessary (up to 10%).
- Mostly operate a computer in a virtual first environment.
- Ability to maintain a comfortable and ergonomic posture while working.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the location of primary residency, without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
LOCATION INFORMATION
- In order to be considered for a position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the location specified without relocation support or visa sponsorship now or in the future, unless explicitly noted otherwise in the position overview. If a position does not specify a location, applicants whose primary residence is a location where JSI is registered to conduct business will be considered:
- U.S. Locations: AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IN, IL, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, PA, RI, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, DC, and WI.
- Global Locations: Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and U.S.
- JSI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees and to fostering a workplace free from discrimination. We believe in upholding the values of individual merit, hard work, and excellence, and we actively oppose any practices that promote illegal preferences or discrimination in hiring, contracting, or other employment decisions or practices. We strive to create an environment where every individual is treated with dignity and respect, and we are dedicated to promoting a culture that recognizes and rewards individual initiative and achievements. If you are an individual with a disability, or a disabled veteran and unable to apply online for an available position, you may submit your request for reasonable accommodation by calling Human Resources at 617-482-9485. Additionally, please visit our poster viewing center for state and federal compliance posters for all office-based and telecommuter staff. Please select the state in which you are working from in the dropdown options for your applicable compliance poster set. JSI is a child-safe organization, and the safety and well-being of children is a priority of our organization. We have robust recruitment procedures to ensure that all staff are suited to work with the children served by our programs.
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