POSO Senior Business Partner for Academic Colleges and Administrative Units

POSO Senior Business Partner for Academic Colleges and Administrative Units

Position Number: 500683
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Anticipated Recruitment Range: $71,121 – $126,375
Position Type: Non-Faculty
Job Category: Non-Faculty Professional

Organizational Unit Overview:

The Department for People Operations, Success, and Opportunity (POSO) supports the Universitys mission through strong partnerships, excellent service, and people-centered programs. Central to ECUs strategic priority for workforce success, POSO provides leadership to the universitys innovative and dynamic efforts to recruit, retain, develop, and support a thriving workforce and foster an equal opportunity learning and working environment. We seek to be recognized as a strategic partner and innovator – aligning services with university priorities, enabling community success, and contributing to long-term institutional goals.

Compliance and personnel matters administered by this unit are governed by federal and state laws, regulations, statutes, and policies including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA); the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; the N.C. General Statutes 126-16, as amended; the UNC Policy Manual; and The Code of the University of North Carolina.

Job Duties:

The POSO Senior Business Partner for Academic Colleges and Administrative Units (Senior Business Partner-Academic) provides strategic leadership for a team of Business Partners supporting academic colleges/schools and administrative areas within a large, research-intensive higher education institution. This role serves as a trusted advisor to the Provost, deans, and other department leaders, ensuring human resources strategies advance institutional priorities related to teaching and research excellence, workforce success, and operational sustainability.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Partnerships within the Department for People Operations, Success, and Opportunity (POSO), the Senior Business Partner-Academic leads and integrates a cohort of POSO Business Partners who operate as embedded partners to assigned portfolios. Consistent with POSOs partnership-driven and service-oriented operating model, the role translates University human resources strategy into unit-level action while strengthening consistency, transparency, and shared accountability across colleges, schools, and administrative units within the portfolio. This position plays a critical role in advancing POSOs mission to enable people, teams, and leaders to thrive through thoughtful, strategic people practices within a shared-services people operations framework.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Translating University, POSO, and Partnership priorities to create action and engagement plans for the academic portfolio (20%)
• Overseeing the quality, consistency, compliance, and accuracy of POSO Partnerships service delivery within the academic portfolio and serving with delegated signatory authority as the senior approver for hiring and other personnel actions (25%)
• Leading, developing, and coaching a high-performing team of business partners focused on operational excellence, consultative engagement, well-being, and accountability (25%)
• Collaborating internally with POSO directors and specialists and externally with the Office for Faculty Affairs and other areas across campus to anticipate and respond to emerging workforce trends impacting higher education (20%)
• Lead the development of performance measures, data-informed insights, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen partnership effectiveness and service delivery across portfolios (10%)

Contingent upon availability of funds.

Minimum Education/Experience:

Bachelors degree and four years of progressively responsible professional human resources management experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience.. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

License or Certification Required by Statute or Regulation:

none

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

• Demonstrated experience in strategic workforce planning
• Analytical skills, with the ability to collect, analyze, and interpret complex datasets to generate actionable insights and data-driven recommendations
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Expertise in employee relations, organizational consulting, and change leadership
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and ethics
• Experience in problem-solving and thorough knowledge of HR procedures, policies, and best practices
• Experience using HR systems (including but not limited to Banner, PeopleAdmin, Salesforce, etc.) and ability to learn new technical systems, when necessary
• Experience in higher education or similarly complex, regulated organizations

Special Instructions to Applicant:

East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. Candidates must also submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references, including contact information, online.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Additional Instructions to Applicant:

• In order to be considered for this position, applicants must complete a candidate profile online via the PeopleAdmin system and submit any requested documents. Additionally, applicants that possess the preferred education and experience must also possess the minimum education/experience, if applicable.

• Unless otherwise identified in the applicable job posting and consistent with University policy, the University will principally employ individuals who reside in the State of North Carolina to the greatest extent practicable. As such, most positions at East Carolina University require employees to live and work in North Carolina (or live within a reasonable daily commuting distance from their duty station) after hire. Candidates should be prepared to relocate within a reasonable, agreed-upon time after an offer of employment has been made and accepted to meet this requirement.

Job Close Date: 6/29/2026
Open Until Filled: No
Initial Screening Begins: 06/30/2026

To apply, visit https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/94394

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