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POSITION: Regional HR Business Partner

DEPARTMENT: Human Resources

LOCATION: Hybrid with on location support required weekly in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, LA

REPORTS TO: Director of Human Resources

EEO Classification: Professional

FLSA STATUS: Exempt, Full-time

This role is available immediately and will be grant funded (October 1, 2026) to best support growth in Louisiana. This role is in compliance with the requirements of the grant funding.

Position Summary

The core purpose of Great Hearts is to cultivate the minds and hearts of students through the pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Within the HR department, our HR Business Partners deliver on our core values:

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  Passionately Committed. With humility and curiosity, we seek to know more about our core purpose, to embody it in our own lives, our work, and in our community.

• Servant’s Heart. The inspiration of having a servant’s heart is seeing the inherent dignity of every colleague, parent, and student.

• Team Player. We believe our mission can only be accomplished through collaboration, with each of us bringing our unique expertise and gifts to the work of the whole team.

The HR Business Partner is a strategic planner, effective in workforce planning to ensure the company’s workforce has the right size, shape, cost, and agility for the future. This HRBP is skilled in succession planning, supporting school leaders with identifying, assessing, developing, and retaining key talent to ensure there are no gaps in critical roles. The HRBP is an advisor and consultant, aimed at empowering leaders to handle people matters. Guided by policy and procedures, while still realizing all individuals and situations can be unique, the HRBP problem solves and minimizes risk by guiding outcomes of employee relations matters.

The HR Partner role partners directly with leaders to support the unique needs of each academy. Beyond partnering with the academy, this role works closely with other People Teams (Professional Development, Compensation and Benefits, People Operations and Recruiting) to help develop and implement People solutions that serve their academies, as well as the broader Great Hearts network. The HR Partner must be highly motivated, have strong analytical skills, and be able to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment. This role supports multiple Great Hearts campuses in Louisiana. The expectation is that the HR Partner is visible onsite at their academies weekly.

Duties & Responsibilities

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  Act as the point of contact for individual academy employee relations issues, investigations, and employee questions related to benefits and payroll.

• Coordinate workforce planning for assigned schools: this includes staff/faculty openings, to support annual and mid-year workforce planning.

• Act as key consultant and partner for school leaders regarding staff management at the site, including performance management, compensation, employee engagement, training and development, and succession planning.

• Be up to date on employment laws and regulations in your school’s state, as well as Great Hearts policies and procedures; provide guidance on creation and implementation of HR process and policies.

• Champion a positive culture and model the way for all staff and leaders, delivering on our core purposes of Passion, Team Player, and Servant’s Heart; work together with leadership and staff to solve conflicts, maintain a good working environment, build morale, and decrease turnover.

• Build and maintain a deep understanding of each academy’s goals and rhythms, identify strengths and opportunities, and define paths for continued improvements.

• Attract and retain Talent by collaborating with Talent Partners as they implement innovating recruitment strategies. Assist in the development of compensation strategies.

• Serve as point of contact to connect Heads of School to and facilitate People Team annual processes.

• Implement Great Hearts-wide People initiatives at individual academies.

• Ensure compliance with federal and local laws and regulations.

• Complete timely data collection and reporting to state and local agencies.

• Act as Louisiana onboarding partner, including maintaining compliance documentation required in Louisiana.

• Partner directly with the Professional Development team to ensure compliance with Louisiana required employee trainings.

• Regular (weekly) travel within Louisiana for school support.

• Occasional national, overnight, travel as needed for team trainings and events

• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Competencies & Strengths

Education: A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Human Resources or other related field required.

License and Certifications: PHR/SPHR or SHRM Certification preferred, not required.

Experience: Must have 3+ years of general Human Resources experience required. Strong Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) skills, experience with Workday and Adobe Acrobat preferred.

• Ability to interpret and communicate data, understanding of Key Performance Metrics, and how to drive their businesses’ results.

• Ability to use HRIS and other technologies to increase efficiencies in their work.

• Strong analytical thinking and enjoyment of problem solving, ability to partner when needed, with autonomy to troubleshoot with little direction. Is comfortable with ambiguity, finding that the solution may not be the first option.

• HR and Education Business Acumen is a skill this HRBP should possess.

• Knowledge of national and regional Labor Law.

• Empathy, care, and understanding of those you are supporting.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Engages stakeholders at all levels. Effectively gives and receives feedback at all levels.

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and leads change management.

Additional Requirements

• Background check: Must obtain valid Louisiana State Police and FBI National Screening clearances.

• Must possess or obtain valid Arizona Department of Public Safety IVP fingerprint clearance card.

• Physical functions: Requires but is not limited to standing, sitting, repetitious hand and body movements, bending, squatting, and reaching. May be required to move or position equipment up to 15 pounds approximately.

• Travel required: by car up to 60% to 80% of the time to assigned academies in Louisiana (Baton Rouge and New Orleans surrounding communities)

• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.