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Cleveland State University

HR Business Partner

🇺🇸 Cleveland, OH

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Human Resources

🗓️ July 21st, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Cleveland State University is hiring a HR Business Partner. The role involves collaborating closely with business leaders to align the university's people and organizational strategy, focusing on workforce planning, talent acquisition, and succession planning. The position also requires resolving employee relations issues, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enhancing workplace morale and productivity.

Highlights

  • Work closely with business leaders to align human resources and organizational strategy.
  • Focus on workforce planning, talent acquisition, and succession planning.
  • Develop partnerships to bridge management and employees, and collaborate on HR policies and solutions.
  • Analyze data trends to inform decisions and mediate employee relations issues, including conducting investigations.
  • Implement initiatives to improve morale, workplace relationships, productivity, and retention.
  • Ensure compliance with employment-related legal requirements.
  • Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree (preferably in HR, business management or related field) and five years as an HR Generalist or three years in HR consulting, management, or business partnering roles.
  • Preferred qualifications: Master's degree and SHRM-CP/PHR certification.
  • Strong skills needed include organizational, collaboration, communication, problem-solving, and the ability to influence across organizational levels.
  • Department: Department of Human Resources; Full-time position with 40+ hours per week; review begins 07/28/2025; position open until filled.

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Posting Details
 Posting Details 
Business Title  | HR Business Partner
Posting Category  | Administrative and Professional
Salary Grade  | 07
Salary Plan  | Professional Non Bargaining
Hiring Range /Pay Rate  |
Department  |  Department of Human Resources
Department Description  |
Position Location  | Main Campus
FTE  | 1.0
Job Summary  | Works closely with business leaders to align Cleveland State Universities (CSU) people and organization strategy. Assesses and anticipates human resources-related needs. Assesses and anticipates human resources related needs, with a focus on workforce planning, talent acquisition, and succession planning. Develops and nurtures partnerships to bridge the divide between management and employees. Collaborates with colleagues in human resources to develop policies, programs and solutions. Analyzes data trends and metrics to inform decisions, mediates and resolves employee relation issues, and conducts thorough and objective investigations. Implements ways to build morale, improve workplace relationships, and boosts productivity and retention. Ensures regulatory compliance with legal requirements pertinent to management of employees. Interprets human resources policies for faculty and staff. Performs other duties of a similar nature as may be required.
Minimum Qualifications  | Bachelor’s degree, preferably in human resources, business management or related field required. Five (5) years of experience as an HR Generalist or three (3) years of experience as a HR consultant, HR manager or HR business partner. Experience should include, management consulting, management skill building, handling employee relations issues, including conducting investigations, interpreting, and applying labor laws and providing consultation to management on performance management, organization design and employee engagement matters.
Preferred Qualifications  | Master’s degree and SHRM-CP/PHR preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)  | Knowledge and practical application of all HR disciplines and practices. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Strong collaboration skills and the ability influence at all levels of an organization. Excellent interpersonal, written presentation and verbal communication skills. Strong problem-solving skills with a demonstrated process for reaching decisions. Ability to multi-task effectively in an evolving environment. Pro-active and solution oriented. Recognized as self-directed and motivated with a positive attitude.
Requisition Number  | PT0703660S
Date grant, position, or appointment expires (For Funds Available, Temporary, and Waiver of Posting  |
Special Instructions to Applicants  |
Applicant Instructions  | Offer of employment is contingent on satisfactory completion of the University’s verification of credentials and other information required by law and/or University policies or practices, including but not limited to a criminal background check.


Applications will be exclusively accepted online at http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/hrd/employment.html. Mailed or emailed application materials will not be accepted.
Hours per week  | 40+
Work Schedule  |
Advertising Copy  |
Full Time/Part Time  | Full Time
Posted Date  |
Close Date/Application Deadline  |
Open Until Filled  | Yes
Review Begins  | 07/28/2025
Tentative Start Date  | 
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * Do you have Bachelors Degree? 
    • Yes
    • No
  2. * Do you have five (5) years of experience as an HR Generalist or three (3) years of experience as a HR consultant, HR manager or HR business partner. Experience should include, management consulting, management skill building, handling employee relations issues, including conducting investigations, interpreting, and applying labor laws and providing consultation to management on performance management, organization design and employee engagement matters. 
    • Yes
    • No
  3. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity? 
    • Public Job Posting
    • Internal Job Posting
    • Agency Referral
    • Advertisement/Publication 
    • Personal Referral
    • CSU Website
    • Other
  4.  If you selected 'Public Job Posting" or "Other" please provide source. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  5. * Do you require any type of accommodation, should you be invited to campus for further screening? Please contact CSU at (216) 687-3636 if you need accommodation. 
    • Yes
    • No
  6. * Are you able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation? 
    • Yes
    • No
Application Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
Optional Documents
  1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
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