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Adtalem Global Education

Human Resources Business Partner

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Chicago, IL

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $120K - $160K

💻 Human Resources

🗓️ August 5th, 2025

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Adtalem Global Education is hiring a Human Resources Business Partner. This role drives the implementation of HR strategies and organizational change within assigned institutions, collaborating with leadership and HR Centers of Excellence to enhance workforce effectiveness through data-driven initiatives and process improvements.

Highlights
  • Lead organizational effectiveness and change interventions tailored to institutional goals.
  • Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence on talent management, acquisition, and total rewards processes.
  • Use HR metrics to evaluate workforce status and management effectiveness, developing action plans accordingly.
  • Manage performance evaluations, talent planning, and compensation guidance.
  • Innovate HR practices through technology, data analytics, and AI tools.
  • Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years of HR experience across multiple functions, and proficiency with HR systems.
  • Preference for candidates with a Master's degree and professional HR certification (e.g., SPHR).
  • Must demonstrate strong influencing, problem-solving, analytical, and facilitation skills.
  • Salary range: $120,000 to $160,000, with adjustments based on experience and other factors.
  • Benefits include health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k with 6% employer match, flexible time off, and paid holidays.

Human Resources Business Partner Full Description

Company Description
Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.
 
 Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.
 
 We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
 
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Job Description
This role assists in executing the people management agenda for their assigned institution/business though the implementation of annual HR processes and driving organizational change. Working in close collaboration with the Senior Strategic HR leader, he/she will be a key contributor on both a strategic and operational level, serving as a partner to the business team. He/she will collaborate with Home Office HR Centers of Excellence to execute on a wide range of HR initiatives and will bring innovation to current HR processes through the use of technology and process improvement. This role will lead major change initiatives, coordinating support from critical HR Shared Services or COEs. The incumbent is results-oriented and a skilled and transparent communicator, collaborator, and team player. Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal and influencing skills are essential for success. 
  • Implements a variety of HR strategies that are practical, measurable, and tightly linked to the organizational goals. 
  • Serves as a partner to institutional HR/business leadership, identifying and executing a variety of organizational effectiveness and change interventions to maximize performance within the institution. 
  • Utilizes a variety of HR metrics to assess the state of the workforce and the effectiveness of management practices; collaborates with Senior HR leadership to develop recommendations to address emerging issues. 
  • Evaluates organization health and engagement survey results, consults with the management team and recommends strategies for addressing vulnerable populations.  
  • Partners with the HR Centers of Excellence (talent management, talent acquisition, colleague relations and total rewards) to execute major enterprise processes on behalf of the business. 
  • Drives the semi-annual performance management, talent planning and total rewards process. Ensures performance evaluation results are calibrated, differentiated and reflective of the institution’s performance and that talent planning efforts drive a differentiated investment in colleague development. 
  • Partners with Talent Acquisition to work with managers on development of job descriptions, talent assessment and selection and including the leveling of new roles. 
  • Partners with Total Rewards to provide compensation guidance to business leaders. 
  • Brings an innovative approach to current HR practices using data and analytics, AI tools,  technology and process improvement. 
  • Stays abreast of best practices and innovation in HR. 
  • Serves as a trusted advisor to the institution’s leadership on HR-related matters. 
  • Performs other duties as assigned. 
  • Complies with all policies and standards.
 
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree Required.
  • Master's Degree Preferred.
  • Five (5) plus years of broad-based HR experience required with exposure to multiple functional areas within HR. 
  • Experience with HR systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a complex, matrix organization.
  • Gets results; uses metrics effectively to evaluate people-related programs and drive improvement
  • Possesses the influencing skills required to build commitment and persuade others to take appropriate action.
  • Builds trust and effective working relationships easily across a broad range of people and organizations.
  • Strong technical and analytical skills.
  • Strong facilitation and training skills.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to develop win/win solutions.
  • Demonstrated mastery of employment law through professional certification (such as SPHR) or experience/training on the job.
  • Has a track record of confronting difficult HR issues and developing specific action plans to address them.
  • Independently driven and results oriented. 

Additional Information
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $120,000.00 and $160,000.00. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
 
 Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
  • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
  • Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
  • 12 Paid Holidays
     
     For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
     
     You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
 
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