Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pacific Health Group provides compassionate, person-centered healthcare, behavioral health services, and social supports to individuals and communities. The Human Resources Business Partner serves as a strategic consultant to leaders, supporting workforce planning, organizational design, employee relations, compliance, leadership coaching, retention, and enterprise HR initiatives across assigned business units.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex, high-risk, or legally sensitive workplace investigations (e.g., harassment, discrimination, executive-level misconduct)
- Interview key parties, review complex documentation, analyze legal risks, and prepare comprehensive investigation reports with concrete remedies
- Advise department leaders on high-risk corrective actions, sensitive performance management, and involuntary terminations
- Track complex employee relations patterns within assigned departments to implement targeted preventative training and intervention strategies
- Act as the primary HR point of contact for directors and managers within assigned operational departments
- Provide direct coaching to department leaders on effective communication, conflict management, team culture, and employee accountability
- Translate department-specific workforce data (turnover, exit data, leave trends) into practical retention and engagement plans
- Support department heads with headcount planning, organizational structural updates, and succession risk identification
- Provide expert-level guidance on highly complex accommodation requests, interactive process deadlocks, and overlapping leave scenarios (CFRA/FMLA/PDL/ADA)
- Evaluate undue hardship concerns and legal risks associated with accommodations, escalating recommendations to the HR Manager
- Ensure organizational adherence to complex California labor laws, wage and hour rules, and healthcare regulatory standards
- Draft, modernize, and audit high-level HR policies, procedures, standard operating practices, and compliance documentation
- Lead critical, cross-functional HR projects and strategic initiatives from concept through enterprise-wide rollout
- Guide assigned departments through organizational changes, process improvements, and program implementations with clear communication plans
- Partner with the HR Manager to continuously refine HR workflows, improve service delivery, and modernize department tools
- Serve as a senior technical and functional resource for Senior HR Generalists, HR Generalists, and HR Coordinators
- Review complex employee documentation, notices, and correspondence prepared by less experienced team members
- Support the ongoing training and development of the broader HR operational team
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 6+ years of progressive HR experience operating in an advanced Generalist or HRBP capacity
- Deep technical expertise in California employment laws, high-risk workplace investigations, and compliance standards
- Proven track record of independently conducting complex workplace investigations and coaching department leaders
- Advanced proficiency with HRIS platforms (Paycom preferred) and Google Workspace
- Exceptional communication, analytical, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills
- Experience working in a startup or high-growth environment
- Healthcare industry experience
- Professional HR certification (SHRM, HRCI, or equivalent)
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Holidays
- Volunteer time
- Bereavement
- Medical coverage
- FSAs or other wellness benefits
- Disability and EAP
- 401(k)
- Stipends
- Professional development
- Employee discounts
- Team events
- Growth opportunities
- Fully remote position within California
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