Description

Ready to put your HR career on the fast track? Join the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) as a Human Resources Business Partner and help drive the engine of our organization—our people. In this pivotal role, you’ll serve as a strategic conductor, guiding leaders through complex employee and labor relations while keeping our workforce on track for success. As a trusted partner, you’ll provide hands-on support to executives, managers, and frontline supervisors, helping them navigate challenges, apply HR best practices, and make informed decisions that strengthen both individual growth and organizational success. If you’re passionate about navigating change, empowering others, and fueling long-term potential, come aboard and help us keep UTA moving forward.
 
As the Human Resources Business Partner, you will: 
Provide support and advise Utah Transit Authority (UTA) client groups on complex and strategic employee and labor issues and help them manage employee/labor relations.
Assist executives, managers, and supervisors in applying and interpreting human resource (HR) policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreement (CBA), federal and state employment law.
Be involved in talent selection, development, and deployment for client groups.
Develop and teach leaders.
Advise management regarding organizational design, position development, and job evaluations.
Assist in creating/updating job descriptions to document changing relationships, roles, and duties in the company.
Administer the corporate staffing plan and position control; assist managers in modeling labor needs with the business.
Coordinate and update employee data with human resources information systems (HRIS).

Requirements

EXPERIENCE: 
Five (5) years of human resources work experience in supporting client groups within an organization.
Experience must include employee relations, talent management, compensation, learning and development, and change management.
Experience with unions and labor relations preferred.
  EDUCATION/TRAINING: 
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Management, or related field. PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP certification preferred.

– OR –
An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
[UTA reserves the right to determine the equivalencies of education and experience.]
 
KNOWLEDGE: 
EEO rules and regulations
Federal and state employment law statutes
Human Resources best practices
Labor relations, contract interpretation, and grievance processing

SKILLS: 
Must have excellent writing skills
Problem solving
Conflict resolution
Analytical
Training development and delivery

ABILITIES (UTA Competencies): 
Communicates Effectively – Creating an open environment in which thoughts are expressed freely and information flows easily
Decision Making – Making sound decisions that consider multiple options, seeking input from others, reaching good decisions in a timely manner
Drives Results – Fostering a strong bottom-line orientation; accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks; exceeding goals successfully; pushing self and others to achieve results
Embraces Outward Mindset – Exhibiting strong E.I. skills (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management); relating comfortably with people across levels, functions, culture, and geography; partnering with others to get work done; managing conflict; seeking feedback without being defensive
Develops Self & Others – Taking action to continuously improve; accepting assignments that broaden capabilities; placing high priority on developing others; developing others through coaching, feedback, exposure, and stretch assignments
Ensures Fairness – Concerned with the welfare of others and expressing that concern on a personal level; distributing resources fairly; giving others a voice prior to reaching decisions that affect them; reaching decisions through a fair process; explaining to others why and how decisions were made that impact them
Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
Values Differences – Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization
Ensures Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments