Title: Senior Human Resources Business Partner

State Role Title: Human Resources Analyst II

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Department of Taxation

Location: Office

Agency Website: https://www.tax.virginia.gov/work-with-us

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Virginia Tax is currently seeking an experienced and trusted HR professional to serve as a Senior Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP). The Senior HRBP will work as a strategic internal consultant and business partner with assigned customers in the following capacities: 

• Provide customers with strategies and guidance in core areas including performance management, compensation strategies, talent development, workforce planning & development, policy development/compliance, and employee relations.
• Successfully engage with customers to make an effective business case for recommended actions, approaches, and initiatives.
• Effectively provide education, consultation and coaching to leaders and employees to support organizational effectiveness, leadership success, and employee engagement.
• Proactively implement tactical and strategic HR services for agency HR programs, projects and initiatives.
• Manage and/or participate in complex agency-wide HR projects, including classification & compensation studies and workforce planning and development projects.
• Learn and understand the business of assigned customers to provide people related strategies that integrate into the business and create successful business outcomes.
• Regularly meet with customers to provide integrated HR support for business initiatives and to maintain core relationships with leaders and employees in customer groups.
• Promote employee recognition and engagement initiatives to assist in achieving employee recruitment and retention goals. 

This position is located in our Central Office in downtown Richmond, Virginia and is eligible for a hybrid telework schedule. The anticipated hiring salary is commensurate with experience up to $98,000. 

At Virginia Tax… 
We are dedicated, resourceful individuals who strive to exceed our customers’ expectations. Not only do we serve the public, we are the public. We are a part of a community that cares about and celebrates each other, who promote opportunities for growth within a stable environment, and support a healthy work-life balance.

What we do matters. So do you.

As a member of the Virginia Tax team, you can expect additional benefits such as: 

• Job stability and quality of life! Enjoy your work/life balance with flexible schedule options and up to two days of telework per week. 
• 12 Paid State holidays on top of vacation, sick, volunteer, and personal leave!
• Comprehensive and affordable health benefits.
• Got student loans? You may be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
• Participation in the Virginia Retirement System, VA 457 Deferred Comp, and more.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven HR business partner and generalist experience in the areas of performance management, compensation, talent development, workforce planning & development, policy development/compliance, and employee relations.
• Considerable knowledge of employment laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and best practices. 
• Demonstrated ability to apply and interpret a variety of interrelated policies, procedures, and programs to address HR issues.
• Strong consulting, coaching, negotiation, initiative, analytic, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven organizational and project management skills, to include the ability to work effectively both independently and with larger teams.
• Solid computer skills and HR Information System experience, to include technical proficiency with data analysis using Excel or other analytic software.
• Successful experience in building and maintaining core relationships with leaders and employees in diverse customer groups.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in compensation administration, job analysis and evaluation, and salary survey and structure analyses.
• Experience developing and managing performance management strategies and programs, to include serving a key role in managing an agency-wide performance review cycle and reporting on progress throughout the cycle.
• HR professional certification such as PHR / SPHR, SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP, or CCP. 

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

All Virginia Tax employees must be current with filing their tax returns ensuring they were filed in compliance with established laws, rules and regulations. 
 
Selected candidate(s) will be required to consent to and successfully pass a background investigation which includes fingerprint-based criminal history, tax compliance, and DMV driving record (if applicable) checks. 

The selected candidate will be prohibited from performing tax or accounting services for compensation during or outside business hours. 

Virginia Tax is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workforce. All qualified applicants are afforded equal opportunities without regard to race, sex, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, genetics, age, veteran status, political affiliation, or disability.  
 
Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants with disabilities, if requested, during the application and/or interview process. If accommodations are needed, please contact Human Resources at (804) 786-3610. 
 
Virginia Tax participates in E-Verify. 
 
Consideration for an interview is based solely on the information within the application and/or resume. 
 

Contact Information

Name: Virginia Tax Talent Acquisition Team

Phone: 804-786-3608

Email: hroffice@tax.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.