Posting Details

Position Information

Job Title
POSO Senior Business Partner for Academic Colleges and Administrative Units

Position Number
500683

Vacancy Open to
All Candidates

Department
AFH POSO AD OPS Personnel Admin

Department Homepage
https://humanresources.ecu.edu/

Advertising Department
DEPARTMENT FOR PEOPLE OPERATIONS, SUCCESS, AND OPPORTUNITY

Division
Administration & Finance

Classification Title
Specialist

Working Title
POSO Senior Business Partner for Academic Colleges and Administrative Units

Number of Vacancies
1

Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
1.0

Full Time or Part Time
Full Time

Anticipated Recruitment Range. Salary offered may be outside of this range as impacted by budget, UNC salary administration, and/or candidate qualifications.
$71,121 - $126,375

Position Location (City)
Greenville

Position Type
Non-Faculty

Job Category
Non-Faculty Professional

Primary Purpose of Position

The POSO Senior Business Partner for Academic Colleges and Administrative Units (Senior Business Partner-Academic) provides strategic leadership for a team of Business Partners supporting academic colleges/schools and administrative areas within a large, research-intensive higher education institution. This role serves as a trusted advisor to the Provost, deans, and other department leaders, ensuring human resources strategies advance institutional priorities related to teaching and research excellence, workforce success, and operational sustainability.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Partnerships within the Department for People Operations, Success, and Opportunity (POSO), the Senior Business Partner-Academic leads and integrates a cohort of POSO Business Partners who operate as embedded partners to assigned portfolios. Consistent with POSO's partnership-driven and service-oriented operating model, the role translates University human resources strategy into unit-level action while strengthening consistency, transparency, and shared accountability across colleges, schools, and administrative units within the portfolio. This position plays a critical role in advancing POSO's mission to enable people, teams, and leaders to thrive through thoughtful, strategic people practices within a shared-services people operations framework.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Translating University, POSO, and Partnership priorities to create action and engagement plans for the academic portfolio (20%)
• Overseeing the quality, consistency, compliance, and accuracy of POSO Partnerships service delivery within the academic portfolio and serving with delegated signatory authority as the senior approver for hiring and other personnel actions (25%)
• Leading, developing, and coaching a high-performing team of business partners focused on operational excellence, consultative engagement, well-being, and accountability (25%)
• Collaborating internally with POSO directors and specialists and externally with the Office for Faculty Affairs and other areas across campus to anticipate and respond to emerging workforce trends impacting higher education (20%)
• Lead the development of performance measures, data-informed insights, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen partnership effectiveness and service delivery across portfolios (10%)

Minimum Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Bachelor's degree and four years of progressively responsible professional human resources management experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience.. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

License or Certification Required by Statute or Regulation

none

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in strategic workforce planning
• Analytical skills, with the ability to collect, analyze, and interpret complex datasets to generate actionable insights and data-driven recommendations
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Expertise in employee relations, organizational consulting, and change leadership
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and ethics
• Experience in problem-solving and thorough knowledge of HR procedures, policies, and best practices
• Experience using HR systems (including but not limited to Banner, PeopleAdmin, Salesforce, etc.) and ability to learn new technical systems, when necessary
• Experience in higher education or similarly complex, regulated organizations

Special Instructions to Applicant

East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. Candidates must also submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references, including contact information, online.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Additional Instructions to Applicant

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must complete a candidate profile online via the PeopleAdmin system and submit any requested documents. Additionally, applicants that possess the preferred education and experience must also possess the minimum education/experience, if applicable.

Unless otherwise identified in the applicable job posting and consistent with University policy, the University will principally employ individuals who reside in the State of North Carolina to the greatest extent practicable. As such, most positions at East Carolina University require employees to live and work in North Carolina (or live within a reasonable daily commuting distance from their duty station) after hire. Candidates should be prepared to relocate within a reasonable, agreed-upon time after an offer of employment has been made and accepted to meet this requirement.

Job Open Date
06/19/2026

Open Until Filled
Yes

Job Close Date - Positions will be posted until 11:59 p.m. EST on this date. If no closing date is indicated, the position may close at any time after the initial screening date.

Initial Screening Begins
07/24/2026

Rank Level

Quick Link for Direct Access to Posting
https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/94394

Department for People Operations, Success, and Opportunity

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Department for People Operations, Success, and Opportunity at (252) 328-9847 or toll free at 1-866-489-1740 or send an email to [email protected]. Our office is available to provide assistance Monday-Friday from 8:00-5:00 EST.