The Department for People Operations, Success, and Opportunity (POSO) supports the University’s mission through strong partnerships, excellent service, and people-centered programs. Central to ECU’s strategic priority for workforce success, POSO provides leadership to the university’s innovative and dynamic efforts to recruit, retain, develop, and support a thriving workforce and foster an equal opportunity learning and working environment. We seek to be recognized as a strategic partner and innovator – aligning services with university priorities, enabling community success, and contributing to long-term institutional goals.

Compliance and personnel matters administered by this unit are governed by federal and state laws, regulations, statutes, and policies including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA); the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; the N.C. General Statutes 126-16, as amended; the UNC Policy Manual; and The Code of the University of North Carolina.

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:

Contingent upon availability of funds.

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.

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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.

East Carolina University is committed to workforce success and cultivating a culture of care for our employees. ECU prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment based on race/ethnicity, color, genetic information, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, political affiliation, and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran status or disability.

Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) should contact the ADA Coordinator at (252) 737-1018 (Voice/TTY) or ADA-Coordinator@ecu.edu.

Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. ECU participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

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 employment@ecu.edu. Our office is available to provide assistance Monday-Friday from 8:00-5:00 EST.