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AVP HR Community Hospitals

University of California - San Francisco
United States, California, San Francisco
1111 Franklin Street (Show on map)
Oct 08, 2026


Description & Requirements
Job Description

Job Summary:

The Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner (AVP) serves as a lead enterprise workforce strategist and trusted advisor to senior executives responsible for highly complex, diverse, and mission-critical areas of UCSF Health. The AVP provides strategic guidance on the workforce, organization, leadership, and talent implications of business strategy and has broad influence in shaping and advancing solutions to systemic workforce issues with organization-wide impact. The AVP develops and drives comprehensive, business-aligned, outcomes-based talent and workforce strategies that strengthen organizational performance, leadership capability, talent pipelines, workforce productivity, and culture.

The AVP applies expert human resources, talent management, organization effectiveness, workforce planning, and change leadership expertise to advise on highly complex and sensitive matters with substantial organizational consequences. Working with significant autonomy and limited precedent, the AVP integrates data, business context, institutional knowledge, and external trends to identify emerging workforce risks and opportunities, formulate strategies, and influence executive decision making. The AVP represents Human Resources on enterprise initiatives and high-level cross-functional work, leads resolution of complex issues across organizational boundaries, and coordinates HR centers of expertise to deliver integrated solutions aligned with UCSF priorities, culture, and values. The AVP may lead critical enterprise initiatives and provide strategic direction and guidance to other HR professionals.

Department:

The Human Resources Business Partner function resides within the UCSF Health Human Resources Department. The team partners with senior leaders across UCSF Health to translate enterprise and business strategies into proactive workforce and talent strategies that improve organizational performance and workforce outcomes. AVPs operate as strategic advisors to senior leadership and connect business priorities with the full range of HR capabilities.

Each AVP partners closely with HR centers of expertise and functional teams to deliver cohesive, enterprise-oriented solutions across the employee lifecycle. The function uses workforce insights, data, and cross-organizational perspective to anticipate needs, address complex workforce challenges, strengthen leadership and organizational capability, and advance UCSF Health priorities.

Qualifications
Required: - Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. - 10+ years of progressively responsible strategic human resources experience, or an equivalent combination of training, experience, and demonstrated success leading complex strategic HR and workforce initiatives - Strategic human resources experience in a complex healthcare, academic health, higher education, or similarly complex environment - Expert knowledge of organizational processes, protocols and procedures, with demonstrated ability to apply institutional knowledge to complex and sensitive workforce matters. - Demonstrated advanced strategic thinking and executive consulting skills, including the ability to frame systemic issues, evaluate complex options and tradeoffs, and guide senior leaders toward workable strategies and solutions. - Expert knowledge of human resources strategy and practices, including talent management, workforce planning, organization effectiveness, employment practices, labor and employee relations, compensation, learning and development, and related workforce programs. - Advanced business acumen and demonstrated ability to connect business, operational and financial priorities to enterprise workforce and talent strategies. - Advanced analytical, problem-solving and evidence-based decision-making skills, including the ability to integrate complex workforce and business data, develop insights, and formulate recommendations with organization-wide impact. - Advanced consulting, relationship-building, negotiation and influencing skills; demonstrated ability to build alignment and achieve solutions among senior stakeholders across complex organizational boundaries. - Highly developed written, verbal and presentation skills for advising executives, communicating complex or sensitive information, and influencing sustained organizational change. - Demonstrated ability to lead highly significant, complex engagements and enterprise initiatives from strategy through implementation, including work with limited precedent and substantial consequences of success or failure. - Highly skilled in navigating complex organizations and operating with a high degree of autonomy, discretion and judgment in difficult, sensitive or volatile situations. - Expert knowledge of HR information systems and related business technology, with the ability to use systems and data to support workforce analysis and strategic decision making. Preferred: - Advanced degree in human resources, business, organizational development, healthcare administration, or related field - HR Business Partner Certification - Executive Coaching Certification
About UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as https://www.ucsf.edu/about/mission-and-values . In addition to , UCSF is committed to equity - both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available https://diversity.ucsf.edu/ . Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
EEO Statement
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
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