Senior HR Business Partner (Contract-to-Perm Opportunity)

Senior HR Business Partner

Legacy Community Health | Houston, TX
Hybrid | Corporate Office + Local Clinic Support
Contract-to-Perm Opportunity
Competitive Compensation Based on Experience

Legacy Community Health is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support its Human Resources team in Houston, TX. This is a highly visible, hands-on HRBP opportunity supporting leaders across a designated group of clinics and business areas within a mission-driven healthcare organization.

This is an initial contract opportunity with potential for conversion to a permanent role , based on business needs, performance, organizational structure, and available headcount. Legacy is continuing to evolve its HR business partner model, and this role is designed for someone who can step in quickly, build trust with leaders, and contribute meaningful HRBP support.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced HR professional who has operated as a true business partner — someone who can advise leaders, navigate complex employee relations matters, support workforce planning, and help drive organizational change. Legacy is looking for a credible, practical, and thoughtful HRBP who can balance employee advocacy with business needs while building trust with leaders and team members.

This is not a transactional HR role. The right person will be comfortable serving as a trusted advisor , not just a policy interpreter.

Learn More About Legacy

Before applying, we encourage you to learn more about Legacy Community Health, its mission, and the kind of people who thrive there.

General Overview of Legacy Community Health

Finding a Place Where I Like the People I Work With

We Want Humble, Hungry, and Smart People

Position Details

• Client Organization: Legacy Community Health
• Primary Location: Legacy Allen Parkway, 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019
• Work Model: Hybrid, with a combination of corporate office presence, remote work, and local clinic visits as needed
• Travel: Local travel to assigned Houston-area clinics as business needs require
• Position Type: Full-time, contract-to-perm opportunity
• Conversion Potential: Potential to convert to permanent employment based on business needs, performance, and available headcount
• Compensation: Competitive and based on experience
• Department: Human Resources

About the Role

The Senior HR Business Partner will support leaders across assigned clinics or business areas by providing strategic and hands-on HR guidance. This person will help leaders address people-related challenges, manage employee relations matters, support organizational effectiveness, and align HR solutions with business priorities.

Legacy is currently evolving its HR model with a focus on becoming stronger consultants, strategic partners, and trusted advisors to the organization. This role will be part of that shift. The successful candidate will bring sound judgment, strong communication skills, business acumen, and the ability to engage with leaders in a thoughtful, direct, and solutions-oriented way.

The best candidate will be able to speak clearly about real HRBP work they have done — including what they personally handled, who they partnered with, how they approached the situation, and what the outcome was.

What You’ll Do

Serve as a Trusted HR Advisor

Partner directly with leaders to understand business needs, identify people-related challenges, and provide practical HR guidance. Build credibility with leaders by listening actively, asking thoughtful questions, and offering sound recommendations.

Handle Complex Employee Relations Matters

Manage and advise on sensitive employee relations issues, including workplace investigations, performance concerns, corrective action, policy interpretation, conflict resolution, documentation, and risk mitigation. Balance empathy for employees with the need to protect the organization.

Coach and Influence Leaders

Guide leaders through difficult employee situations, helping them make thoughtful, compliant, and business-aligned decisions. Provide coaching on performance management, communication, accountability, documentation, and leadership effectiveness.

Support Workforce Planning

Partner with leaders to identify talent gaps, staffing needs, retention concerns, succession risks, and organizational needs. Help translate workforce challenges into practical action plans.

Drive Change Management and Process Improvement

Support organizational change, HR initiatives, process improvements, and business transformation efforts. Help leaders communicate change effectively and align teams around new expectations, processes, or priorities.

Facilitate Trainings and Leader Discussions

Participate in HR-led trainings, leader labs, business hours, presentations, and facilitated discussions. The role requires comfort speaking in front of groups, presenting HR topics, and leading thoughtful conversations with leaders and employees.

Partner Cross-Functionally

Collaborate with HR colleagues, recruiting, operations, compliance, and other internal partners to support business priorities and deliver consistent HR solutions.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Senior HR Business Partner supporting Legacy will be someone who can:

• Build trust with leaders and employees
• Give clear, practical HR guidance
• Handle complex employee relations issues with sound judgment
• Influence leaders without relying only on authority
• Communicate directly and professionally
• Listen actively and adapt to the audience
• Support change with confidence and empathy
• Connect HR solutions to business outcomes
• Take ownership while also partnering well with others
• Remain humble, coachable, and self-aware

Legacy values candidates who are authentic and grounded. You do not need to have a perfect answer for every situation, but you should be able to explain how you think, how you approach challenges, and what you have learned from your experience.

What This Role Is Not

This is not primarily an HRIS, payroll, benefits, or back-office HR operations role.

This is also not a role for someone who wants to remain removed from day-to-day employee relations or leader support. While the position is strategic, it is also very hands-on.

Legacy needs someone who can operate at both levels: advising leaders strategically while also helping resolve real employee and workplace issues.

Ideal Background

Strong candidates may come from backgrounds such as:

• Senior HR Business Partner
• HR Business Partner
• HR Manager with hands-on business partner responsibilities
• Senior HR Generalist with strong employee relations and leader-facing experience
• HR Director or VP from a smaller organization who remained hands-on with HRBP work

Titles are less important than the actual work performed. Candidates should be prepared to speak in detail about their hands-on experience supporting leaders and solving people-related business challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field preferred
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience preferred
• Recent hands-on HRBP, HR Manager, Senior Generalist, or similar leader-facing HR experience
• Strong complex employee relations experience
• Experience coaching leaders through performance, conduct, conflict, or sensitive employee matters
• Knowledge of employment laws and HR compliance areas such as FMLA, ADA, FLSA, corrective action, documentation, and workplace investigations
• Strong communication, judgment, business acumen, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with HR and business partners
• Comfort facilitating trainings, presentations, or leader discussions

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare, clinic, hospital, multi-site, nonprofit, or regulated-industry experience
• Experience supporting leaders across multiple locations or business units
• Workforce planning, retention, succession planning, or organizational design experience
• Change management or process improvement experience
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification

Healthcare experience is helpful, but Legacy is also open to candidates from other complex environments who bring strong HRBP fundamentals, business partnership experience, employee relations depth, and the ability to learn.

Contract-to-Perm Transparency

This role is being posted as a contract-to-perm opportunity . The selected candidate would begin in a contract capacity while supporting Legacy Community Health. Conversion to a permanent role may be possible, but is not guaranteed. Any conversion decision would depend on business needs, performance, organizational structure, and available permanent headcount.

This opportunity may be a strong fit for someone who is open to starting in a contract capacity while demonstrating their ability to provide high-impact HRBP support in a mission-driven healthcare environment.

Interview Preparation

Candidates should be ready to discuss specific examples using the STAR method: Situation, Task, Action, Result .

Legacy will want to understand:

• A complex employee relations issue you personally handled
• A time you coached a leader through a difficult employee situation
• A change management initiative you supported
• Your experience with workforce planning or talent gaps
• A time you influenced a stakeholder who disagreed with your recommendation
• Presentations, trainings, or leader facilitation you have led
• What being a strategic HR Business Partner means to you

The team values real examples over rehearsed answers. Be prepared to explain what happened, what you personally did, who you partnered with, what the outcome was, and what you learned.

About Legacy Community Health

As the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Southeast Texas, Legacy Community Health has been delivering comprehensive, high-quality, and affordable health care for nearly 40 years. With more than 50 clinics across the Greater Houston and Gulf Coast region, Legacy continues to grow strategically and invest in its communities.

By innovating how care is delivered, Legacy has stayed at the forefront of connecting communities to health — every day, in every way. At Legacy, success is powered by people. Legacy is always looking for talented, passionate individuals who want more than a job — they want a meaningful career that makes a real impact.

At Legacy Community Health, the mission — Driving healthy change in our communities — guides everything the organization does. To fulfill this mission, every team member is expected to embody the following core attributes in their daily work, regardless of role or department:

Approachable & Collaborative

Legacy team members bring their expertise without ego. In a collaborative healthcare environment, humility fosters trust and teamwork. Employees value diverse perspectives, seek input from others, and are unafraid to acknowledge when they need help. They stay grounded in the purpose of serving patients and communities with compassion and humility.

Driven & Committed

Legacy team members are driven by a deep commitment to excellence in patient care and organizational improvement. Employees take initiative, embrace challenges, and go the extra mile to support the mission. Whether improving patient outcomes, streamlining processes, or stepping up in times of need, Legacy team members strive to drive healthy change — within themselves, their teams, and the communities they serve.

Perceptive & Thoughtful Communicators

Legacy values emotional intelligence as much as clinical or technical skill. Team members demonstrate sound judgment, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to navigate complex situations with empathy and professionalism. They communicate clearly and respectfully with patients, families, and colleagues, building trust and fostering a safe, inclusive environment for all.

Benefits

Benefits may vary based on employment classification and whether the role is in contract status or converted to permanent employment.

If converted to permanent employment with Legacy Community Health, benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Employer-provided basic life insurance and AD&D coverage
• Long-term disability coverage
• Optional voluntary life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program for mental health, stress, legal, and financial support
• Caregiving and family support programs
• Life-event support, including bereavement leave
• $0 copays for medical visits at Legacy locations
• $0 copays for prescriptions filled at Legacy pharmacies
• Professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and mission-driven work environment

Why This Opportunity

This is a strong opportunity for an HR professional who wants to do meaningful HRBP work in a healthcare environment where the HR team is intentionally evolving into a more strategic, consultative model.

If you are an HR professional who can build trust with leaders, handle complex employee matters, support change, communicate clearly, and bring both strategy and hands-on execution, this role may be a strong fit.