Senior Specialist, HR Business Partner

In this role you help attract, hire and retain talent within Ford's Human Resources function, supporting hourly hiring and the centralized background check process. You will work with Plant HR teams and the Background Check vendor to ensure timely, compliant reviews and data-driven insights. You'll contribute to building a strong, diverse culture that enables teams to perform at their best. This position offers meaningful impact across recruitment operations, compliance, and continuous process improvement.

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
• New parent ramp-up programs and subsidized back-up child care
• Fertility treatments and adoption/surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family
• Tuition assistance and employee resource groups

• Lead the administration of the centralized hourly background check process, including handling reviews and orders from leadership
• Process background checks, assessments, and reinstatement reviews in coordination with OGC or Labor COE
• Log dispositions and activity in tracking systems and Excel; support data requests for labor COE metrics
• Perform audits of background check timing, accuracy, and monitoring requirements
• Serve as point of contact for Plant HR and Manufacturing HR on background check questions and with the background check vendor
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve background check review processes
• Lead training and communications on the background check process and support ad hoc assignments as needed

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial/Labor Relations, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or related discipline or commensurate work experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Employee Relations, Recruiting or related field
• Functional proficiency with Microsoft Office and SharePoint
• Problem solving / conflict resolution
• Data analysis / data presentation
• Project management
• Excellent written and oral communication including presentation skills
• Ability to build consensus with stakeholders

• problem solving
• communication
• consensus building
• Microsoft Office
• SharePoint
• Data analysis and presentation