Human Resources Manager

Overall Purpose of this Role: The HR Manager is a key member of our Human Resources team, responsible for overseeing all aspects of human resources operations. This role involves ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations and fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

Key Accountabilities:

• Oversee HR administrative functions, including record-keeping, HRIS management, and reporting.
• Oversee the recruitment process, including job postings, candidate sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding.
• Foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture by promoting effective communication, conflict resolution, and team building.
• Address employee concerns and grievances in a fair and timely manner.
• Manage performance appraisal systems to ensure employee development and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide guidance and support to managers on performance management, goal setting, and career development.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and disseminate information pertinent to employee benefits, paid time off, workers compensation, and leaves.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Maintain organizational policies and procedures manual in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations under direction of the SVP.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures for key assigned human resource activities and processes.
• Comply with human resource requests from funders during monitoring activities and meetings. 
• Manage the process for employee terminations.
• Identify training needs to enhance employee skills and competencies.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
• Support SVP with efforts to execute strategies to enhance workplace culture and staff engagement. 
• Assist in coordinating staff functions internally and externally and serving/leading various committees as requested.
• Contribute to overall organizational success by performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Functional Competencies/Accountabilities:

Attributes & Behaviors:

• Mission Focused: Create real social change that leads to better lives and healthier communities.

• Relationship-Oriented: Cultivate and manage relationships toward a common goal.

• Collaborator: Understand the roles and contributions of all sectors of the community and can mobilize resources through meaningful engagement. 

• Results-Driven: Dedicated to shared and measurable goals for the common good; creating resourcing, scaling, and leveraging strategies and innovations for broad investment and impact.

• Brand-Steward: Steward of the brand and understands the role in growing and protecting the reputation and results of the greater network.  

1. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field. HR certification (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR) preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in HR, including a solid foundation in talent attraction and employee relations.
• Strong knowledge of HR principles, practices, and employment laws including ADA, FMLA, EEO, Wage and Hour, Title VII, and other labor related legislation. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage HR projects and initiatives.
• Proficiency with HR-related software.
• Proficient knowledge of computer applications, including the Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Acrobat and other like administrative programs.
• Ability to work autonomously without direct supervision in a hybrid setting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with professionals.
• Unquestionable integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to handle competing high-volume tasks or projects.
• Strong conflict resolution, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Physical demands include sitting or standing for extended periods of time, bending, occasional lifting of items weighing up to approximately 25 pounds, regularly moving throughout the building between floors, traveling to outside meetings, regular use of standard office equipment such as the telephone, copier, and computer.  Demands also involve protracted concentration.  Reliable transportation is required.  Job involves frequent interactions with internal and external customers, and routinely intense public contact.