SEIU Local 2015 is seeking a transformational, strategic, change agent to build leadership and achieve power for its 450,000 home health care and nursing home worker members. The Director of HR is a pivotal leader who will motivate, empower and engage the workforce to perform in ways that create meaningful change and shapes the organization’s future success.
Duties/ Responsibilities:
Talent Acquisition & Management that builds the organization
● Plan, implement, and evaluate culture building initiatives that drive the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of staff.
● Implement and lead manager/staff competency training that supports effective organizing and advocating for members.
● Provide support and guidance to managers that build their mentoring skills to provide effective, inspiring feedback to staff.
● Serve as the pivotal strategic partner of the senior management team, to advise regarding the impact of long-range planning, new programs/strategies and regulatory action.
● Collaborate with department heads to develop and implement staffing strategies and programs that embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the organization.
Training & Leadership
● Train and support management staff, including department directors, in implementing labor management practices consistent with organizational mission goals and values.
● Assesses training needs for managers and staff.
● Work with senior management to develop and deliver onboarding and training materials to ensure employees understand their job responsibilities.
● Assist the Executive Director in developing effective performance management systems.
● Train managers in evaluating staff performance and developing performance improvement plans.
Department Leadership
● Directs and develops the three person HR department
● Interacts with Officers and the Executive Board
General
● Ensures all HR policies are up to date, maintained, applied consistently, and in compliance with state, local and federal regulations.
● Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes and innovative technologies in human resources, and employment law and applies this knowledge to communicate changes to senior management.
● Leads managers in understanding and implementing organization policies, building and maintaining a supportive and inspiring workplace culture.
● Works with senior management and leadership to address employee issues and conflicts, and collective bargaining with the staff union.
Competencies:
• Strategic Thinking- Proven ability to work with leaders and senior staff to build a powerful organization that wants to do things differently.
• Leadership—A leader among leaders with a hunger to make an impact in building/transforming organizational culture.
• Visionary Change Agent—Experience in managing change by managing the culture. Proven ability to assess the existing culture, identify needs/areas of improvement and positively influence others through clear communication, and self-modeling behaviors that gain support for the change. Trustworthy and approachable.
• Interpersonal—Demonstrated competence in verbal and nonverbal communication, conflict management, negotiation, listening and being flexible and positive.
Required Values, Qualifications and Experience:
● Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
● 3 – 5 years experience in HR leadership or related field.
● Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the organization.
● Commitment to enforcing union values.
● Demonstrated ability to help staff succeed by setting clear goals, providing relevant training, positive coaching and encouragement.
● Collective bargaining experience in a unionized environment, strongly desired.
● SHRM Certified Professional/SHRM Senior Certified Professional Certificate, a plus.
Interested applicants should follow the instructions below and email materials and any inquiries to
Debra Schwoch-Swoboda, UnionSearch Managing Partner: dswoboda@unionsearch.org,
● A letter of application, which specifically addresses how accomplishments in your career have prepared you to meet the essential functions and requirements presented in this position.
● A resume that includes the month and year of start and end dates of employment for each position.
Position open until filled: Next deadline for review December 15, 2024.
