Full-Time Director of People and Culture
Job Description
The Delores Project provides dignified, low-barrier shelter and supportive services for individuals experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. We operate a 24/7 housing-focused shelter for unaccompanied adult women and transgender individuals experiencing homelessness as well as a 35-unit supportive housing apartment community for people living with a disabling condition who have transitioned out of chronic homelessness. We also provide community-based continued care services for Delores shelter guests who have transitioned from our shelter into independent housing to ensure their housing stability.
The Director of People and Culture (DPC) will be responsible for all aspects of Human Resources within the organization including building, maintaining, and regularly evaluating procedures that reinforce the organization’s culture and values and enhance the employee experience. As a valued member of the leadership team, the Director of People and Culture will work closely with all levels of the organization to drive impact through maintaining HR compliance, building strong relationships with staff, and leading new initiatives across the organization. The DPC is part of the organizational leadership team, which includes the CEO, Program Director, and Development Director. Salary range is $74000-80000, plus benefits.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Compensation and Benefits
● Collaborate with the leadership team to create competitive, contemporary compensation and benefits programs by completing regular market analysis, employee surveys, and effectively implementing improvements.
Compliance
● Regularly evaluate TDP’s employee handbook, recommending updates in HR policies and procedures at TDP through a thorough understanding of HR laws and issues to ensure regulatory compliance.
● Manage the HRIS system, including overseeing transition and integration of an appropriate HRIS system and migration from paper personnel files and onboarding.
Employee Relations
● Create and continually evaluate processes that educate, advise, and influence TDP supervisors on employee professional development, engagement, retention, performance criteria, and measurement.
● Support Program Managers with performance management and coaching, ensuring necessary documentation happens. Support Program Managers in timely completion of staff performance evaluations.
● Provide support for employees at all levels of the organization to successfully navigate performance and/or personnel difficulties.
Recruitment
● Manage recruitment process as needed, including but not limited to, creating job descriptions, posting open positions to relevant websites, and managing the interview process
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
● Champion and steward TDP’s ongoing equity and inclusion efforts, ensuring committee development and follow through on action items. Regularly solicit staff feedback on organizational culture and equity efforts and recommend any policy and procedure changes necessary to continue providing a safe and inclusive workplace for all staff.
Culture
● Oversee the Office Manager whereby the primary responsibilities involve office , employee events, and building maintenance and facilities.
● Be the organizational point of contact for any external consultants who have been hired to assess and/ or advise the organization on policies/ procedures/ programs/ decisions that have the potential to affect culture, morale, and mission such as racial and pay equity work, etc.
● Regularly research and stay up to date on the latest HR trends and tools and practice outside the box thinking about how to make the organization a destination employer for job seekers.
● Regularly present policy/ procedure/ programmatic/ cultural recommendations to the leadership team on ways to keep the organization relevant, forward-thinking, and a leader among homeless, housing, and human service providers.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
● Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant work experience in Human Resources or Organizational Development;
● A minimum of five years of human resource management experience
● Broad knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, safety and training and development
● Excellent listening skills;
● Excellent self-awareness and well-developed emotional intelligence;
● Training and skills in conflict resolution with an understanding of restorative justice practices in a professional setting;
● Previous management and staff supervision experience. .Basic understanding of power, privilege, identity, and oppression and how these contribute to organizational culture and potential disequilibrium of organizational dynamics and relationships;
● Work or lived experience within or among communities of color, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ and people and/ or those experiencing homelessness;
● Demonstrated ability to work well as part of a team and ability to build trust with a diversity of stakeholders;
● Values curiosity over judgment of situations and people;
● Demonstrated experience with strategic thinking and planning, and the ability to identify systems-level problems and come up with creative solutions;
● Good communication skills, including the ability to understand and articulate the thoughts and opinions of various stakeholders to others;
● Values and mission-oriented in their work;
● Schedule flexibility, including some evening and weekend availability.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
● Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
● Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
● Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.
● The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
How to Apply
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