Director of People & Culture

Company: Sid Jacobson JCC
Location: Greenvale
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

The Director of People & Culture is responsible for the direction, coordination, and delivery of Human Resources related services including recruitment and onboarding, employee relations, benefits, and compliance. This position develops and reinforces a culture of outstanding customer service, which aligns wit organizational values.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Director Responsibilities: - Develop and implement the organizational vision as established by the JCC Strategic Plan - Demonstrate consistent quality of ethics, budgeting and administration, communications, and systems - Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the department goals - Attract, develop, coach, and retain high-performance team members, empowering them to elevate their level of responsibility, span of control, and performance - Provide directives in development of interdepartmental communication and cohesiveness, sustaining culture, and supporting team members - Manage and recommend budgets for HR related activities and make changes when necessary - Act as a champion for the mission, vision, and values of the organization - Partner with AED's to coach, counsel and discipline team members - Conduct performance reviews and set performance goals for program and team members - Recommend staffing requirements, recruit and train new team members - Maintain data integrity and accuracy by performing regular data audits, cleaning, and oversight.
Position Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership - Actively fosters a fair, inclusive, and respectful workplace, both through customer service and in policy development. - Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice and resources to managers. - Collaborates with management to manage and engage JCC staff culture with positive morale, support, collaboration and growth. - Collaborates on both interdepartmental projects and Human Resources analytic/policy setting initiatives (e.g. Compensation & Benefits)Employee Relations - Collaborates with managers on offer letters, agreements, and new hire onboarding. Will be instrumental in the development of updated onboarding process that supports employees and managers. - Provides management coaching and education on both general matters and employee/situation specific situations. Consults with supervisors and managers to address employee performance issues and guides managers through the performance improvement process, including performance improvement plans and terminations. - Provides guidance and direction to employees. Investigates and resolves grievances, including harassment complaints. - Works closely with managers and employees to provide consultation and guidance to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.Benefit & Leave Administration - Involved in development of, administration and communication of employee benefit programs, including but not limited to retirement plan, group life insurance, disability insurance, health & dental insurance, and employee discount programs. Monitors and reviews benefit trends and cost-effective best practices. Ensures compliance with benefits-related government regulations. - Works closely with benefits brokers during renewals, to ensure employee benefits are managed correctly and benefit issues are resolved. - Leads open enrollment process. - Oversees and ensures the accurate tracking, administration and employee notifications of leaves of absence (e.g. FMLA, Parental leave and MA Paid FML, employee time off, COBRA).Compliance - Monitors and ensures JCC compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations related to all aspects of the employment process including but not limited to FMLA, FLSA, COBRA, ADA, HIPAA, ACA, EEO, OSHA and Mass EST. Keeps abreast of new and changing programs and regulations. Recommends best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance. - Manages Workers Compensation and Unemployment Compensation programs and OSHA reporting. - Oversees the administration and legal compliance of the Retirement 403B plan including enrollment, contributions and annual audit. - Assesses organizational risks related to Human Resources and daily operations. Conducts ongoing identification of risk/prevention/monitoring/mitigation measures, and implementation of prioritized recommendations.HR Management - Works closely with external contacts as needed, including but not limited to insurance broker, retirement plan administrator, and legal counsel. Utilizes external resources when needed for additional expertise. - Additional responsibilities, as required.

- - - - - - - - -5+ years of experience in Human Resources - - - - - - - - -3+ years of experience in a managerial role for a mid-size organization - - - - - - - - -Bachelor's Degree in a related field - Ability to build strong relationships across the organization and to represent Sid Jacobson JCC Human Resources well internally and externally. - Analytic thinker who understands both the big picture and what it means at a tactical level. - Effective problem-solving skills. - Group leadership including the ability to build/support a cohesive, high-performing team. - Outstanding communication skills including listening, written and verbal skills. - Knowledge of the principals and practices of Human Resources management. Current knowledge of state and federal Human Resource-related laws, guidance and advisements. Generalist foundation with experience in compensation, employee relations, and compliance. Deep experience required payroll, benefits, and leave administration (with strong working knowledge of state and federal FMLA and MA PFML). - Outstanding time management, agility and grace to both achieve strategic goals and deliver planned and spontaneous front-line services to managers and employees. Strong organizational, detail-oriented, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills. Flexible to meet emerging organizational needs. - Collaborative and innovative mindset, team player who attends to the well-being of the organization, managers, staff and the Human Resources Department. Works well independently, in a supervisory role and in team environment. - Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point. Ability to learn and use internal HRIS/Payroll system.

Compensation details: 95000-105000 Yearly Salary



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