Head of HR

About The Simon Wiesenthal Center

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a leading international Jewish human rights organization founded in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier. With 400,000 member families, the SWC confronts anti-Semitism, hate, and terrorism, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations, and serves as a thought leader in human-rights, genocide, intolerance, and hate crimes.

In 1993, the Center opened the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles to worldwide acclaim.

The Museum has served as the Center's flagship educational arm, challenging visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts.

In addition, the Center developed Moriah Films to produce theatrical documentaries to educate global audiences. Moriah has produced 17 documentaries to date, two of which have received the Academy Award for best feature documentary, The Long Way Home and Genocide

For over 40 years, the Center has been one of the most visible Jewish organizations in the world. With a constituency of over 400,000 households in the United States, the Center is accredited as an NGO at international organizations including the United Nations, UNESCO, OSCE, Organization of American States, the Latin American Parliament, and the Council of Europe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Simon Wiesenthal Center maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Chicago, Paris, Buenos Aires, and Jerusalem.

For more information about Simon Wiesenthal Center's history, please visit:

Position Summary and Responsibilities

Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), a mission driven and not-for-profit organization, is looking for a dynamic, passionate and capable HR Director to stand up the Human Resources department and develop policies and processes to support the organization's strategy and mission. The HR Director will report to the interim CFO and work closely with the compensation committee to present for approval and drive HR initiatives: reviewing and implementing a compensation and benefits plan, helping establish employee performance goals, learning and development programs, recruiting and talent acquisition, employee engagement and relation management.

The ideal candidate should be resourceful and entrepreneurial to build the new HR function into a transformational high-profile department while acting confidently and professionally to instill discipline and drive effective change management. This position is domestically focused with some oversight required over SWC's international offices.

This is a full-time, office-based role in Los Angeles.

Key Responsibilities

• Partnering with the CFO, develop and implement SWC's organizational policies and HR initiatives aligned with the organization's goals and mission.
• Partner closely with external vendors to review and implement standardized employee compensation structure and benefits plan.
• Review and provide recommendations relating to the employee handbook and create an HR policy manual.
• Work closely with the IT group on any needed HR systems to be implemented to properly track all employees, related benefits, sick time and vacation time, insure all HR governance, insurance and other benefit requirements are prepared and filed timely.
• Establish, implement and drive HR best-practices and policies and proactively educate, coach, and manage personnel compliance with HR policies and practices at all levels.
• Ensure personnel behaviors are compliant with HR policies/procedures as well as federal & state employment law/regulations.
• Develop and implement fair and transparent employee key performance indicators and performance management processes that aligns to the desired employee behaviors and results.
• Recruit both full-time and part-time employees for both SWC and its Museum of Tolerance.
• Work with the accounting department on the annual budget, financial forecasts and accounting closes as required.
• Establish and implement employee training and development programs.
• Act as the point of contact for employee relations and help resolve personnel issues.
• Perform other projects as required from time to time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10+ years of relevant professional HR experience in mission driven organizations with leadership experience, international experience is highly desired.
• Minimum 5 years of HR generalist experience with areas of expertise in organizational policy implementation, talent acquisition and talent management.
• Self-motivated, well-organized, manages time effectively.
• Passion and interest for SWC's mission as well as Jewish life/community is highly desired.
• Knowledge of best Human Resources practices and willingness to step in and support affiliates with respect to personnel matters.
• Superior communications and personnel management skills and the ability to relate to and influence people at all levels of an organization.
• Must have a high level of discretion and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy and practice of the Center to recruit and hire qualified applicants for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, marital status, familial status, caregiver status, domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, natural hairstyles, military or veteran status, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person's appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, including gender dysphoria, sexual and reproductive health decision-making (including, but not limited to, a decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. The Center interprets these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses.

To further this equal employment opportunity objective, the Center has established procedures to ensure that all personnel actions such as hiring, compensation, benefits, training, transfers, promotions, layoffs, returns from layoffs, social and recreational programs, and all Center facilities are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, marital status, familial status, caregiver status, domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, natural hairstyles, military or veteran status, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person's appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, including gender dysphoria, sexual and reproductive health decision-making (including, but not limited to, a decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. The Center ensures that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.

All employees must follow this policy. Any employee who violates this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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