Chief People Officer

Mission of Department:

We are dedicated to caring for all who seek our service in a competent, compassionate, and professional manner; committed to continually striving to improve the quality of our service, and to lead in facilitating communication and improving employee human relations and performance.

Purpose of Position:

To develop personnel policies and programs for entire company, direct and develop employment policies and practices, coordinate orientation and on-boarding of new staff, promote positive employee relations, establish compensation practices and guidelines, administer insurance benefits and retirement plans, facilitate recruitment, and develop retention practices, payroll and performance, coordinate work comp administration, and develop other employee services as needed. 

Essential Functions:

 -Formulates and recommends personnel policies and objectives for the organization.

- Promotes a high level of employee morale. Promote organizational teamwork. Promotes effective communication between staff and administration. 

- Serves as a resource to management team regarding leadership and associate development, corrective action, organization staffing, pay practices and employment law.

- Coordinates employee education of organizational policies and procedures.

- Recommends employee relations practices necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship.

- Ensures compliance with legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting personnel    

       functions (e.g., OSHA, EEO, ERISA, Wage & Hour). 

- Maintains interests of employees and company in accordance with company personnel policies, governmental laws and regulations.

- Maintains wage and salary structure, recommends, and establishes pay practice policies. Oversees implementation of pay practices policies.

- Oversees preparation and processing of all payroll functions, including time keeping and tax reporting requirements.

- Oversees development and maintenance of performance appraisal program.

- Develops employee insurance benefit programs and oversees maintenance of programs.

- Coordinates employee benefit education and compliance.

- Facilitates retirement plan participant enrollment and qualified plan 457(b) Annual Census reporting, and monthly Profit-Sharing estimations and annual distribution.  

- Administrates Work Comp, coordination, and OSHA log reporting.

- Completes EEO1 Reporting, Medicare HFCA Survey reporting, Occupational Employment Survey reporting, KHA Annual and Mid-Year Wage and Salary Survey, and maintains Family Medical Leave administration and documentation.

- Composes and maintains Associate Handbook. Oversees provision of handbooks and updates to employees. 

- Oversees general employment and on-boarding of new Associates.

- Tracks and analyzes workforce turnover and makes recommendations to promote stability. 

- Oversees composition of reports and forms as necessary to carry out functions of department. 

- Aides in organizational recruitment and retention practices and procedures. 

- Monitors & Reports Continuous Quality Improvement for Human Resource Department.

- Administers the tuition reimbursement program.

- Prepares, assesses, and analyzes Human Resource budget.

- Assists CEO in planning, development, execution, and evaluation of organizational strategic planning.  

- Reports Quarterly to the Board of Directors, as needed with the CEO, and attends weekly management meetings. 

The preceding functions have been provided as examples of the types of work performed by employees assigned in this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments and to make reasonable accommodations as needed. 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills and /or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Requirements

Additional Responsibilities:

Assumes other duties as assigned by CEO.

Education, Qualifications, Experience:

Master's degree in human resource management with two (2) years HR field experience, or Bachelor's Degree with three (3) years Human Resource experience, or seven (7) years Generalist Human Resource experience. Specialized training in compensation, wage and labor law, worker's compensation law and other applicable areas.   

Personal Characteristics:

- High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day functionalities.

- Superior interpersonal abilities. Ability to get along with diverse personalities, tactful, mature, flexible.

- Good reasoning abilities and sound judgment.

- Excellent verbal communication skills.

- Resourceful and well organized.

- Participative management style-advocate of team concept.

- Ability to establish credibility and be decisive - but able to recognize and support the organization's preferences and priorities.

- Results and people oriented but have sound judgment-ability to balance other business considerations.

- Service oriented, but assertive/persuasive.

- Professional appearance and manner.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Broad knowledge of employment, compensation, organizational planning, employee relations, education and development, attention to detail, problem analysis and problem resolution, ability to plan and manage multiple projects, proficient computer skills in Microsoft based software and Excel. 

Equipment: 

Computer skills, Microsoft, Excel, 10-key competencies.

Expectation of Service: This may be an exempt or a non-exempt 40 hour per week position. Regular and punctual attendance is required.  

Physical Requirements: This position requires continual sitting and typing at a computer terminal, some walking, bending, stooping, and lifting of up to 25 pounds.