Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana (GSGCNWI) is an organization that focuses on helping girls build courage, confidence, and character. We pride ourselves on collaboration, communication, and teamwork. If you are looking for an organization with a mission that impacts the hearts and minds of girls in a meaningful way, then look no further. We’re committed to being an equitable, trauma-informed, community-based organization serving the needs and interests of girls and their families in the 245 communities we cover.
The Role – HR Director
The Human Resources Director will drive and manage all activities related to human resources including:
- Fostering a culture of respect and support for managers and employees.
- Developing compensation and benefit plans which attract and retain key talent.
- Creating and coordinating training and development programs.
- Resolving employee relations issues.
- Collaborating with the CEO and senior management to provide tools to unlock the potential of the organization.
This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week that is benefits eligible.
What you will be doing:
- Fostering an environment of open-door communication, culminating in a relationship-based engaging atmosphere to ensure the employee experience is supportive and deliberate.
- Developing and sustaining consultative relationships with leaders and their respective teams, acting as a trusted partner, change agent, and advisor to unlock potential, influence, and challenge.
- Driving talent initiatives with speed and agility to meet key business metrics internally and externally; coaching and mentoring while offering collaborative advice, providing HR leadership perspective.
- Resolving employee relations issues, ensuring adherence to company values.
- Managing and directing audits related to benefits plans, workers compensation, and 403(b) plan testing.
- Identifying, developing, and utilizing metrics to ensure consistency of HR policies and practices across business.
- Coordinating, communicating, and implementing projects and programs with impact in the areas of employee relations, training, development, diversity, equality and inclusion, and retention of employees.
The skills you will use:
- Bachelor's degree preferred with at least 7 years of increasing HR responsibilities required. SHRM certification is preferred. Experience in a geographically dispersed environment is preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of HR practices including Performance and Change management, Leadership Coaching, Employee Relations, and Compensation.
- High level of personal and professional integrity and ethics (authentic, compassionate, genuine, and honest); good communicator; good listening skills and problem solver.
- Comfortable driving change and embracing innovation in the face of ambiguity and complexity.
- Proven experience in managing others including the ability to coach, develop, provide direction, and understand resource capability and successfully drive results.
- Culturally sensitive and aware by adjusting personal style to different cultures and styles of work. Welcomes a diversity of ideas, approaches, and points of view.
Perks and Benefits:
- Comprehensive Benefit plan that includes health, dental, and vision insurance and supplementary insurances to take care of your overall well-being.
- 403(b) retirement plan.
- Time off - vacation, sick, personal, holiday, and mental wellness paid time off is available for employees to take care of themselves and show our appreciation.
- A casual work environment - with a casual dress code and the option to work hybrid, if applicable.