Director of Human Resources

SEIU Healthcare 1199NW•Kent, WA

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About The Position

SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW is a dynamic, action-oriented union of over 35,000 healthcare and workers throughout Washington and Montana. Purpose: The Human Resources (HR) Director performs a wide range of duties and is responsible for providing expert direction and guidance over the union’s HR functions including Staffing & Recruiting, Talent/Performance Management, Labor Law and Compliance, Benefits and Compensation, and Employee Relations. The HR Director works closely with the Sr. Director of Operations and Chief of Staff aligning the Human Resource initiatives with the organization’s goals . This position drives the effectiveness of policies and processes and ensures compliance of all federal and state regulations. Organizational Development: Partners with organizational leaders to assist with building a strong culture focused on providing a top place to work and ensuring the focusing on building membership. Works closely with staff to understand strengths and opportunities to ensure racial justice initiatives, member focused culture, and needs of individuals to achieve success. Create HR practices and procedures, communicate and ensure consistency & accountability. Implement develop, performance management and training to ensure growth and development that lead to retention & growth for the organization. Benefits Work with broker to analysis and introduce changes in benefits package to ensure cost effectiveness and staff retention & recruitment. Manage annual renewal and open enrollment process to ensure dynamic and effective communications, reporting, reconciliation, and compliance. Responsible for benefits administration including set-up in Paylocity, orientation for new hires and day to day administration. Manages leave administration including educating, coordination and administration of WA PFML, FMLA and CBA benefits. Employee Relations Provides training, coaching, and counsel to Senior Staff. Facilitates the management of staff members to ensure compliance with CBA, state and federal laws. Works with the Chief of Staff to facilitate the CBA for the staff union including Joint Committee, negotiations and union communications & requests. Builds relationship with Staff Union board to ensure effective employee relations. Policy/Compliance Create, maintain, and update Policy & Procedures in line with the CBA and Federal/State laws to ensure consistent and compliant administration as well as alignment with SEIU 1199NW organizational culture and goals. Leads organizational compliance with all existing legislations. Ensures ongoing Compliance with SEIU Ethics code including support of annual certification process. Oversees injury and accident reporting, ensuring OSHA and Workers Compensation compliance. Ensures accurate demographic data on the membership, leadership, and staff of the Local Recruitment/Onboarding/Talent Management Oversees recruitment and selection processes to ensure that qualified staff are recruited, selected, oriented, and continually developed. Creates and administers Talent Management systems. Creates metrics for workforce planning, recruitment, diversity, turnover, headcount, and training. Assists in the design, development, and implementation of training programs. Develops and implements initiatives to improve employee retention to include exit interviews, turnover analysis, employee satisfaction surveys and other relevant metrics. Reviews and refines, as necessary, to ensure that procedures are compliant with federal, state, and local laws. Racial Justice Ensures Racial Justice lens is incorporated into HR systems, practices, and processes. Supports organizational leaders in the long-term and on-going development of diversity, inclusion, organizational equity, and multi-cultural competence in managers and staff. Performs other duties as assigned in support of the work of the union.

Requirements

Minimum 8-10 years in an Human Resources Generalist Role
3-5 years of leading the HR Function including benefits, employee relations, compliance and recruiting
Strong Union Employee Relations a must
HRIS experience, Paylocity a plus
Experience with a growing organization

Responsibilities

Providing expert direction and guidance over the union’s HR functions including Staffing & Recruiting, Talent/Performance Management, Labor Law and Compliance, Benefits and Compensation, and Employee Relations.
Aligning the Human Resource initiatives with the organization’s goals
Driving the effectiveness of policies and processes
Ensuring compliance of all federal and state regulations
Building a strong culture focused on providing a top place to work and ensuring the focusing on building membership.
Ensuring racial justice initiatives, member focused culture, and needs of individuals to achieve success.
Creating HR practices and procedures, communicate and ensure consistency & accountability.
Implementing develop, performance management and training to ensure growth and development that lead to retention & growth for the organization.
Working with broker to analysis and introduce changes in benefits package to ensure cost effectiveness and staff retention & recruitment.
Managing annual renewal and open enrollment process to ensure dynamic and effective communications, reporting, reconciliation, and compliance.
Responsible for benefits administration including set-up in Paylocity, orientation for new hires and day to day administration.
Managing leave administration including educating, coordination and administration of WA PFML, FMLA and CBA benefits.
Providing training, coaching, and counsel to Senior Staff.
Facilitating the management of staff members to ensure compliance with CBA, state and federal laws.
Working with the Chief of Staff to facilitate the CBA for the staff union including Joint Committee, negotiations and union communications & requests.
Building relationship with Staff Union board to ensure effective employee relations.
Creating, maintaining, and updating Policy & Procedures in line with the CBA and Federal/State laws to ensure consistent and compliant administration as well as alignment with SEIU 1199NW organizational culture and goals.
Leading organizational compliance with all existing legislations.
Ensuring ongoing Compliance with SEIU Ethics code including support of annual certification process.
Overseeing injury and accident reporting, ensuring OSHA and Workers Compensation compliance.
Ensuring accurate demographic data on the membership, leadership, and staff of the Local
Overseeing recruitment and selection processes to ensure that qualified staff are recruited, selected, oriented, and continually developed.
Creating and administering Talent Management systems.
Creating metrics for workforce planning, recruitment, diversity, turnover, headcount, and training.
Assisting in the design, development, and implementation of training programs.
Developing and implementing initiatives to improve employee retention to include exit interviews, turnover analysis, employee satisfaction surveys and other relevant metrics.
Reviewing and refining, as necessary, to ensure that procedures are compliant with federal, state, and local laws.
Ensuring Racial Justice lens is incorporated into HR systems, practices, and processes.
Supporting organizational leaders in the long-term and on-going development of diversity, inclusion, organizational equity, and multi-cultural competence in managers and staff.
Performing other duties as assigned in support of the work of the union.