HR Manager

Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum•Denver, CO

8d•$70,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

The HR Manager at Wings Over the Rockies oversees people functions for the ~75 person staff of our nonprofit museum. In this role, you’ll lead and support core HR functions - including recruitment, employee relations, onboarding, performance management, and compliance - while helping cultivate an inclusive, engaged, and mission-aligned workplace. The ideal candidate is an experienced HR professional, adept at managing people and strategy, with confidence being hands-on in a dynamic, community-focused environment.

Requirements

6+ years in human resources focused roles with demonstrated breadth of scope with at least 2 years in an HR leadership position.
Confidence handling employee leaves of absence, benefits, and employee relations.
Advanced experience with HRIS, especially Paylocity.
Fluency in Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Excel, and Sharepoint.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing benefits renewals and benefits broker relationships.
Certification in SHRM, PHR, or other professional Human Resources designation (not required).
Experience in non-profit environments.
Reporting/KPI management

Responsibilities

Serve as main point of contact for Wings ~75 person team, including leaves of absence, benefits questions, and employee relations issues.
Manage employee relations issues, coordinating response with supervisors and decision makers when necessary.
Ensure all HR policies and procedures are compliant, well-communicated, and supportive of an optimal employee experience at Wings.
Periodically review, update, re-communicate policies as needed with an emphasis on effective change management.
Coach leadership on all manner of employee relations issues, with an eye to creating resilient and effective people leaders.
Audit and optimize existing performance management program to best serve the museum’s needs.
Manage yearly performance management cycle and processes, including all employee communication.
Administer and track new hire and annual training for completion by employee.
Look for and implement newer more relevant trainings
Triage job posting requests from various departments, including obtaining necessary budgetary approvals.
Manage the full-cycle hiring process from job posting through interviewing, offer negotiation, and hire.
Lead onboarding process for new hires, including first day orientation and benefits enrollment.
Periodically review employee compensation utilizing non-profit benchmarking data.
Examine employee pay for equity, disparate impact, and pay compression issues.
Advise leadership on fair and equitable compensation practices throughout the employee life cycle.
Work collaboratively with leadership and benefits brokers through benefit renewals and to advise on updates and changes to the benefits plan.
Administers benefits throughout yearly cycles and reports changes to payroll as needed.
Stay attuned any changes to state and federal statute that impacts wage increases, merit and/or COLA increases, and law/policy changes

Benefits

Employer-paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life/AD&D coverage
$600 annual Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution for eligible medical plans
Voluntary LTD, STD, Life/AD&D, Accident, Critical Illness, and Legal/ID protection plans available
Optional Flexible Spending (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Dependent Care (DCA) accounts
2 weeks of paid vacation per year
60 hours sick leave per year
Paid personal time (1 week/year)
10 Paid Holidays
403(b) group retirement plan participation with employer match
Potential for annual bonuses, merit pay increases, professional development, and career advancement
Wings Museum membership, 25% gift shop discount, and other employee perks