Regional Human Resources Manager | Ohio
About The Position
Cardinal Senior Living is seeking a Regional Human Resources Manager to provide HR leadership across multiple Ohio communities, with a strong focus on employee relations, compliance, leave management, workers’ compensation, investigations, and leadership guidance. The manager serves as a strategic HR partner to community leaders, who handle day-to-day people operations, helping them understand appropriate actions, legal and operational risks, and decision-making boundaries. The role involves advising Executive Directors and regional operations leadership on difficult employee situations, conducting investigations, managing complex leave and workers’ compensation matters, and helping leaders execute people decisions consistently. The manager must prioritize quickly, communicate clearly, and distinguish routine issues from those presenting meaningful organizational risk. The position is field-based and requires travel throughout the Ohio region.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
- Strong employee-relations experience.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of FMLA.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of ADA and accommodations.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of workers’ compensation.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of performance management.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of workplace investigations.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of terminations and corrective action.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of federal and state employment law.
- Strong documentation and case-management discipline.
- Ability to coach and influence operational leaders.
- Strong judgment and comfort making recommendations in ambiguous situations.
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout the Ohio region.
Nice To Haves
- SHRM-CP, PHR, SHRM-SCP, or SPHR certification.
- Multi-site or regional HR experience.
- Experience in senior living, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, or another decentralized operating environment.
- Experience supporting front-line leaders in high-volume employee populations.
Responsibilities
- Provide regional HR leadership across multiple Ohio communities.
- Advise and coach community leaders and regional operations leadership on employee matters and difficult decisions.
- Manage employee-relations issues, workplace investigations, corrective action, and performance management.
- Review terminations and other high-risk employment decisions.
- Administer FMLA and advise on complex leave situations.
- Provide ADA and accommodation guidance.
- Manage workers’ compensation cases and coordinate return-to-work processes.
- Guide employment law and regulatory compliance.
- Interpret policies and support their consistent application.
- Maintain documentation and case-management discipline.
- Escalate material employee, legal, or compliance risks.
- Help leaders identify risk early and execute appropriate actions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
