Vice President, People & Culture

Meridian International Center•Washington, DC

9d•$180,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Meridian International Center is entering an important period of organizational evolution as it expands partnerships, stakeholder networks, revenue streams, and program models. The Vice President, People & Culture will align people strategy, culture, organizational infrastructure, and HR operations with Meridian’s institutional priorities while supporting a high-performing, mission-driven workforce. This position is located in Washington D.C. Meridian requires DC, MD, or VA residence for all employees. This position may work partially remotely- 4 days in-person office hours are required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field required; master’s degree preferred.
Ten or more years of progressive HR leadership experience; SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent certification preferred.
Experience advising senior leaders on organizational design, talent strategy, workforce planning, employee relations, and change management.
Demonstrated ability to lead both strategic human capital initiatives and day-to-day HR operations in a mission-driven environment.
Deep knowledge of employment law, HR best practices, HR technology, systems, analytics, and people metrics.
Strong leadership, communication, relationship-building, judgment, discretion, and influencing skills.

Nice To Haves

Candidate has experience in creating people and processes structures.
Candidate thrives in a mission driven environment.
Candidate works well with shifting priorities.
Candidate is data and metric driven.
Candidate should possess strong communication skills and be a human centric leader.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a people strategy aligned with Meridian’s strategic plan, organizational priorities, and evolving operating models.
Lead organizational transformation and change management as Meridian evolves toward more global, network-centric operations while building trust across staff.
Advise the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on workforce planning, organizational design, compensation, succession planning, leadership development, and culture.
Modernize scalable systems for performance management, compensation architecture, onboarding, HR operations, and accountability while protecting Meridian’s nonpartisan, mission-driven culture.
Lead workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, succession planning, and talent development to meet current and emerging business needs.
Strengthen employee engagement, communication, collaboration, manager effectiveness, and organizational effectiveness.
Coach leaders on talent management, employee development, performance feedback, and difficult workplace conversations.
Oversee compensation philosophy, salary administration, job architecture, benefits strategy, and total rewards programs.
Administer performance management to ensure alignment between employee performance and compensation.
Develop and administer professional development requirements to support employee growth, skill development and retention of a qualified workforce.
Ensure compliance with employment laws, HR best practices, policies, employee relations, workplace investigations, conflict resolution, and employment-related risk management.
Partner with leadership and external advisors on compensation benchmarking, market competitiveness, and executive compensation or benefits analysis as needed.
Improve HR processes, systems, HRIS administration, workforce analytics, reporting, and data governance.
Establish/modernize scalable HR infrastructure to support organizational growth and evolving business requirements.
Manage the HR department budget, vendor relationships, and metrics to assess people program effectiveness.