Temporary Leadership role ending mid-July

As the Director of HR, Americas, you are an expert in people and organizations, partnering with leaders to translate company and department goals into the people and process design needed for success. You know how to attract and recruit top talent and how to support managers in developing that talent once hired.

Key Responsibilities

Relationship Management

• Partner with leaders across the organization to understand their work and their goals and help continue open lines of communication to resolve challenges and liase with executive leadership

• Assist executive communications to further refine our systems of for career development, ensuring structure and transparency for titles and levels of responsibility and ensuring equity in compensation.

• Work with managers to understand organizational needs to training and development and help create opportunities for department-specific, and role-specific development opportunities

Talent Acquisition

• Work with managers to refine job descriptions that both describe the work and attract the level of talent we desire

• Ensure the structure of the interviews is consistent and equitable across all given roles.

You are thoughtful and strategic, but you don’t neglect the details.

You relish the details of HR administration and compliance. People can count on you and your team.

You are a steward of the culture, participating in it and helping it to evolve in ways that integrate new team members and new organizations; accommodate growth and change; promote diversity, equity, and inclusion; and keep people aligned and engaged.

• Oversight of compensation and benefits program, with ongoing benchmarking to ensure appropriateness of both for our sector

• Engage executive leadership with HR policies and procedures with reference to local practices as well as current and forthcoming legislation, harmonizing approaches where possible and appropriate

• Lead performance management process, including the receipt of annual appraisals, employee goal setting and mentoring managers on best practices for feedback, coaching, and performance improvement

• Engage with HR team to support the management of payroll and all legal and compliance matters related to personnel

General

• Report key HR data and activities to executive leadership and funders when requested
• Other duties as assigned

Skills, experience, and qualifications

• Understanding of and commitment to our Mission
• 7+ years in Human Resources, with experience leading most of (if not all) of the HR functions
listed
• Conversant in US and Canada employment law and employment practices
• Experience growing and scaling an organization; experience with mergers and acquisitions a plus
• Experience managing an HR function with the ability to establish credibility and build trusted
relationships in a multi-office, multi-country environment
• Demonstrable passion for working with people and developing people focused solutions
• Strategic thinker, able to see the big picture and how HR can enable achievement of
organizational goals
• Solid executer – can manage the details, both personally and through delegation
• Collaborative work style and commitment to getting the job done well with the ability to inspire
and motivate others
• Flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with change and ambiguity as we continue to grow
• Bachelor’s degree required, HR certification(s) desirable, with evidence of continuous
professional development

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES: Direct management of two staff.