HR Manager

HR Manager

Location

Upland

Job Type

Full Time Staff

Job Number

202400052

Area

VP- Strategy and Chief of Staff

Department

Human Resources

Opening Date

04/10/2024

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Summary

Mission and Commitment

Taylor's mission is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

As a community, Taylor faculty, staff, and students commit to living out Christ's love and truth in the here and now. We worship together, serve one another, and grow in faith as we learn in the classroom, on the field, at chapel, and anywhere else we're doing Life Together.

The Role

Under the direction of the Chief of Staff, the Human Resources Manager provides strategic implementation for recruiting, developing, motivating, and evaluating Taylor University's human capital. This hands-on position is responsible for leading all human resources operations, programs, and services for administrators, faculty, staff, and students and is a co-coordinator of the University's Title IX program.

The successful candidate will be joining the Human Resources team during an exciting time in relation to the University's commitment to its workforce. The forthcoming People and Programs Plan will identify not only a set of robust investments in our workforce, but also an important set of upcoming steps that will guide the work of the University's workforce engagement efforts as we seek to advance Taylor's Christian mission and seeks to build a national model for what it means to be a thriving workplace culture in the context of Christ-centered higher education.

Duties and Responsibilities

Major Responsibilities for the Human Resources Manager:

Working closely with the Vice President for Strategy and Chief of Staff, the Human Resources Manager supports the strategic implementation of five major categories of work:

Recruiting and HR Strategy. The Manager will leverage his/her expertise to lead employee recruitment and workforce planning. She or he will identify and facilitate cross-functional opportunities to meet key initiatives, including but not limited to recruiting talented and diverse faculty and staff and increasing faculty and staff engagement.

Organizational Culture. The Manager will lead the employee onboarding process to create and enhances a campus culture that advances Taylor's distinctive mission and sustains a workplace where people feel valued.

Title IX and Compliance. The Manager serves as a Title IX Co-coordinator and ensures the University remains in compliance with governmental and regulatory requirements around workplace issues.

Compensation and Benefits. The Manager partners with the CFO and senior leaders of Taylor University to design and administer benefits, develop compensation plans, and oversee policies and procedures that motivate Taylor colleagues and build a meaningful workplace culture. The Manager partners with the Chief of Staff regarding employee communications and recognition.

Talent Development. The Manager will galvanize and equip campus supervisors to develop and manage the human capital of employees and (in partnership with the Calling and Career Office) of student employees in campus offices.

Essential Functions of the Manager:

The Human Resources Manager oversees the life-cycle of employee engagement at Taylor-from hiring and onboarding to engaging, performing, developing, and finally helping people depart well. The following outline these essential functions according to this framework.

Hire

• Attracts, develops, rewards and retains a diverse and talented workforce.

• Partners with campus leaders on cross functional collaboration efforts on admissions recruitment strategy, student internship and workforce readiness, diversity recruitment efforts, workforce optimization and other strategic efforts.

• Conducts periodic examination of market and benchmark salary data, recommending competitive salary levels necessary to recruit and retain qualified staff.

Onboard

• Directs and engages other campus leaders in onboarding and offboarding employees (from new hire orientation to exit experience).

Engage

• In collaboration with the President's and Marketing Offices, develops and provides leadership oversight for the communications and marketing function for employee relations.

• Reviews University policies regarding sexual misconduct to ensure compliance with Title IX and the Violence Against Women Act and to maintain a respectful workplace and safe campus.

• Maintains records of Title IX reports.

• Ensures job descriptions are current and conducts job analysis to determine appropriate salary grades; also recommends salary levels for promotions and new hires.

• Provides oversight for Taylor's compensation plan including competitive salaries, robust benefit program, survey participation, data analysis, and establishing appropriate classifications and compensation for all positions. Ensures compliance with applicable wage and hour laws and regulations.

• Develops, implements, and supports a performance management system for staff and student workers that integrates the strategies and action plans of the University's annual goals and longer-term objectives.

• Develops and manages the University's multi million-dollar personnel and benefits budgets.

• Collaborates with and serves as a consultative advisor to department heads and campus leaders to promote an engaged campus culture for employees.

• Revises and maintains the Staff Handbook and ensures all HR policies and protocols align with best practices and relevant legal and regulatory expectations.

Perform

• Manages human resources staff, including payroll.

• Provides guidance in mediation, intervention, advocacy, discipline and training issues.

• Serves as Title IX Co-coordinator and advises the Title IX Team in procedures and resources under the policy to ensure that the University's review, investigation and resolution of reports of sexual misconduct are consistent, timely, effective, and in accordance with the policy. Also coordinates campus-wide training, education and prevention efforts regarding Title IX and prohibited conduct defined in the policy.

Develop

• Leads the development and implementation of metrics and HR analytics that effectively measure, benchmark, and monitor the learning and development impact to the institution.

• Seeks opportunity to build community among faculty and staff through informal contacts and formal events, including all-campus faculty/staff meetings, employee recognition events, and the annual Christmas Banquet.

• Conducts investigations and mediates differences when employee complaints or concerns are brought forth.

Depart

• Reviews, guides, and approves management recommendations for employment terminations.