What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Human Resources position at First Presbyterian Church of Nashville?
Position Summary: First Presbyterian Church of Nashville has a long history of staff dedicated to the building up of God’s Kingdom through the Church. The Director of Human Resources (HR) plays a vital role in creating and maintaining a workplace culture wherein all staff are respected and valued for the unique role they fill at the Church. The Director of HR is the sole staff member to lead and fulfill all HR functions for a team of approximately 110 regular full-time, part-time and weekend employees along with 50 – 70 seasonal staff. The Director of HR leads all routine functions associated with hiring, benefits and leave administration, and evaluating and updating Church employment policies and procedures. The Director of HR should connect easily with people and have a detail-oriented mindset to facilitate a Christ-centered work environment and handle the demands of a diverse workforce that serves the Church’s mission and vision.
EXPERIENCE: Five – seven years of work experience in human resources or finance/payroll. Experience with church or non-profit organization is a plus. Proficient in HR/payroll software and Microsoft Office.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Leadership: Proactively evaluate and recommend HR process improvements to increase efficiencies and performance quality; develops HR solutions to meet evolving organization needs pertaining to growth, change and recommends areas of improvement to internal standard operating procedures related to HR, including policy and procedure training; ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable HR legal requirements. Leads and manages HR special projects as may be assigned by the Church Executive from time to time.
- Recruitment and Hiring: Assists supervisors with writing/updating job descriptions and ensures the position opening is properly promoted within and outside of the Church. Reviews applicants for consideration by hiring team and coordinates the communication of offers of employment.
- Onboarding: Manages the onboarding of new employees and employee orientation including requests for all pre-employment screens; obtaining new hire paperwork; creating employee files; coordinating all new hire set-up (keycard/keys/computer/phone/email/database logins); and providing campus tours and introductions to other staff.
- Collaboration with Finance and Payroll: Liaises with relevant Finance and Payroll staff to ensure all compensation and benefit changes approved by the Finance and Personnel Committees are timely reported/approved and transmits relevant employment information for payroll processing.
- Benefits Administration: Assists the Church Executive, Personnel Committee and Director of Finance with Church-approved annual benefit selections and various agreements prior to open enrollment. Prepares open enrollment communication materials and presentations, facilitates and assists with open enrollment meetings, and fields benefit questions from employees.
- Employee Development and Recognition: Supports the Church staff in the training and development of personnel, such as training classes (e.g., policies and procedures, professional competencies, employment skills and abilities) and annual performance reviews. Assists with routine employee recognition (e.g., birthdays, anniversary dates and departures) and fellowship events.
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Tennessee Family Leave Act (TFLA) and Workers Compensation (WC): Maintains up-to-date knowledge of FMLA, TFLA, and WC regulations; assists employees with eligible leave requests; provides support and training to supervisors regarding applicable leaves; and manages back to work efforts.
- Offboarding: Oversee the termination process to include completion of “Employee Exit Checklist” including collection of resignation/termination documentation; collection of Church property such as keys, ID badge, credit cards, membership cards, etc.; request removal of access to phone, computer, and other software user accounts.
- Other: Maintains filing/storage/security of personnel files; updates/distributes Employee and New Employee Orientation Handbooks; interfaces with multiple support partners and vendors; other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge / Skills
- An active, growing relationship with Jesus Christ, functional knowledge of scripture, familiarity with the Reformed tradition, and an ability to integrate the Christian faith into day-to-day work in a way that brings about a comfortable advancement of the Gospel in relationship with colleagues and others, required.
- Knowledge of Human Resources principles and practices including employment law and compliance requirements.
- Interpersonal and negotiation skills; pleasant and professional interactions.
- Ability to effectively coach employees and management through complex and difficult issues; recommend effective problem resolutions and solutions to issues.
- Ability to thrive in a fast pace, rapidly changing environment, prioritize workplace demand, and perform multiple tasks effectively.
- Exercise sound judgment and initiative to work independently as well as in a team environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Ability to develop/maintain well organized filing and record keeping systems; computer and technology proficiency.
- Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality of personnel and organization-proprietary information.
- Benefits Administration (desired).
- Payroll Administration (helpful).
Position Qualifications
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree with a major in human resources, business administration, finance, business management, or other related field; advanced certification in HR a plus.EXPERIENCE: Five – seven years of work experience in human resources or finance/payroll. Experience with church or non-profit organization is a plus. Proficient in HR/payroll software and Microsoft Office.