Executive Director of HR

Join Our Award-Winning Team as Executive Director of HR!

At Country Manor, we don’t just offer jobs—we build careers, shape futures, create communities where people thrive, and seek to enrich lives for generations to come. As an award-winning leader in senior care, childcare, home health care, rehabilitation services, and more, we are proud to serve nearly 1,000 individuals daily across our two growing campuses in Sartell and St. Joseph, MN. Additionally, Country Manor plans to expand its service offerings into the Brainerd Lakes Area in 2025, with the opening of Pinecrest of Country Manor, an upscale senior living campus, and Kids Crest Childcare & Learning Center.

There are many things that set Country Manor apart, but at the heart of it all is our team. With approximately 600 dedicated employees, we know that a thriving, supported team is the foundation of exceptional care. That’s why we’re searching for an experienced, dynamic, and forward-thinking Executive Director of Human Resources to lead our business office team and elevate the workplace experience for our incredible staff.

This is a rare opportunity to make a real impact—shaping policies, fostering our hometown culture, and driving initiatives that keep Country Manor ahead of the curve as we continue to grow and evolve. We are looking for a strategic leader with a passion for people, a talent for innovation and bringing new ideas to the table, and the expertise to guide a large-scale operation to prosper.

Country Manor is an award-winning company, recognized locally and nationally for quality care in services year after year. Ten-time recipient of the title "Best Senior Living Facility in Central MN," and honored as the "#1 Top Rated Health Care & Rehab Facility in MN in 2025," are just a few of our recent accomplishments.

Country Manor is ecstatic to be growing in 2025! With change comes new opportunities. As a large health care continuum with multiple campuses, soon to be adding more, we are restructuring our HR Department to prepare for the future. The incumbent of this role will oversee our team of dedicated HR staff, while working collaboratively with Department Managers across all sites. The Executive Director of HR will join our Executive Leadership Team and will play an integral role in successful growth of the organization.

Country Manor's mission of enriching lives remains at the forefront of everything we do. The HR Executive will instill this long-standing mission into their department and work with ease.

Job Summary

• Oversee Human Resource policies, procedures, practices and staff
• Recruitment and Onboarding of employees
• Management of Applicant Tracking System
• Employee safety (recordkeeping, claim management, and committee participation)
• Employee benefits administration
• Collaborate with Department Managers to create successful strategies to continuously improve recruitment and retention
• Represent Country Manor at off-campus events as HR Executive
• Build systems and processes to ensure smooth onboarding and acclimation of new hires, while providing necessary supports for Department Managers
• Employment law compliance
• Involvement in employee relations, including exit interviews, etc. as necessary
• Ensure successful infiltration of Country Manor’s long-standing mission and culture into the HR department and all new recruits
• Employer Personnel Statistical Analysis/Reporting
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Proven experience in Human Resources, preferably in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of best Human Resource practices, employment legislation and regulations.
• Exceptional leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to think critically, creatively, and offer solutions-based problem-solving skills.
  
  

Required Knowledge And Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• A strong commitment to the mission of the corporation.
• Must exhibit highest professional integrity and ability to work confidentially with discretion.
• Capability of organizing, conceptualizing and prioritizing objectives.
• A strong desire to work collaboratively with Department Managers to understand, address, and remain a trusted support for their unique business lines.
• Proficient in the use of email, word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software and use of the internet to access data, maintain records, generate reports and communicate with others.
• In-depth knowledge of Federal, State and local employment laws
• Broad knowledge of group insurance plans, retirement plans, compensation and benefits administration and other related areas.
• Broad knowledge of marketing, with a commitment to work collaboratively with Executive Director of Marketing/PR to uphold established Country Manor brand.
• Demonstrated organizational skills in handling, directing and prioritizing multiple and complex assignments/projects and maintaining records.
• Demonstrated exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written; with the ability to clearly draft employee communications.
• Demonstrated effective supervisory, interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to work independently with little direction.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing, managing and delivering human resources processes, procedures and projects.
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with social media.
• Demonstrated experience in managing a high-volume workflow office.
• Demonstrated experience of working effectively in a team environment with a customer service focus.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; and effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or board members.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the community.
• Skilled in resolving conflicts and mediating disputes.
  
  

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Administration and supervision of all Human Resource Activities; including but not limited to employment, classification and pay, equal employment opportunity, Family and Medical Leave, Affordable Care Act, affirmative action, employee benefits, training and employee relations.
• Creating and implementing Human Resource policies and activities for the organization.
• Manage the Human Resource staff and work collaboratively with directors for employee-related initiatives, from recruitment to exit interviews.
• Ensure smooth operation of the Human Resource department, including staffing, benefits, compensation, training and labor relations and review trends.
• Plans, coordinates and implements employee benefits with collaboration of directors for assistance programs, supplemental health, and retirement plans.
• Plans, directs, and assesses employee orientation, compliance training and professional development with collaboration of organization directors.
• Works in collaboration with the Director of Risk Management and other managers to implement employee safety programs to assure a safe work plan and minimize risk and liability to the corporation.
• Ensures that management maintains appropriate hiring practices. Ensures supervisors/managers are selecting and/or rejecting applicants in conformance with legal requirements.
• Plans and leads strategic direction for employee recruitment plans, manages recruitment efforts and activities; advises management and supervisors of best method of filling vacancies.
• Work in collaboration to develops strategic initiatives to continuously approve recruitment, and decrease turnover; with ability to manage and evolve with ever-changing industry hiring needs.
• Counsels employees, supervisors, and management in the grievance and disciplinary process.
• Oversees coordination the employee compensation program and directs salary surveys.
• Ensures the Employee Handbook is up-to-date according to corporate and legal requirements.
• Directs annual employee recognition programs and events.
  
  

We encourage you to visit our website and apply. We are actively interviewing for this position! Please note that our initial communication may be through email.

Country Manor

• 520 First Street NE, Sartell, MN 56377
  
  

Woodcrest of Country Manor

• 1200 Lanigan Way SW, St. Joseph, MN 56374
  
  

Pinecrest of Country Manor

• Coming soon to Brainerd, MN
  
  

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