Northwest Health - La Porte, IN
posted 5 months ago
About the position
The Human Resources Manager at La Porte & Starke Hospital is responsible for designing, planning, and implementing comprehensive human resources programs and policies that encompass staffing, compensation, benefits, employee relations, training, and health and safety. This role requires a strong reliance on experience and judgment to effectively plan and accomplish organizational goals. The HR Manager will perform a variety of tasks and lead the work of others, demonstrating a wide degree of creativity and latitude in their approach. This position reports directly to the Regional Director of Human Resources. In this role, the HR Manager will enhance the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices. They will maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions within the organization. The HR Manager will support organizational staff by establishing a robust recruiting, testing, and interviewing program, counseling managers on candidate selection, conducting and analyzing exit interviews, and recommending necessary changes based on findings. The HR Manager will also be responsible for preparing employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs. They will manage a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys and scheduling job evaluations. Ensuring effective planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results is crucial, which includes training managers to coach and discipline employees, scheduling management conferences, hearing and resolving employee grievances, and providing counseling to employees and supervisors. Additionally, the HR Manager will implement employee benefits programs, ensuring employees are informed of their benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends, recommending programs to management, directing the processing of benefit claims, and conducting educational programs on benefits. Legal compliance is a key aspect of this role, requiring the HR Manager to monitor and implement applicable federal and state human resource requirements, conduct investigations, maintain records, and represent the organization at hearings. The HR Manager will also be responsible for retaining historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system, cultivating professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops and professional societies, and completing operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees. Managing the human resource staff through recruitment, selection, orientation, and training is also a critical responsibility. The HR Manager will communicate directly with the Regional HR Director regarding departmental projects, plans, and staffing, and will contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
Responsibilities
- Design, plan, and implement human resources programs and policies for staffing, compensation, benefits, employee relations, training, and health and safety.
- Enhance the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
- Maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
- Establish a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counsel managers on candidate selection; conduct and analyze exit interviews; and recommend changes.
- Prepare employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
- Manage a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys and scheduling job evaluations.
- Ensure planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences; hearing and resolving employee grievances; and counseling employees and supervisors.
- Implement employee benefits programs and inform employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
- Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements, conducting investigations, maintaining records, and representing the organization at hearings.
- Enforce management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
- Retain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system and keeping past and current records.
- Cultivate professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional societies.
- Complete human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.
- Manage human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
- Communicate directly to the Regional HR Director for departmental projects, plans, and staffing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university or similar work experience required.
- 5+ years of experience in progressively responsible Human Resource roles.
- 3+ years of experience in Labor Relations or Employee Relations.
- PHR/SPHR certification preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in healthcare human resources management.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Dental insurance coverage.
- 401k retirement savings plan.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Professional development opportunities.
