HR Director

WHO WE ARE: Healthy Kids is not just another childcare provider. We are Inc. 5,000's fastest-growing provider of Early Learning, Before and After School, and Summer Camp Programs with over 100 locations and growing. We are a certified benefit corporation on a mission to reinvent accessible and affordable childcare for today’s families and create opportunities for our team to do what they love (and feel valued while doing it). For more information on the organization, see www.HealthyKidsPrograms.com.

JOB SUMMARY: Healthy Kids is looking for a high-energy, change-loving, take-charge, highly skilled, self-starter for the position of HR Director who will take the Healthy Kids HR Department to the next level. This position is responsible for providing vision, leadership, planning, project coordination, and management for the development of a high-performing yet cost-effective HR Department to support staff excellence and satisfaction across the company. The position is responsible for the development of company guidelines, policies, and procedures on all HR issues. This position is a full-time, exempt position based at our administrative offices at 2 Summit Court, Fishkill NY.

The HR Director will report to the CEO and align his/her scope of work with the Healthy Kids Mission while incorporating Healthy Kids Core Values as the guiding principle for all work activities.

SALARY: $90,000-$100,000 per year

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead the HR team in managing the day-to-day activities of the HR Department to support the HR, payroll and other interrelated functions. This includes:
  • HR Generalist
  • Recruiting Specialist
  • 3-person Onboarding Department
• Build and implement a robust employee relations program that aligns and supports the company culture. This includes launching an intranet system.
• Build and implement an employee recognition program
• Implement a comprehensive compensation structure across the company.
• Implement and manage an effective professional development structure to enable all staff to thrive in their positions and prepare them for their next career move.
• Foster and maintain positive relationships with HRIMS constituents, including senior management and the Healthy Kids Programs customer base.
• Serve as an interface between internal/external customers and the functional team members to ensure effective definition and delivery of HRIMS applications.
• Provide overall prioritization of work assignments and management of functional team resources and their activities.
• Build and maintain a strong functional HR team through effective recruiting, training, coaching, team building and succession planning.
• Prepare and participate in the preparation of staff development plans for each functional associate who is a member of the HRIMS team. Assess the skills and skill levels necessary to achieve HR work objectives.
• Research employment laws and federal and state regulations regarding employment to keep the organization in compliance.
• Develop policies in compliance with Federal and State laws.
• Seek legal counsel with a lawyer when legal matters arise.
• Review employee handbooks and policies and make updates
• Promote proactive approaches using HR to solve business needs/problems while also enhancing the understanding and acceptance of HR capabilities. Based on business needs, negotiate priorities and support requirements with the HR Department, functional staff at the field locations and others as appropriate.
• Plan, budget and forecast HR needs and applications. Maintain awareness of vendor plans and the potential impact of those plans on current and future HR functionality. When apprised, the HR manager will review impending business issues that will have a direct impact on the HR and provide senior management with an assessment of the HR impact, scheduling considerations and other information required for a complete business case.
• Manage the process of performance evaluations using Paylocity Performance platform and calendaring the evaluations.
• Guiding, training and helping managers with the 30, 90, and yearly evaluations. Updating performance questions on Paylocity Performance platform.
• Ad-Hoc duties as assigned by CEO.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Working knowledge of Paylocity HRIMS software applications and products.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Experience in Payroll or Accounting, HR Administration or Business Administration
• Minimum five years’ experience working in HR/payroll administrative function
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Strong computer literacy

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (human resources, business or computer science) plus seven or more years of relevant experience or the combination of education and experience that enables performance in all aspects of the position.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential, is preferred.

Language Ability: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to customers or employees of the organization. Ability to communicate effectively with all third-party payer representatives as well as internal staff members including program staff.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Detail-oriented, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Results focused
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive and upbeat personal style.
• Team player

BENEFITS:

• 9 (nine) paid holidays
• 1(one) paid floating holiday
• 15 (fifteen) paid accruable PTO days (1 PTO day increase every year for 5 years).
• 7 (seven) paid accruable NY Sick days (56 hours/year = 7 days)

Eligibility to participate in:

• Medical (MVP Health Care) insurance plan after 30 days of hired date.
• Dental (Delta Dental) insurance plan after 30 days of hired date.
• Vision (Davis) insurance plan after 30 days of hired date.
• 401k plan with 1% employer match after 6 months of hired date.
• Ally Health Telemedicine immediately after hired date.
• AFLAC supplemental insurance & Life Insurance plans immediately after hired date.
• On Demand Pay is offered.

Healthy Kids is dedicated to creating a workforce that promotes and supports diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Healthy Kids Programs makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, visit: healthykidsprograms.com