Organization Overview:

The Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) is part of a national effort to revolutionize pediatric medicine and transform the way society responds to kids exposed to adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.

Led by founder and CEO, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, we are a health organization partnered with a pediatric home that serves children and families in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. We were created to respond to an urgent public health issue: early adversity harms the developing brains and bodies of children.

The Center for Youth Wellness seeks to transform the delivery of primary care for children in a way that recognizes and addresses ACEs as a major risk factor for chronic disease. By changing the way in which primary care physicians, nurses—and society in general—recognize, treat, and respond to youth who may be at risk for or are experiencing toxic stress, CYW aims to bring about better health outcomes throughout the life course.

CYW is a fast-paced, results-oriented organization that is growing rapidly. Our work has been featured on local, statewide and national levels including contribution to The Shriver Report, partnership with Hillary Clinton and Next Generation’s Too Small To Fail Initiative, hosting California’s first Statewide Adverse Childhood Experiences Summit and plenary presentations at the national meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. We’re poised to continue growing our model of clinical, research and policy in relentless pursuit of our goal to improve the health of children and adolescents exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Read more about our past successes and new partnerships at our website: www.centerforyouthwellness.org

Position Overview:

The Associate Director of Human Resources will be responsible for the delivery and management of all aspects of Human Resources including talent assessment and recruitment, on-boarding, compensation, benefits administration, training and development, performance appraisals, employee retention programs, motivating employees as well as workplace communication, and workplace safety. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to establish strong relationships across an organization and partner with leadership to work toward shared goals. The Associate Director of Human Resources is a part of CYW’s leadership team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Human Resources

Recruiting and Onboarding

Lead recruitment efforts including identifying and cultivating effective sources for obtaining top quality, diverse talent.
Ensure recruiting and hiring strategies are implemented, including diversity goals, and oversee the orientation and on-boarding process.
Assess organizational need for volunteers and interns; screening and matching volunteers/interns to organizational opportunities.

Performance Evaluation and Talent Management

Manage the employee review process and recommend structural changes, as necessary.
Ensuring that employee evaluations are an effective organizational tool for evaluating performance and driving retention.

Human Resources, Payroll and Benefits Administration

Provide HR guidance when appropriate and act as point person for all staff regarding employee relations and HR matters.
Maintain all personnel files, policies and procedures and provide guidance and interpretation to staff.
Support management decisions by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource and general personnel policies and procedures
Mange and input payroll data for bi-weekly payroll working with our outsourced payroll provider
Assists in the review, preparation and administration of wage and salary adjustments.
Draft all salary, incentive, promotion, termination, and new hire offer letters.
Annually review and make recommendations for benefits changes, host open season meetings, resolve benefit issues for staff, interpret benefits and provide ongoing support.
Work closely with a third-party HR vendor to communicate employee benefits programs; manage personnel changes and ensure legal compliance with all applicable human resource requirements.

Compliance

Develops and maintains knowledge of legal requirements reducing legal risks and ensuring CYW’s regulatory compliance with Federal and State legislation and regulations pertaining to personnel matters across all offices.
Ensure compliance with CYW’s employment policies and procedures.
Maintain knowledge of industry trends and make recommendations to leadership for improvement of organization’s policies, procedures and practices on personnel matters and ensures agreed upon recommendations are fulfilled.

Organizational Development

Work with department heads and hiring managers to develop staffing strategies to ensure alignment between staffing, compensation, and programmatic needs.
Advise leadership on organizational and human resource issues (i.e., organizational effectiveness, change management, organizational culture). In partnership with the management team, proactively identify and drive improvement.
Working with management team, identify opportunities for and meet organization-wide staff communication needs
Identify training needs within individual departments as well as organization wide needs. Develop, facilitate and/or provide training to the workforce, including management training, personal skills development and organizational culture trainings as needed.
Plan and facilitate internal meetings and committees including annual staff retreat, diversity committee, and employee engagement meetings.

Required Credentials & Licensure:

Bachelor’s Degree required
5+ years’ experience Human Resources
PHR Certification required

Required Knowled & Skills:

Experience working in a direct service organization, preferably in underserved populations.
Experience with supportive employment.
Strategic recruiting, hiring and on boarding.
Knowledge of federal and state employment laws and other government compliance regulations is required.
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Highly proficient computer skills with demonstrated knowledge and practical application of Work, Excel and other software programs.
Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues by using sound judgment that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulations or federal and state laws.
Ability to learn new information quickly.
Highly proficient with MS Office (word, Excel, and PowerPoint), email, internet.

Position Details:

Location: San Francisco, CA
Full Time / Exempt status

Reports to: The VP of Finance Talent and Operations

How to apply

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to rbenavidez@centerforyouthwellness.org with “Human Resources Manager” in the subject line. No phone calls please.

CYW is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.