Chief People Person

Washington, DC
Full Time
Suite 300
Experienced
LIFE IS TOO DAMN SHORT TO WORK THE WRONG JOB

//3877 is a boutique design firm committed to providing innovative designs to enhance and enrich the lives of our clients, partners and communities.  More importantly, we are a group of people that loves working together in a dynamic environment chock full of creativity, support, encouragement, hard work and merriment.  We work on amazing hotels, spectacular restaurants, and unique residences. We make it our goal to make any project that crosses our desks be kick-ass in its own way.  We are a small firm with big heart and bigger ambitions; come join our family and help us grow.

WARNING:  This is not your run-of-the-mill architecture / interior design firm office...we work amidst graffiti filled walls, skateboard deck displays, beer on tap [we love our clients] and the occasional 80’s tunes sing off.  If this environment is not your ideal, please feel free to stop reading and recycle this piece of paper.

//3877 is currently seeking a Chief People Person to join our band of rebels.
                                                                                                                                

CHIEF PEOPLE PERSON
                                                                                                                                

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Enhances the organization’s human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
  • Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
  • Supports organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; and recommending changes.
  • Prepares employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
  • Manages a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; and recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
  • Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; and counseling employees and supervisors.
  • Implements employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; and designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
  • Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements, conducting investigations, maintaining records, and representing the organization at hearings.
  • Enforces management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
  • Retains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system and keeping past and current records.
  • Cultivates professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
  • Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.
  • Manages human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
  • Advances human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; and planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
                                                                                                                                

Qualifications // Skills:
  • Hiring
  • Human resources management
  • Benefits administration
  • Performance management
  • Communication processes
  • Compensation and wage structure
  • Supporting diversity
  • Classifying employees
  • Employment law
  • Laws against sexual harassment
  • Organization
                                                                                                                                

Education, Experience and Licensing:
  • 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 and Employee Relations
  • 3+ years of experience in a supervisory role
  • PHR/SPHR certification preferred

Proficiency in MS Office (particularly Word and Excel), Adobe Suite, email and internet*;
Organization/attention to detail; ability to be proactive and take initiative; ability to work independently without extensive oversight.

* We know, most professionals can rock on email and the internet, but our attorney’s made us write this.
 
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