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Join our Leadership team at Covenant Living of Cromwell as Human Resources Director in Cromwell, CT. Covenant Living of Cromwell is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) within the not-for-profit Covenant Living organization.
Covenant Living Communities and Services focuses on our employees’ entire wellbeing, offering professional development opportunities, career growth and robust total rewards. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision insurance, 403b with 3% employer match, paid time off, and much more!
The HR Director is responsible for overseeing all human resources operations within a community. They oversee all aspects of HR, including workforce management, talent management, employee relations, and performance management, while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations and company policies.
Human Resources Director Responsibilities:
Business Partnership
- Engage in financial planning with business leaders, including key partnerships on budgeting and planning process.
- Understand and plan for the business implications of evolving internal demands and external market conditions. Consult with business leaders to develop and implement solutions.
- Provide insights and advice and a compelling case, not just data, to support decision making and lead change when necessary.
- Influence decisions by building strong stakeholder relationships and partnerships.
- Primary point of contact for ED and community leadership team
Operational Excellence
- Ensure Human Resources function at local communities operates efficiently and with excellence, through simplified process and self-service functionality for transactional tasks.
- Create community accountability to standard Human Resources process and order of operations, such as payroll, Workday transactions, self-service, recruitment, etc.
- Continuously improve standard metrics, such as turnover, Workers Compensation claims management, employee engagement score, unemployment claims management, employee litigation, data integrity audits.
- Ensure compliance requirements are met through strong record keeping processes, including meeting requirements for annual surveys, complaint surveys, state inspections, mock surveys, etc.
- Keep up with trends and new regulations such as state law, minimum wage laws, federal laws, etc. Additionally, healthcare related industry trends, such as Department of Health Services and the like.
- Continuously improve and optimize processes. Make recommendations for improvement to Central Office.
- Lead HR projects that impact all communities (e.g., investigation SOP, develop new/updated policies)
- Develop, champion, and execute organization-wide initiatives.
- Manage/support HR team on performance/attendance issues.
- Develop community level programs, in partnership with leadership, to increase morale/employee engagement
- Ensure all company HR policies are applied consistently.
Employee Focus
- Reduce employee relations issues by cultivating a positive work environment, with excellent leaders, which enables an engaged employee experience.
- Improve employee engagement, as evidenced by reduction in employee relations issues / complaints and an increase in engagement score.
- Partner with business leaders on issue identification, action planning, and engagement initiatives.
- Partner with leaders on performance management/merit to ensure fairness.
- Manage/support HR team/community leaders on absence management.
- Manage moderate - complex ER issues for community.
Change Ownership and Leadership
- Prepare and guide campus leaders and employees through change.
- Communicate and be a champion for change initiatives.
- Utilize communication tools and strategy, to ensure effective communication with employees.
Human Resources Director Education and Experience:
- Preferred Degree: Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field.
- Certificate(s): SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
- Experience: 8+ years of experience in human resources in mid-level leadership role
$114,086.00 - $165,640.25 per year
Reasonable Pay Estimate
A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $114,086.00 - $165,640.25 per year. There are numerous factors taken into consideration in determining the actual offered rate of pay, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, experience, skills, education, geographic location, and consideration of internal and external equity.
For full time employees, we offer a generous benefits package that includes:
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Paid Time Off (PTO) & six paid holidays
403(b) with a 3% employer match
Fitness center use at most facilities.
Various voluntary benefits:
Life, AD&D
Tuition assistance and scholarships
Employee assistance program
Legal services, home/auto insurance, discount purchasing program
Pet Insurance
For more information about Covenant Living and CovenantCare at Home, please visit www.covliving.org or www.covenantcareathome.org.
Covenant Living and CovenantCare Home Health and Hospice are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.