Human Resources Director

World Renew is a Christian organization on a mission -- compelled by God's deep passion for justice and mercy, to join communities around the world to renew hope, reconcile lives, and restore creation. We are an international development and disaster response organization and we are currently looking to hire a full-time Human Resources Director to serve in our Grand Rapids, MI office. This position is responsible for World Renew’s human resources strategy and programs to advance World Renew’s mission, value and strategic objectives. The Human Resources Director also acts as the global expert in human resources planning, policy development and compliance for all employees at World Renew as well as being responsible for the day-to-day human resources operations of US and International employees.

The successful candidate will have a passion and commitment to anti-racism, reconciliation/diversity and inclusion.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

1. Organizational wide Human Resources Functions:
● Develops the Human Resources Strategy/People Plan in response to the organizational strategy
● Performs as a global expert in human resources planning, policy development and compliance for all employees and works closely with field offices to ensure best practices in human resources management, including international/local tax, social security, and compensation requirements are being monitored.
● Works collaboratively with the Staff Developer to ensure best practices in the field of Talent Development.
● Develops and maintains a comprehensive rewards strategy to address both local and international compensation practices that are competitive and aligned to the strategy.
● Leads the development and delivery of a recruitment strategy to effectively attract, develop and retain resilient and engaged employees, based on core competencies. The strategy must include diversifying candidate pools, develop an anti-bias training for all interviewers that includes an upstander component.
● Provides organizational oversight of occupational health and safety including international safety and security protocols
● Provides leadership and oversight to the organizational functions of payroll, benefits, HRIS and employee tax related matters.
● Ensures development and implementation of strategy for diversity, inclusion and equity.
● Represents World Renew in both internal and external relationships such as CRCNA Human Resources, Humentum and external vendor management contacts (taxation, legal, benefits, compensation)
● Provides coaching leadership to the Human Resources Manager (Canada) and works with the HR Manager to foster a healthy work environment of employee engagement, learning and wellness.

2. US Human Resources Functions:
● Responsible for the day to day operations related to recruitment, onboarding and orientation on human resources aspects
● Responsible for employee relations, compensation, occupational health and safety, pay equity, anti-discrimination methodology, and terminations for all US and International classified employees
● Ensures all human resources functions are in compliance with relevant US and global country legislation
● Responsible for managing ($500,000 (est.)) human resources budget

3. Perform other duties as assigned.

More details about this opportunity can be found on our website: https://worldrenew.net/careers.

We are asking interested candidates to complete an on-line application, submit a current resume and a cover letter outlining your skills & experience and how your faith speaks in and through your HR work by August 21, 2020.

You can find the link to apply online at: https://worldrenew.net/careers