About Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York
Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York (Little Flower) is a nonprofit organization that has worked to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families across New York City and Long Island since 1929. Our staff of more than 500 provides prevention services, foster care, residential treatment care, adoption services, and medical and mental health services.
A career with Little Flower can be rewarding in so many ways. We are looking for conscientious and caring people who are ready to commit to the work of strengthening families and supporting the well-being of children. If you’re looking for a career where you can truly make a difference, we hope you will consider joining our team.
Learn more about Little Flower at https://www.littleflowerny.org/.
The Opportunity
The Vice President of Human Resources and Culture (VP) is a member of the Senior Executive Council (SEC) and leads Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York (Little Flower)’s human resources team, which delivers the HR function for both Little Flower and its legal affiliate, St. John’s Residence for Boys (St. John’s). The VP advances the people and culture priorities that drive organizational success. This role aligns Little Flower’s HR strategies with its organizational values and objectives and oversees all aspects of the employee lifecycle. The VP is a trusted advisor to their fellow SEC members.
The VP is a strategic and operational leader who takes a holistic approach to employee engagement and organizational culture. The functions this role oversees include organizational development, employee relations, talent acquisition and management, compensation, onboarding and offboarding, performance management, training, employee engagement, policy administration, governmental compliance, and compensation and benefits design and administration. The VP will anticipate and optimize the organization’s people needs to align with the organization’s overall business strategy.
This role reports to the SVP of Strategy and Growth and works closely with other members of the SEC, program area leadership and external partners. This role supervises six staff working across multiple locations and remotely and oversees the work of vendors and contractors as needed.
This position offers a hybrid work schedule and is based in the Brooklyn Flagship office or on the Wading River campus. The role requires some local travel within New York City and Long Island, including to the affiliated organization’s locations in Wading River, Queens and Brooklyn, and other business-related locations.
Candidate Profile
We recognize that there is a spectrum of lived and professional experience that will set candidates up for success in this role. While no one candidate will have every experience outlined in the position description, ideal candidates will display the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics:
Strategic Leadership
- Serves as a strategic advisor to the SEC on people and culture development
- Works collaboratively with colleagues across the organization to develop and implement strategies to retain and support the success of our employees
- Provides key leadership toward the design and implementation of compensation strategies that maintain market-competitive wages that attract, retain and motivate both current employees and candidates
- Works collaboratively with SEC members and managers to identify, design and execute initiatives that promote and measure employee engagement
People Management and Development
- Leads, supervises, mentors and coaches the HR team to achieve high individual and team performance, efficiency and professional growth
- Directs ongoing development and overall support to managerial employees to enhance their management skills
- Designs and manages strategies and procedures for employee relations, learning and development and implementation of a talent plan
- Implements processes and tools to drive the success of key HR initiatives
Culture & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Directs the planning, development, and implementation of programs to promote inclusive and equitable practices
- Guides the integration of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) values into the organization’s people and culture policies and partners to continue elevating the organization’s DEIB efforts and impact
- Leads organization-wide efforts to support and sustain a culture that reflects and enhances the affiliate organization’s values
Talent Acquisition, Retention, and Total Compensation
- Leads the development, implementation and execution of programs designed to improve and support employee engagement, retention, employee development and recognition, and the overall employee experience
- Builds a robust recruitment strategy at all levels of positions
- Develops, implements, and updates procedures related to HR policy compliance
- Structures employee benefits administration, including communication, enrollment and status changes
Human Resources Experience
- Oversees the management of employee relations, HR policies, recruitment, relocation, and compensation and benefits administration
- Ensures regulatory compliance with all federal, state and local employment laws, as well as state licensure/accreditation requirements
- Manages the vendor selection process, including researching and evaluating potential vendors and partners
- Maintains labor relations and effective collaboration with the bargaining unit of Little Flower
- Serves as staff lead for all 403(b) administration responsibilities (in coordination with our third-party administrator)
In addition, strong candidates will offer:
- 15+ years of progressive human resources experience, including 5+ years leading a team and managing a department and 5+ years in compensation development, management and implementation
- SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRMSCP) credential
- Proven track record in successfully structuring and leading teams to high performance
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and a willingness to proactively seek to deepen individual understanding of the root causes of oppression
- Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to successfully manage change and deal with ambiguous situations
- Ability to interact with all levels of management in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Knowledge of federal, state and New York City laws, regulations and compliance
- Collaborative and inclusive leadership style and experience hiring, managing and supporting employees
- Effective project management skills to design, plan, implement, course-correct and monitor the implementation of HR initiatives
- Deep commitment to building a culture of workplace excellence
- Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely and drive to understand and empathize with employees and other constituents
- Dependability and strong organization skills with a commitment to transparency
- Ability to prepare complete and accurate and data-driven reports and statements of considerable complexity using both qualitative and quantitative data
- Familiarity with ADP
- Experience working in a social services nonprofit, with child welfare or adjacent field preferred
- Experience identifying gaps in processes and procedures and proactively addressing them
- Knowledge of management, planning and budgeting
- Experience working with a unionized workforce preferred
Compensation & Benefits
The salary range for this role is $130,000 to $150,000 with a comprehensive benefits package. Pay rate will be commensurate with knowledge and experience.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Statement
With more than 250 years of combined experience, Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York and St. John’s Residence for Boys have a long-standing history of serving children, youth, adults and families of color. Our mission, vision and values are grounded in elevating the shared humanity of every staff member, community partner and those with whom we engage. We recognize that our DEIB work is continuously evolving as we strive for equity and inclusion for individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, religions and lived experiences.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected group status.
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