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The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Based in New York City, with offices throughout the United States and worldwide, the Rainforest Alliance works with people whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest wood and host travelers.
Position Summary:
The Director, Human Resources will be responsible for overseeing the organization’s recruitment, performance evaluation, and employee relations activities. In addition, this role works in conjunction with the Manager, Global Compensation & Benefits and the Manager, Learning & Development to ensure effective implementation/administration of the organization’s compensation and L&D practices through a staff of Human Resources generalists and local Human Resources representatives.
Responsibilties:
Recruitment, Hiring & Orientation
- Oversee the recruitment and selection of both domestic and international employees, ensuring that staffing requirements are satisfied in the most timely and cost effective manner; this includesoverseeing the process for posting jobs, screening resumes, maintaining electronic recruitment tracking files and hardcopy files, and preparing correspondence to candidates;
- In coordination with the Vice President, Human Resources, develop recruitment strategies and support departments in assessing their current and future staffing needs;
- Support the Rainforest Alliance’s field offices in their recruitment and selection of candidates and coordinate efforts with headquarters office;
- Oversee the development of the Human Resources recruitment resource database;
- Oversee staff training on recruitment and interviewing techniques;
- Oversee temporary staffing solutions;
- Provide orientation for US and international hiring managers on recruitment and performance evaluation processes; and
- Responsible for working with hiring managers on developing job descriptions.
Performance Management
- Lead the development and oversight of the organization’s performance evaluation process, including creating and updating introductory and annual evaluation forms, creating and conducting evaluation process trainings, and tracking process completion; and
- Directly responsible for facilitating evaluations for all US and International employees.
Employee Relations
- In Coordination with the Vice President, Human Resources, provide solutions to prevent and resolve employee problems that arise out of or affect work situations; and
- Act as point of contact for employee relations issues and work through assigned Human Resources staff to resolve.
Policy & Procedure Development
- Serve as liaison with the Rainforest Alliance international offices providing forms and guidelines to assist them in their Human Resources function;
- Respond to inquiries on Human Resources related policy and procedures; and
Staff Development & Training
- Act as point of contact for staff change requests (e.g., title, salary, relocation, etc).
- Help coordinate organizational staff learning & development activities; and
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or related field required; Master’s Degree preferred;
- A minimum of 10 years experience as an HR Recruiter/Generalist; experience managing HR staff
- Employee Relations experience required;
- Multi location, international recruitment experience highly preferred;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Extremely organized and detail oriented with strong follow-through skills;
- Excellent computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, and HRIS administration experience;
- Proficiency in Spanish preferred;
- Ability to work within a team structure as well as independently, be creative, take initiative, and possess excellent interpersonal communication skills;
- Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially; and
- Willingness and ability to travel at least 10 percent domestically & internationally.
Salary:
Commensurate with experience. Competitive benefits package provided.
Application:
Send resume, cover letter and salary history to Human Resources, Rainforest Alliance, 665 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10012; Fax: 212-677-2187; Email: Personnel@ra.org. If emailing, use the following format in the subject line: first name and last name, job title of position you are applying for.
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