Director of People & Wellbeing
Apply NowCompany: United Way of Rhode Island
Location: Providence, RI 02902
Description:
Job Title: Director of People & Wellbeing
Salary Range: $62,469.00 - $124,938.00
About United Way of Rhode Island:
Our vision is a Rhode Island where every individual in each community has an equal opportunity for justice and prosperity. Since our inception in 1926, the United Way of Rhode Island has effectively moved people from crisis to stability while working to shore up the systems that provide support across the community. When called to action in the face of a global pandemic, we proved that we were built over the last 95+ years to be uniquely equipped to effectively harness resources from government, corporations, nonprofits, and individuals to address the many significant crises affecting all of us.
The pandemic spotlighted how the war on poverty during the past 50+ years has not created opportunity and prosperity for all community members. In particular, where you live and the color of your skin can make it challenging to live, learn, and thrive in Rhode Island. That is why, we're committed to a mission of uniting our community and resources to build racial equity and opportunities for all Rhode Islanders.
To deliver on our goals we must go "deep, rather than wide," with investments and partners to target the root causes that have thwarted Rhode Island's ability to thrive. We serve all Rhode Islanders in need by tackling Rhode Island's great challenge:
Reversing the racial inequities that have plagued Rhode Island's Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities for generations.
That means we are applying all our assets and approaches, including delivery of direct services, strategic community investments, advocacy, and coalition-building to create a better Rhode Island for all. We are applying these tools in the following areas of need:
Lift United: We invest in affordable housing, improve care coordination, and expand access to adult education and job training opportunities. We also support the growth and stability of women- and minority-owned businesses.
Achieve United: We work to ensure that all Rhode Island children walk into the classroom ready to learn. This includes increasing literacy levels and expanding access to after-school and out-of-school-time learning programs.
Invest United: We build nonprofit resiliency and sector leadership development through our Invest United pillar. We empower donors, engage corporations, and connect Rhode Islanders with giving and volunteer opportunities.
Advocate United: Through research and public policy, we drive systemic change through our Advocate United pillar. And, because democracy is not a spectator sport, we train Rhode Islanders to be advocates and work to increase voter turnout.
Learn more about United Way of Rhode Island at https://www.unitedwayri.org/.
Summary: The People and Wellbeing Business Partner at United Way of Rhode Island will act as an integral part of our Human Resources/People & Culture team, dedicated to supporting our employees in their day-to-day activities and ensuring their overall success. This role requires a strategic, empathetic, and hands-on approach, combining expertise in HR operations, knowledge of various HRIS tools, and a keen understanding of the various business units' unique people needs to ensure we are meeting the current and future workforce and workplace demands. The successful candidate will play an essential role in acting as a champion and coach towards delivering organizational outcomes while maintaining an all-inclusive oversight of employees' wellbeing that encompasses UWRls ability to stay competitive in total rewards and as an employer of choice.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Employee & HR Administration:
Business Unit Partnership:
Wellbeing Oversight:
Future Planning:
Personalized JEDI Journey
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Disclaimer: This job description is intended to convey the essential functions of this position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
Core Values:
United Way of Rhode Island is looking for candidates who demonstrate their ability to carry out its core values as follows:
Compensation & Benefits:
United Way of Rhode Island is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply.
Salary Range: $62,469.00 - $124,938.00
- Business Unit:
- Operations
- Home Department:
- People & Culture
- Worker Category:
- F - Full Time
- FLSA Code:
- E - Exempt
- EEOC Job Classification:
- 2 - Professionals
- Standard Hours:
- 75
- Pay Grade:
- 6
- Granted Funded Date:
- NA
About United Way of Rhode Island:
Our vision is a Rhode Island where every individual in each community has an equal opportunity for justice and prosperity. Since our inception in 1926, the United Way of Rhode Island has effectively moved people from crisis to stability while working to shore up the systems that provide support across the community. When called to action in the face of a global pandemic, we proved that we were built over the last 95+ years to be uniquely equipped to effectively harness resources from government, corporations, nonprofits, and individuals to address the many significant crises affecting all of us.
The pandemic spotlighted how the war on poverty during the past 50+ years has not created opportunity and prosperity for all community members. In particular, where you live and the color of your skin can make it challenging to live, learn, and thrive in Rhode Island. That is why, we're committed to a mission of uniting our community and resources to build racial equity and opportunities for all Rhode Islanders.
To deliver on our goals we must go "deep, rather than wide," with investments and partners to target the root causes that have thwarted Rhode Island's ability to thrive. We serve all Rhode Islanders in need by tackling Rhode Island's great challenge:
Reversing the racial inequities that have plagued Rhode Island's Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities for generations.
That means we are applying all our assets and approaches, including delivery of direct services, strategic community investments, advocacy, and coalition-building to create a better Rhode Island for all. We are applying these tools in the following areas of need:
Lift United: We invest in affordable housing, improve care coordination, and expand access to adult education and job training opportunities. We also support the growth and stability of women- and minority-owned businesses.
Achieve United: We work to ensure that all Rhode Island children walk into the classroom ready to learn. This includes increasing literacy levels and expanding access to after-school and out-of-school-time learning programs.
Invest United: We build nonprofit resiliency and sector leadership development through our Invest United pillar. We empower donors, engage corporations, and connect Rhode Islanders with giving and volunteer opportunities.
Advocate United: Through research and public policy, we drive systemic change through our Advocate United pillar. And, because democracy is not a spectator sport, we train Rhode Islanders to be advocates and work to increase voter turnout.
Learn more about United Way of Rhode Island at https://www.unitedwayri.org/.
Summary: The People and Wellbeing Business Partner at United Way of Rhode Island will act as an integral part of our Human Resources/People & Culture team, dedicated to supporting our employees in their day-to-day activities and ensuring their overall success. This role requires a strategic, empathetic, and hands-on approach, combining expertise in HR operations, knowledge of various HRIS tools, and a keen understanding of the various business units' unique people needs to ensure we are meeting the current and future workforce and workplace demands. The successful candidate will play an essential role in acting as a champion and coach towards delivering organizational outcomes while maintaining an all-inclusive oversight of employees' wellbeing that encompasses UWRls ability to stay competitive in total rewards and as an employer of choice.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Employee & HR Administration:
- Act as a trusted point of contact for employees, providing support and guidance on HR-related matters, including but not limited to:
- Onboarding, offboarding, FMLA, ADA, leaves, severances, claims, transitions, medical/benefit enrollment and disenrollment, wellness programs, employee education, and more.
- Address and resolve employee queries, concerns, and issues in a timely and empathetic manner.
Business Unit Partnership:
- Collaborate with business units to understand their unique people needs.
- Provide strategic HR support to help drive and deliver organizational outcomes aligned with business objectives through partnership and quarterly reviews to conduct "pulse checks" on how units are doing, any potential upcoming changes that need to be supported, such as but not limited to:
- Restructuring, retirement, terminations, additions/vacancy's, accommodations, etc.
Wellbeing Oversight:
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of employees' wellbeing, including benefits, leaves, and claims.
- Proactively identify and address potential issues, ensuring a positive and supportive work environment while looking at key trends, themes and areas to improve the workplace to reduce incidences that are negatively impacting UWRI and employees' experiences.
- Leverage employee benefits programs to reduce costs to both UWRI and employee, such as internal health challenges, health attestations, and other programs that are available to us.
- Collaborate with external partners such as but not limited to 403b, benefits, and others to provide our employees the most optimal options through negotiations and advocacy with various vendors and RFPs.
Future Planning:
- Anticipate future people and wellbeing needs based on industry trends and organizational growth.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of proactive HR, culture, people, JEDI, and other UWRI initiatives to support the organization's continued success.
Personalized JEDI Journey
- Develop and implement a personalized, individual JEDI growth plan to establish and track JEDI Competency baselines.
- Participate in annual JEDI training.
- Support UWRI JEDI initiatives (e.g., Equity Challenge) and participating/supporting agency groups (e.g., Heritage and Professionals, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Culture, Equity and Strengths Committee (CES)).
- Participate in community, state or national (e.g., United Way Worldwide) JEDI growth opportunities.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Strong foundational understanding and practice within Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
- Proven experience in employee support, benefits administration, and HR operations.
- Strong knowledge of ADP or similar HRIS platforms.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and adapt to a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Commitment to ongoing learning of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion with an exposure to individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Must have the ability to practice suspension of judgement of biases in moments where power and privilege can be enacted and could poses the influence on an individual's ability to progress.
Disclaimer: This job description is intended to convey the essential functions of this position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
Core Values:
United Way of Rhode Island is looking for candidates who demonstrate their ability to carry out its core values as follows:
- Impact through equity - place equity at the center and emphasize it while building new corporate relationships and reinforcing existing ones.
- Respect and value all - is an active team player who builds and fosters internal and external collaboration and partnerships. Seeks input and feedback while also sharing ideas.
- Lead with a growth mindset - commit to continued growth and process improvements across United Way of Rhode Island's existing and new resource portfolio.
- Be a legendary partner - create and foster inclusive interpersonal skills.
- Strive for excellence - demonstrates and utilizes proven and emerging human resource practices. Understand each employee's unique and valuable role in achieving the Live United mission.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Salary - competitive, commensurate with relevant experience and skills, and within a budgeted range of $62,469.00 - $124,938.00.
- Benefits - comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, dental, and vision coverage; flexible spending account; retirement match; and more.
- Work-Life Balance - 37.5-hour workweeks on average; annually earn 20 days of paid leave; 3 floating holiday days, 2 personal days, and 9 sick days.
- Learning & Development - individual and collective programs to support staff in achieving organizational and career objectives, e.g., CliftonStrengths by Gallup Strengths and Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI).
United Way of Rhode Island is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply.