Associate, Human Resources (COF)

Council on Foundations - Washington, D.C.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Council on Foundations in Washington, DC seeks a Human Resources Associate to partner with the Vice President of Culture, Talent & Equity to implement internal and member-facing HR programs. The role emphasizes confidentiality and best-in-class policies to foster a culture of learning and equity for staff and members.

You will support payroll/benefits, onboarding/offboarding, and HR programming, with the HRIS/LMS as the backbone for processes and learning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Two years of human resources, recruitment, or talent development experience preferred or equivalent.
• SHRM or HRI certification preferred, but not required.
• Excellent attention to details and conscientious in meeting deadlines.
• Ability to manage-up and across to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• Highly discrete and able to be trusted with confidential information.
• Personable, productive, organized and customer-focused with a can-do attitude.
• High emotional intelligence and change management skills.
• Expert proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and social media.

Responsibilities

• Serves as primary point of contact for staff on payroll and benefits.
• Ensures accuracy and consistency in onboarding, offboarding, and employee files.
• Supports the VP in developing HR and talent development programming for Council on Foundations’ members and other philanthropy serving organizations.
• Manage the timely research and flow of content, information, and materials to and from members related to talent and HR requests (RFIs) and Philanthropy Exchange posts.
• Assists in preparing talent and HR materials for internal and external communications and remarks, including archival research.
• Co-leads recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding improvements; participates in summer intern program.
• Implement and monitor in-person and virtual onboarding programs via HRIS and LMS.
• Co-manage events tending to morale and staff wellness.
• Models organizational values and policies daily as an ambassador.
• Participate in new departmental projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

HR experience

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Discretion/confidentiality

Customer-focused

Emotional intelligence

Change management

MS Office proficiency

Education

SHRM or HRI certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

HRIS

Learning Management System

Job description

Reports to: Vice President, Culture, Talent & Equity

Job Summary

The Human Resources Associate will work closely with the Vice President of Culture, Talent & Equity to facilitate and implement internal and member-facing talent strategies and programming. The Human Resources Associate will leverage HR expertise, a customer service ethos and project management skills to manage complex interpersonal relationships with confidentiality and implement best in class HR policies and programming that foster a culture of learning and equity for staff and members.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as primary point of contact for staff on payroll and benefits
• Ensures accuracy and consistency in onboarding, offboarding, and employee files
• Supports the VP of Culture, Talent, & Equity in developing human resource and talent development programming and consultations for Council on Foundations’ members and other philanthropy serving organizations
• Manage the timely research and flow of content, information, and materials to and from members related to talent and HR related requests for information (RFIs) and Philanthropy Exchange posts
• Assists the VP of Culture, Talent, & Equity in preparing talent and HR related materials for internal and external communications and remarks, including comparative and archival research. Takes initiative in drafting communications and other meeting materials
• Continually improves recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding processes; co-leads these functions for the summer intern program with the Equity & Inclusion Associate
• Over time, this role will implement and monitor in-person and virtual onboarding programs by leveraging the Council’s HRIS and learning management system
• Co-manage events tending to the morale and wellness of staff members and the broader community
• Acts as an organizational culture ambassador, modeling daily alignment with the Council’s values, policies, and strategic direction
• Participates as needed in new departmental projects; Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Two years of human resources, recruitment, or talent development experience preferred; equivalent educational or work experience acceptable.
• SHRM or HRI certification preferred, but not required. Additional years of HR work experience acceptable
• Excellent attention to details and conscientious in adhering to deadlines and deliverables
• Ability to “manage-up” and across as needed to meet deadlines and execute deliverables
• Highly discrete and able to be trusted with confidential information relating to the organization and its staff
• Personable, productive, organized and customer-focused with a “can-do” attitude
• High emotional intelligence and change management skills
• Expert proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and social media