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MDC · 3 hours ago

2025 Human Resource Manager

Durham, NC

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$70K/yr - $78K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Formalize Onboarding & Orientation; add structure to the existing process and develop systems for the future; keep orientation manual updated

Working with our Director of Learning and Impact, build systems to educate new staff on programmatic supports (e.g., ‘what’s in the MDC toolbox’ for programs teams, sources for strong professional development, available resources and ongoing trainings for all staff, etc.) via new hire onboarding

Drive the implementation of MDC’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Action Plan, working closely with the VP for Operations and Culture and the VP for Partnerships and Programs

Manage the staffing process (including interns/fellows), including recruiting, interviewing, hiring and onboarding, as well as developing/refining performance management systems

Oversee talent development and cultivation; enhance the performance management system; support performance improvement, where needed

Develop training materials and performance management programs to help ensure employees understand their job responsibilities

Manage an annual review of employee benefits. Recommend changes to employee benefits as needed to ensure MDC remains competitive

Organize succession plans for key roles

Oversee exiting talent (including exit interviews with outgoing personnel). Seek to understand reasons for departures and whether they indicate the need for changes in organizational policy or practices

Create a total compensation strategy for all employees based on market research and pay surveys; keep the strategy up-to-date

Codify Career Pathways - mapping out possible pathways for promotion, by role; measure internal readiness for promotion by role and identify steps to close skill/resource gaps, as needed

Play a key role in preserving and improving organizational culture; investigate employee issues and conflicts and manage them to resolution

Ensure the organization’s compliance with local, state and federal regulations in a multi-state, primarily-virtual office environment

Improve and sustain people development structures, including professional development for all staff, accountability systems for all supervisors and leaders, and support structures that ensure the health and well-being of all MDC staff

Shape a system for staff time allocation that addresses immediate needs as well as plans for future scenarios, allowing for thoughtful assignment of program staff to current and future projects. Ensure an approach that accounts for staff growth and development

Ensure that MDC has strong systems, tools, and staffing for hiring, onboarding, performance management, promotion, compensation, wellness, and ongoing staff development

Champion and communicate a culture of engagement that builds staff ownership of and support for the strategic direction of the organization

Qualification

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Required

Skill, experience, and enthusiasm for working collaboratively in an environment committed to diversity, inclusion, and racial equity

Deep experience in understanding and promoting racial equity, as well as addressing other inequities facing historically marginalized groups (e.g., LGBTQ individuals, women, immigrants)

The ability to manage conflict, de-escalate disagreements and orchestrate solutions

The ability to build and maintain relationships, communicate clearly and accurately through spoken and written formats, and incorporate the best elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion to speak across lines of difference or levels of power. This includes the ability to name power dynamics and create plans for providing relevant voice and accessibility, in addition to distributing decision-making where appropriate

Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality; protect safe spaces for staff to transparently share; provide compassionate accountability for employees by offering concrete ways they can improve their performance

A mature understanding of inclusion, power, privilege, and diversity concepts

Ability to demonstrate availability as a reliable thought partner to colleagues on work-related matters; ability to maintain ongoing perspective and prioritization of the shifting needs of specific projects, direct reports, and MDC as a whole to best achieve the mission in an equitable fashion

Experience with advancing organizational and workplace culture initiatives and supporting policies and practices.

Experience with a wide variety of human resource tools & systems including implementation of new systems, programs, products & technologies required

Skill at customer service and responsiveness to constituent needs

The ability to think creatively and collaboratively in changing and challenging situations

Excellent and clear written and oral communication skills to those with less, the same, and more organizational power, whether within MDC or outside of it

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required

A minimum of five years of human resource management experience with a mission-driven organization preferred.

SHRM-SCP certification or equivalent highly desired