Diocesan Director of Human Resources

Job Description

Diocesan Director of Human Resources
Purpose of position: Responsible for making sure the Diocese of Knoxville fulfills its religious and secular obligations related to employees in the areas of hiring/terminating, compensation, benefits management, training, ongoing professional development, evaluation, promotion, and policy generation and establish good rapport and trust with people, in particular the pastors (essential in our environment).

Supervisory Responsibilities:
• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff in the department.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with diocesan policy.

Duties/Responsibilities:

HR policies and legislation
• Monitors and ensures the diocese's compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Ensure HR policies, procedures and practices comply with related legislation and regulations
• Ensure employee records comply with applicable laws and best practices
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to senior leadership.

Recruitment and Selection
• Collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organization's goals and strategy related to staffing, recruiting, and retention.
• Identifies staffing and recruiting needs; develops and executes best practices for hiring and talent management.
• Develop and maintain the recruitment and selection process and resources
• Ensure the recruitment and selection process is communicated to all supervisors
• Ensure job responsibilities and expectations are completed for all positions and reviewed annually
• Ensure recruitment is through an objective, consistent process
• Ensure all new employees are oriented to the position and to the organization

Performance Management
• Oversee performance management processes and resources
• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management
• Ensure that performance management processes are communicated to all diocesan leaders
• Ensure that the performance review process is documented and communicated to all employees
• Ensure that all employees have quarterly discussions and receive an annual performance review
• Ensure that employees who are not meeting expectations are put on a Development Plan
• Conduct exit interviews with all employees leaving the organization

Employee relations
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations.

Compensation and Benefits
• Participates in NACPA benchmark compensation surveys
• Provide guidance to pastors and diocesan leaders on compensation benchmarking for positions
• Oversees employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
• Oversees lay and priest benefit programs in collaboration with the Finance Officer; recommends benefit improvements as necessary or appropriate; maintains databases for benefits data and confidential benefits files for all diocesan locations.
• Ensures timely compliance with federal requirements of all areas of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) including filings and establishment and implementation of current and future reporting procedures.

Training and development
• Assess the training needs of the organization
• Create a training action plan based on the needs assessment
• Implement training initiatives based on the training action plan
• Evaluate and revise the training based on training program evaluations

Safe Environment
• Act as the diocesan safe environment coordinator in administering Safe Environment program
• Ensure accurate reporting for USCCB annual audit
• Review all background checks for approval

Immigration
• Manages immigration related issues for foreign national priests, sisters and seminarians in conjunction with diocesan immigration counsel

Required Skills & Abilities:
• Practicing Catholic who supports the teachings of the Catholic Church
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to adapt to the needs of the organization and employees.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Education & Experience:
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required; or 10 years of human resource generalist or management experience in lieu of degree
• At least five years of human resource generalist or management experience required.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP highly preferred.
• Prior work experience in a Catholic diocese preferred, but not required

About the Employer

The mission of the Diocese of Knoxville is to preach the Good News of Salvation with love; to invite all people into unity with God through His Holy Church; and, to serve them with love and mercy by attending to their spiritual and corporal needs.