Human Resources Director

Organization:

Human Rights Watch

Location:

United States (New York, NY)

Description:

Full-time Position Available:
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
Global Human Resources Department
(New York Headquarters)
Apply Immediately

Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking experienced and highly qualified applicants for the position of Human Resources Director for its Global Human Resources Department.

Description: Reporting to the Deputy Executive Director for Operations and as part of the organization's senior management, the Human Resources Director helps implement HRW's strategic plan for the continued growth and globalization of this dynamic, fast-paced, and influential global NGO. The Human Resources Director has organization-wide responsibility for ensuring that HRW's policies and procedures support, promote and protect a talented and highly-skilled staff of over 300 employees in over 40 locations around the world. Working with a small team of HR professionals, the Human Resources Director oversees global recruitment and hiring, international compensation and benefits, a global welfare insurance portfolio, performance management, and employee and labor relations, and plays a key role in placing staff in global locations and in establishing formal HRW presences around the world. He or she works closely with the other Operations directors in charge of Finance, Administration, and Information Technology, and collaborates with Program management on initiatives such as training and security. The Human Resources Director is based in HRW's New York headquarters, with periodic travel overseas.

Key Responsibilities:

Organizational Development: represent HR with regard to long-term institutional concerns (i.e. staffing, salaries, benefits, diversity, training); serve on institutional fora such as strategic staff committees and the Operations Task Force

Policies and Legal Compliance: collaborate with in-house and outside counsel in multiple global jurisdictions on compliance with local statutory requirements, drafting contracts, and development of new policies; oversee research and drafting of domestic and international employee manuals and related country supplements

Staffing: oversee organization-wide staffing of management and professional research (exempt) and support (non-exempt) personnel, including US-based, expatriate, and TCN/HCN/LN employees; craft and review job descriptions; set decentralized hiring procedures for recruitment, screening, interviewing, reference checks, and job offers; oversee international visa petitions and relocations; approve all domestic and global hiring contracts

Compensation and Benefits: manage total compensation approach globally: set initial salary determinations and participate in salary reviews for all staff; conduct periodic salary and benefits benchmarking surveys within local labor markets and develop related salary protocols; oversee annual auditing and selection/negotiation of global benefits package, including multiple domestic and international health, welfare and pensions plans

Performance Management: oversee performance management and introductory, annual, 360 and probationary evaluation processes

Training: help develop resourceful approaches to training delivery, including training for managers, periodic skills development efforts for professionals, and effective onboarding for support staff; partner with Program directors on substantive in-house training program, including methodology and security for researchers

Security: serve as a member of the in-house Security Team in support of staff working in potentially dangerous, isolated, or difficult environments; help develop security guidelines for protection of personnel, property, and information; reinforce security protocols for hazardous missions, including review of pre- and post-mission memos and participation in pre-mission security meetings; develop complementary security initiatives such as enhanced special risks insurance, global medevac coverage, and crisis management protocols

Employee Relations: serve as key internal point person for employee and labor relations and personnel mediation; serve on Researcher-Management Forum and support-staff Labor-Management Committee; promote work/life balance and retention through creative benefits initiatives; promote employee wellness through in-house stress and resilience module.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience, preferably in a large, dynamic, mission-driven environment operating internationally.
• Masters Degree or equivalent in a related field or equivalent professional certification (SPHR and/or GPHR).
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple high-profile and complex projects simultaneously.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills, the ability to work and build relationships with people from many cultures, and a commitment to the mission of HRW.
• Collaborative team player comfortable leading as well as executing projects as required.
• Excellent leadership skills, management, and organizational skills required
• Track record of identifiable and measurable successes in managing a complex organization and implementing operational change.

Salary and Benefits: HRW seeks exceptional applicants and offers competitive compensation and employer-paid benefits. HRW will pay reasonable relocation expenses and will assist employees in obtaining necessary work authorization, if required; citizens of all nationalities are encouraged to apply.

PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest describing your experience, your resume, names or letters of reference, salary history and requirements, and a brief writing sample (unedited by others) to hrjobs@hrw.org. Please use “Human Resources Director, Ref: HR-11-1001-K” as the subject of your email. Only complete applications will be reviewed. It is preferred that all materials be submitted via email. If emailing is not possible, send materials (please do not split a submission between email and regular post) to:

Human Rights Watch
Attn: Search Committee (Human Resources Director, Ref: HR-11-1001-K)
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Fax: (212) 736-1300

Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices and, to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.

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Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.