Senior Human Resources Manager - Seattle - Avenue 5

Description

Senior Human Resources Manager

Unlock your potential with Avenue5 Residential. Your ideas. Your development. Your experience.

We take care of you, so you can take care of our residents, properties, and clients. Property management may be our business, but people are our passion. Empowering you to be the best. Our benefits take a holistic approach to take care of your mind and body. We care about you as a whole person, both inside and outside of work.

• Physical wellness: Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage options.
• Financial wellness: Competitive pay plus basic life insurance and matching 401K contributions.
• Mental and emotional wellness: Generous time-off plan includes 10 paid holidays including a community service day and your birthday.
• Perks and more: Mentoring. Professional development. Discounts. Tuition reimbursement. Robust recognition program. And we're just getting started.

About the senior human resources manager position:

The Senior Human Resources Manager provides strategic, full-cycle human resources leadership to corporate and property associates across multiple states. This role partners with senior leaders on complex employee relations matters, leads investigations, ensures multi-state compliance, and maintains working knowledge of employee benefits to support HR initiatives aligned with business objectives and organizational effectiveness.

Primary responsibilities and objectives:

• Translate business objectives into strategic HR recommendations that strengthen policies, practices, and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide senior-level leadership on complex associate relations and investigations, partnering with executive leadership and outside counsel to assess risk and ensure consistent, compliant outcomes.
• Proactively evaluate associate relations trends to identify risk and recommend preventative solutions.
• Oversee unemployment claims and representation in hearings or legal proceedings, as applicable.
• Advise leaders on associate engagement, performance management, talent development, and employee welfare, including working knowledge of benefits programs.
• Build strong partnerships with leadership to drive collaboration, efficiencies, and best practices.
• Maintain expert knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws impacting the Avenue5 workforce.

Education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree is required
• Five or more years of experience in human resources is required
• Minimum of two years in human resources in the state of California
• Three to five years of experience in multi-family property management is preferred
• Certification in human resources (HRCI or SHRM) is preferred
• Three to five years of direct management experience is preferred
• Five or more years of experience in managing, expanding, and developing relationships with clients at a senior level is required
• Participation in industry groups is preferred

Skills and requirements:

• Comfortable with a high-volume workload and solution-focused
• Strong understanding of human resource industry trends, issues, and emerging technology
• Track record of accomplishments and high-impact results
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Intermediate to advanced level knowledge of MS Office Suite including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (including Excel functions)
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to create a climate in which associates want to do their best by leading and communicating a shared vision with associates and providing coaching and development
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Required to complete and successfully pass the Avenue5 Fair Housing and Preventing Discrimination and Harassment training and other courses if assigned

Required to maintain a regular schedule which may also require working outside of regular schedule, weekends, and non-traditional holidays

Ability to travel (including overnight) up to 5%

Exposure to an environment typically found in an office building

Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 25 pounds

Must be able to observe and detect signs of emergency through visual and/or auditory cues

Must be able to remain stationary, move around, reach, and position oneself as needed for extended periods

Ability to communicate and express or exchange ideas with others, as well as those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly

Ability to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels, including the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound

Visual requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision

Ability to compare, copy, coordinate, synthesize, negotiate, communicate, and instruct

Ability to tolerate stressful situations

Ability to work under minimal to moderate supervision

This job description is not an all-inclusive list of functions and tasks. Over the length of employment, these functions and tasks may change.

Diversity: Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Avenue5 is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.