Human Resources Manager

Company: Hogwarth Worldwide
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

Hogarth Worldwide is the world's leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world's most famous brands.

Founded 13 years ago, Hogarth has grown from a start-up to over 4,500 people, across 30 key cities and is now part of the WPP. Obsessively striving for better is in our DNA, it is the reason for our existence and continues to drive us forward in all that we do, making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.

What does a Human Resources Manager at Hogarth?

The Senior Human Resources Manager has responsibility for all day-to-day Human Resources activities for Hogarth CA. Core areas include people strategy, employee relations; Federal, California state and local compliance; onboarding; culture cultivation and staff engagement; talent development; retention; benefits administration; HR operations (i.e. HR systems and analytics).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ensures that HR is a safe place to solve employee relations issues and provide guidance.
• Helps manage conflict and creatively resolve issues to mitigate risk.
• Surfaces employee issues to Human Resources Director and/or Managing Director as appropriate.
• Oversees employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations along with Human Resources Director, documenting any employee relations issues.
• Coaches managers on effective management techniques through formal training sessions and one-on-one meetings as needed.
• Innovative, a champion for change, making informed recommendations on policies, systems and structure that will benefit our business as a whole, aligning with Global strategy.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal development opportunities for employees.
• Emphasizes the Core Values in all actions and activities incorporating an incentive and total rewards program to continuously encourage staff growth and excellence.
• Cultivates a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion through passive and active programs (i.e. workshops, mentorship programs, leadership programs, information shared on Workplace, etc.).
• Manages on-going monthly and quarterly learning sessions and town halls, fostering communication throughout Hogarth CA.
• Manages retention through onboarding (i.e. new hire orientation and IT security briefing), staff engagement surveys and offboarding (i.e. conducting and analyzing exit interviews)
• Work with talent partners to ensure we are hiring the most aligned candidates as well as cross-checking with managers to ensure new hire is a great fit (i.e. satisfaction surveys and 30/60/90 day check-in).
• Maintains the Hogarth CA work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions, aligning with managers and Global job architecture as appropriate.
• Oversee benefits administration (plan management and recommendations, including training, wellness programs, LOA, etc.), compliance testing and mandatory reporting.
• Analyzes trends in compensation and benefits; researches and proposes competitive base and incentive pay programs to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Support HR systems and leverage HRIS data for reporting, analysis and business decisions.
• Work with our parent company, WPP, to provide reports and data and ensure our policies and practices are compliant.
• Work with Global HR partners to align initiatives and best practices.

Other Functions:

• Cultivates professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies related to the human resources industry.
• Maintains affiliations with appropriate industry leaders and organizations.
• Represents the company at appropriate industry, community and client-facing events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Display a sense of cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Ability to work as a part of a team, with a range of people.
• Demonstrated sound work ethic and flexibility.
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations, specifically as it relates to the state of California.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and related software.
• Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organizations HRIS system.

Experience:

• Minimum five years of Human Resource Management experience preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in Employee Relations required.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) or SHRM California Law HR Specialty credential highly preferred.

Physical Requirements:

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role

• While performing the responsibilities of this role, the employee is required to talk and hear.
• Employee is often required to use their hands and fingers to handle or feel.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
• Often required to access and navigate various departments at the organization's facilities.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential responsibilities of this role.

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Diversity and Flexibility

Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.

Many of our employees work flexibly in many different ways, including flexible hours or an element of working from home. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

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