Human Resources Development Specialist (Full-time Temporary)

Description

At Rise, we believe that everyone deserves opportunities to live a life filled with purpose and pride. In our employment, housing, and life-enrichment services, we support people in setting and achieving their personal goals. As a nonprofit, every Rise team member is driven by our mission. That shared commitment is the foundation of a workplace that embraces a culture of learning and growth by offering extensive training, competitive salaries, and a fun work environment. We are an inspiring leader in disability services who wants to make a real difference in people’s lives!

Job Summary:

The Human Resource Development Specialist will support an 18-months grant-funded initiative focused on recruiting, training, and retaining New Americans for direct care positions. This role will develop and execute strategies to attract qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds, facilitate their integration into Rise, and develop programs and strategies to ensure they have the skills and support necessary to excel in direct care settings. 

This is a full-time temporary grant-funded benefits-eligible position expected to last up to 18 months

Key Expectations

• Standards of Excellence Commitment: All Rise employees are expected to commit to, sign and follow-through on Rise’s Standards of Excellence. Refer to “Standards of Excellence Commitment” document. In the Employee Handbook. 
• Person-Centered Practices: Learn and consistently perform person-centered practices: Identify those things that are important to people who receive support; implement strategies to assure they are present in day-to-day life. Identify areas where change can happen without permission. Act on those areas.
• Communication: All Rise employees are expected to communicate effectively with other staff, external stakeholders, and people we serve in a respectful and timely manner. This includes but is not limited to reading and responding to email in a timely manner, answering and responding to phone calls and voicemails, foster open communication; listening to others; preparing professional written communications as needed. 
• Safety: Ensure adherence to safety policies and procedures and safe work practices. Ensure employees are equipped with the information, instruction, training, and supervision that they need to work safely. Identify, assess, and control hazards at assigned work location. Ensure vehicles, equipment, tools, PPE are properly maintained, and employees are aware of proper usage. Encourage early reporting of accidents/incidents, conduct accident investigations, and assist with initiating suitable return to work tasks after a workplace injury. Take reasonable care to ensure your own, co-workers and persons served safety and health. Comply with state motor vehicle laws and regulations. Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors.

Essential Functions:

• Lead with a service focus – Set the example for and lead others in focusing on providing excellent service for people served, their families, and all other people who support them, etc.
• Recruitment and Outreach: 
• Develop and execute targeted recruitment strategies to attract immigrant candidates. 
• Collaborate with community-based organizations, human services agencies, immigrant services, and other stakeholders to increase the visibility of Rise jobs.
• Work with the Advancement team to highlight Rise Diversity Equity and Inclusion efforts as part of our employer brand. 
• Ensure Rise recruitment materials are translated to meet the needs of New American team members. 
• Training and Development: 
• Assess the training needs of the New American team members and create training plans to improve their skills and performance.
• Create and implement comprehensive training programs for new and current team members and managers, focusing on supporting the New American team members' technical skills and cultural competency needs. 
• Work with the HR team to assess, design, and conduct orientation programs for New Americans to help them understand the company culture, policies, and procedures.
• Create and maintain employee development plans to help New American team members achieve their career goals.
• Program Management: 
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the grant project, including reporting and compliance.
• Collaborate with the Human Resources Manager and project team to monitor progress and evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment, retention, and training programs to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Support and Retention: 
• Establish support mechanisms such as identifying external resources.
• Work with the HR Manager to provide New American team me