Senior Manager, Talent Management - National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

Title: Senior Manager, Talent Management

Reports to: Director of People and Culture

Salary: $110,000 - $120,000 - Salary commensurate with experience.

Job Status: Full-time

Location: This position is a hybrid role in Chicago, IL and requires 2-3 days in the office a week.

Deadline to apply: Rolling until filled

NAPAWF is the only organization focused on building power with AAPI women and girls to influence critical decisions that affect our lives, our families and our communities. Using a reproductive justice framework, we elevate AAPI women and girls to impact policy and drive systemic change in the United States. 

NAPAWF was founded in 1996 to realize the vision of 100 AAPI women who recognized the need for an organization that would amplify AAPI women’s stories and experiences. Being seen and heard in the public narrative gives us the power to shape the policy and cultural change needed to gain agency over our lives, families, and communities.

Today, we are mobilizing and building power in cities across the United States to create social, political, and economic change for AAPI women and girls. Five of those cities have local staff on the ground. We also show up in solidarity for other women of color who are experiencing injustice and harms of oppression and marginalization.

Our work is focused in the following strategies:

• Policy and Structural Change
• Organizing and Civic Engagement
• Legal Advocacy and Judicial Strategy

We use the Reproductive Justice lens to intersectionally address three core issues:

• Reproductive Rights and Health
• Economic Justice
• Immigration and Racial Justice

POSITION DUTIES

• Sets and oversees the execution of the talent strategy which includes:
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Talent Management and Learning & Development 
  • Onboarding and New Hire integration 
  • Performance Management
  • Succession Planning
• Designs, develops and executes full cycle recruitment plans and talent sourcing strategies that guarantee the attraction, selection, and successful recruitment of talent; develops and executes workforce plans, provides exceptional candidate experience, and builds and maintains a diverse candidate pipeline through vast networking, including social media, networking events and cultivating key relationships.
• Builds effective systems to ensure that all applicants, potential candidates, and staff members receive consistent, professional, and clear communication regarding our hiring and talent development practices.
• Tracks and analyzes comprehensive sourcing, outreach, candidate and hiring data to inform recruitment strategy.
• Manages the maintenance and execution of the performance management system, including current job descriptions, standards of performance and performance evaluation instruments.
• Provides professional expertise and support in the design, development and implementation of the talent review process that is required to achieve organizational goals and results in the creation of an internal bench of top talent; supports managers in creating development plans, effective programs for workforce retention, promotion and succession planning for employees at all levels.
• Manages varied projects and facilitates effective implementation of new talent management initiatives, actively participating in project teams, and ensuring proper communication and collaboration between different stakeholders and partners.
• Analyzes talent management program activity, conducts performance analyses of the programs, prepares reports and proposals from findings, to come up with ideas for improvements and enhancements and presents them to senior leadership for consideration. 
• Works with senior leadership to influence and support a culture where all staff members feel empowered, leading to retention and high performance (e.g. surveying existing talent, analyzing exit-interview data, organizing focus groups, etc.)
• Maintains a clear and detailed knowledge of the industry trends, best practices in talent management, acquisition and administration.
• Creates and conducts presentations and trainings that are clear and impactful to the NAPAWF mission.
• Performs other ad-hoc projects and ability to serve as a key member of the HR team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree 
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with direct management and supervisory experience.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification desired.
• Hands-on experience building a Talent Management and Acquisition foundation and creating and implementing processes from scratch.
• Union experience preferred.
• Behavioral Skills Required:
  • Assertive and confident; adept at dealing with strong personalities at the leadership level.
  • Nimble - able to be flexible and agile and act with assurance.
  • Strong decision-making skills.
  • High degree of HR competency - able to hit the ground running.

SALARY & BENEFITS

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000 - $120,000 - Salary commensurate with experience.

A highly competitive benefits package includes a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision insurance. NAPAWF's medical plan is covered by NAPAWF at 100% for employees and dependents with no out of pocket costs, including prescription drugs costs. Qualified dependents may also be covered. 

NAPAWF also offers full-time employees 15 days of vacation in the first year, sick leave, flexible spending program options and personal/family leave, as well as paid vacation between December 25 and January 1 of each year. 

This position is a hybrid role in Chicago, IL and requires 2-3 days in the office a week.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

NAPAWF is committed to public health, and to the safety and well being of our colleagues and visitors.  As such we have adopted a policy requiring all employees to receive all recommended COVID-19 vaccines and boosters or to apply for and receive an exemption. 

NAPAWF is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, medical condition (cancer-related) or conditions Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions (ARC). Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application