Temporary HR Manager (Maternity Leave Coverage)

This is a 6-month temporary role (maternity leave coverage) based at our New York City Studio Location

The HR Manager drives company culture and supportive practices, working directly with the Chief People Officer. This is a temporary role (maternity coverage) that will help support all the aspects of HR for our New York studio, including employee relations, benefits management, onboarding, and our end-of-year review process.   

Main Responsibilities:

People Operations 

• Serves as a confidante for employees, manages employee concerns, resolves conflicts, and manages onsite employee issues. 
• Reports to the leadership team on HR issues, including ad hoc performance management, disciplinary or other action 
• Fosters employee engagement and implements or contributes to initiatives to foster a positive work culture and promote employee satisfaction and retention. 
• Collaborate with Journey HR team and leadership team to implement Journey’s end-of-year performance review cycle, including: training, providing support, and helping teams manage the entire process. 
• Developing and managing individual onboarding efforts and schedules while identifying areas of improvement for employee onboarding and training.  
• Provides training for new or newly promoted staff in HR systems and processes  
• Collaborates with leadership and members of the global Journey HR team to develop and implement HRS strategies aligned with the organization's business objectives.  
• Will partner with the Journey Talent Acquisition team to support all aspects of the recruiting process, including interviewing candidates, coordinating efforts with hiring managers, and extending offers to new candidates. 

HR Management 

• Manages onsite employee benefit plans provided by the company and serves as the first point of contact for individuals with benefits related questions or inquiries.  
• Lead the annual open enrollment process for all US employees.  
• Reviews, maintains and implements the HR standards, records, policies and benefits across the US studios 
• Ensures adherence to all applicable employment laws and regulations. 
• Manages holiday administration and communicates to team on remaining allowance  
• Coordinates changes with Finance team on all payroll changes and administration. 

Reporting 

• Reports to the CPO directly and communicates regularly with the Senior Leadership team 
• Reports against their remit contributing to leadership/management  reports  

Character Traits 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Approachable, flexible, adapts well to changing priorities. 
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities. 
• Excellent at planning, organizing and carrying out objectives. 
• Able to influence and gain the commitment of key players to proposed courses of action. 
• Calm and in control when under pressure or in difficult situations. 
• Ability to make things happen, perseverance. 
• Highly empathetic, great emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills 

Experience 

• Degree level or professionally qualified in relevant field 
• 5+ Years experience in a similar role