Job Description
You’ll Love it Here If You…
- Are truly committed and passionate about what you do
- Have a creative and innovative style
- Have a high bar for excellence and attention to the details
- Believe that teamwork leads to success
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Love to work with people from staff to member volunteers to service vendors
About The Human Resources Manager Role
This position managers the Human Resources operational function including day-to-day operations for APWA to include employee benefits, compensation/payroll, recruitment, staff professional development strategy, performance management and staff DEI initiatives. The scope of this role includes the HR function for the two physical APWA office locations as well as full-time remote workforce ensuring organizational compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws. In addition, the position oversees the office management function related to the two physical offices and online APWA Store. The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer and supervises two staff related to the office management function.
The ideal candidate should have a passion for working with people, be self-motivated, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and be eager to work as part of a collaborative team. Prior experience working for an association is a plus. Our future contributor should work well under pressure, handle multiple deadlines seamlessly, be flexible and detailed oriented with a passion and positive outlook for building a strong team centric culture.
Requirements
What You Will Need to Succeed:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required with a Human Resource focus
- Experience: 3-5 years of experience in human resources supporting all areas of human resources
- Communication: The ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
- Supervisory Skills: 2+ years of experience with supervising staff is preferred
- Leadership: A demonstrated ability to make recommendations and collaborate with senior executives and decision makers
What Will Differentiate You
- Leadership: the desire to take initiative and actively contribute to the team and association
- Communication: the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with all levels of individuals including volunteers
- Commitment to Service: A desire to work with volunteers to support our communities and strive to advance the quality of life for our communities through public works.
- Association Experience: previous experience working with or in an association and understanding the customer service needs of members and volunteers.
- Professional Credential: A HR credential of SPHR or SHRM-SCP is preferred
Why APWA? Check out our benefits!
APWA is proud to be a people-centric workplace, with a key focus on flexibility and work-life balance. We offer remote-hybrid work schedules, 15 days each of paid vacation and family medical leave, 11 paid holidays and the opportunity to have a flexible schedule with alternate Fridays off. We also offer excellent and affordable insurance coverage as well as matching retirement contributions. APWA invests in ongoing growth through employee professional and continuing education opportunities.
About APWA
We’re proud of the work we do because our work matters. Every role at APWA contributes to advancing the quality of life for others as we support those who operate, improve, and maintain public works and infrastructure. As we serve over 32,000 members (and counting!) across North America, we’re always looking for motivated and inspiring people to join us.