Hours per week: 40 hours, full time

This position reports to: Executive Director of People and Operations

The mission: Seacoast Church goes all out in our mission to help others Find God, Grow your Faith, Discover your Purpose, and Make a Difference. You can count on Seacoast HR to take care of traditional HR items like compensation planning, benefits and performance, but our team wants to be known for how we treat our people. We exist to know, support, challenge, care, and develop our staff. We work hard to find the right people for the right roles; make Seacoast known for the employee experience; introduce talent to opportunity; and building toward our future together.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute the vision for Seacoast HR under direction of Executive Director of People and Operations, in alignment with Seacoast mission and culture
• Execute the vision for HR Systems including compensation and benefit management, employee relations and performance management, talent and change management.
• Create scalable programs that develop both our people and Seacoast.
• Build and maintain a strong and culturally healthy workplace
• HR Management
• Protect the Organizational Structure as determined by the Executive Leadership team.
• Use proactive data and analytics to understand and recommend practices to Executive Director of Operations that promote employee engagement and satisfaction.
• Oversee and edit the Employee Handbook, Pastoral Addendum, and the Counseling Center Addendum with annual edits and signature requirements
• Stay up to date on all federal, state, and local employment law and practices ensuring legal practices across the organization
• Implement auditing procedures to ensure HR compliance, data quality with aim to minimize or correct errors.
• Knowledge and oversight of Paycom Administration and maintenance, taking ownership of accurate employee files and recommending processes to optimize utilization.
• Manage active employee transitions
• Manage staff terminations, conducting the Seacoast exit interview process and communications across departments.
• Participate as member of Background Check Committee, reviewing all flagged background and credit checks and determining eligibility for employment or volunteer serve opportunities.
• Compensation & Benefits
• Reinforce the compensation strategy of the church, understanding leveling of roles and assignment of pay bands.
• Participate in the annual MegaChurch Compensation survey or others as assigned, providing salary data to specific church partners for the purpose of compensation planning
• Develop expert knowledge and implementation of Seacoast and pastoral pay practices.
• Administer Seacoast Benefits, oversee annual open enrollment and new hire benefit orientation, and act as the first point of contact for all benefit-related questions
• Act as benefit liaison with our Broker and Seacoast staff
• Review and audit benefit EDI feeds and quarterly benefit invoices to ensure accurate data between HR, Finance and benefit carriers.
• Partner with the Exec Director of Operations in annual merit increase planning and promotion process
• Act as a backup to the payroll manager
• Act as First point of contact for Workers Compensation claims and Injury Reports
• Employee Relations and Performance Management
• Execute the annual performance management process, in alignment with vision from Executive Leadership ensuring all eligible employees set goals and complete an annual review.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for leaders
• Support and coach leaders and team members across the organization based on their developmental needs
• Partner with leaders in determining most appropriate course of action including changing assignments, performance improvement plans and corrective discipline as needed or assigned by the Executive Director of Operations.
• Lead organization in competency training and talent profiling
• Change Management and Organizational Development
• Administer the Best Christian Workplaces Survey
• Assist the Executive Director of People and Operations in annual BCWI Department Debrief meetings and initiatives
• Oversee, develop and maintain global Seacoast and Job specific training through the use of Seacoast wiki and Seacoast LMS.
• Team Player
• Actively participate in all 1:1 meeting, team meetings, Central Operations meetings, and All-Staff meetings.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Job Essentials

• Christ Follower (Seacoast Church makes hiring decisions aligned to our religious faith and beliefs)
• Must have a minimum of 6 years’ experience in a human resources or related field
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field, required or equivalent of 4 additional years of work experience
• PRH or SHRM Certification a plus
• HRIS Experience required, Paycom experience a plus
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office products, especially MS Excel and MS Teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build organizational relationships/partnerships
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, with zero exception.
• Ability to adapt to high levels of change
• Live and drive Seacoast cultural values to Love God. Love People. Make it Better. And Have a Good Attitude.

Acknowledgement

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I certify that my answers to all questions will be true and correct. I understand that if I am employed, any false, misleading or otherwise incorrect statements made on this application or during the pre-employment process may be grounds for my immediate termination.  I understand and authorize and agree that Seacoast Church may conduct national and local criminal biographical searches, state sexual offender searches, credit file and motor vehicle checks when appropriate and applicable.  I agree to sign any and all authorizations by appropriate companies or entities who are engaged in, including but not limited to, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other necessary agencies.

I also understand, if employed, that I am required to abide by all the rules and regulations of Seacoast Church. Seacoast Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer. While we make employment decisions that are aligned to our faith and beliefs, we do not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. This application will only be valid for the position in which I am applying and will remain active for 45 days. If I wish to apply to another position or the 45 active period has passed, I may need resubmit a new application.