Qualified candidates should forward their resume and cover letter to HR@gcfb.org.
Company Description
Gleaners Community Food Bank is dedicated to ensuring households in Southeastern Michigan have access to sufficient, nutritious food through collaboration, efficient operations, and innovative solutions.
Role Description
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the VP of People & Culture is a high-impact executive role designed to be a center of excellence for the team and build "Organizational Glue" for Gleaners. This leader serves our 125-person staff, ensuring that our culture, systems, and internal communications are perfectly tuned to achieve our mission.
The ideal candidate
- Possesses a steady hand required to lead a high-performing team.
- Passion for building systems and cultures that empower others to do their best work.
- Finds professional satisfaction in working behind the scenes to optimize clarity, execution and strategy.
- Has the emotional intelligence and mental bandwidth to serve a team of roughly 125 people through change while holding teams accountable to shared goals.
- Embrace innovation and technology to efficiently increase our impact in the communities we serve, as well as improve our internal business processes that support delivering this impact.
Core responsibilities
- People, Culture & Performance- culture stewardship, performance excellence, total rewards, recruiting excellence, staff development and innovation.
- Internal Communications, IT & Engagement - internal communication strategy, information technology team leadership
- Organizational Risk & Office Management - organizational safety & compliance, organizational and IT risk management assessments, office, customer service and workspace strategy
- Integration & Strategy - leadership meeting facilitation, strategic filter for new initiatives, high-level metric tracking and board committee support.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of senior leadership experience in a similar size organization (100+ employees) with human resources, organizational development, administrative operations (including IT and internal communications) and customer service.
- Demonstrated experience with organizational safety and risk management programs.
- Experience working in nonprofit organizations or mission-driven environments is a plus
- Mastery of compassionate candor, employee engagement, conflict resolution, and systems thinking.
- Comprehensive understanding of Human Resources principles, including strategic planning, organizational development, and workforce planning
- Strong expertise in Employee Relations, including conflict resolution, performance management, and fostering a culture of inclusivity
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required; advanced degree or certification (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR) preferred
This is a job description summary. For a complete job description, please go to www.gcfb.org/careers.
Qualified candidates should forward their resume and cover letter to HR@gcfb.org.
