Children’s National Medical Center Hiring for Manager, Total Rewards at Silver Spring, MD  Full Time

Minimum Education
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Human Resources, Business, Information Systems or related area of study required. (Required)
Master’s Degree (Preferred)

Minimum Work Experience
Five (5) years of project management experience to include leading, planning, organizing and implementing Benefits and/or Compensation projects or programs (Required).

Budget development and management experience preferred. (Required)

Functional Accountabilities
Project Planning

• Works directly with HR leadership to develop effective and high-quality human resources projects and programs which meet the needs of the human resources department as well as the organization.

• Leads needs assessments and cost/risk analyses.

• Leads project planning process to refine scope, resources, critical dependencies, constraints and outcomes.

• Collaborates with HR leadership and/or project sponsors to develop project structure, goals, and guiding principles. Identifies roles, responsibilities, and expectations for each team member.

• Develops comprehensive and detailed project plans to include: Gantt charts, timelines and other relevant supporting materials.

Management of Projects

• Leads and manages HR Benefits and Compensation projects. Ensures projects are on-time, within budget and meet the needs of the HR department and the organization.

• Ensures that adequate resources, visibility, and support are provided to projects.

• Ensures that project teams work effectively to achieve objectives. Facilitates the resolution of conflicts.

• Tracks issues, driving ownership and resolution.

• Provides prioritization and clarification of requirements.

• Updates and maintains all project plan documents and status reporting.

• Communicates project status to sponsors and stakeholders effectively and on a regular basis. Serves as a primary point of contact for project sponsors and other key stakeholders regarding project and project status.

• Ensures that each project phase is completed on time and that appropriate review and sign-off by project sponsors has been completed.

• Escalates issues impacting the project or program to HR Leadership and/or project sponsors, as appropriate.

• Facilitates project review meetings, phase reviews and steering committee meetings.

• Leads or supports contingency planning, as needed and applicable.

• Ensures operational and systems analysis; design and integration with HRIS.

Change Management of Projects

• Works with L&D team and any other impacted stakeholders to create robust change management plans to support the execution of the project or program.

• Works with HR Communications and or PR/Marketing team to ensure robust communications specific to project or program

• Documents change process and assesses effectiveness of strategies during change and after in order to ensure continuous improvement

Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior

• Partner with all team members to achieve goals

• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment

• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change

• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently

• Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details – practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance