Human Resource Manager

Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc. Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Description:

Habitat for Humanity of Dane County | Madison, Wisconsin
Full-Time | 32–40 Hours per Week | Exempt

At Habitat for Humanity of Dane County, our mission is about people—and that includes the people who make our work possible every day.

We’re looking for an experienced, people-focused HR Manager to serve as our internal HR leader. This is an opportunity for an HR professional who wants to spend less time processing paperwork and more time recruiting great employees, coaching managers, strengthening employee relations, and creating an exceptional employee experience.

You’ll be the trusted, approachable HR presence our employees and managers can turn to, while working alongside our leadership team and our external HR partner,
Paylocity Elevate HR + Payroll
.

If you love the people side of HR, enjoy solving problems, and want your work to have a direct impact on both employees and organizational culture, this may be the role for you.

This is a major focus of the position.

You’ll lead our recruiting efforts and help Habitat Dane find, attract, and hire great people.

• Lead the full recruiting lifecycle—from workforce planning and job postings through interviews, selection, offers, and hiring
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and develop effective recruiting strategies
• Build candidate pipelines and identify new recruiting sources and community partnerships
• Manage applicant communication, screening, interview coordination, references, and candidate follow-up
• Create a professional, timely, and welcoming candidate experience
• Coach hiring managers on consistent and effective interviewing and selection practices
• Use compensation and market data to support hiring recommendations
• Track recruiting metrics such as time to fill, source effectiveness, and turnover trends

This is the other major focus of the position.

You’ll be the primary internal HR resource for employees and managers.

• Build trusted relationships throughout the organization and maintain an approachable HR presence
• Coach managers through performance concerns, attendance issues, conflict, corrective action, documentation, and difficult conversations
• Lead or coordinate workplace investigations
• Partner with leadership on disciplinary actions, terminations, organizational changes, and other sensitive employment matters
• Identify employee‑relations trends and recommend proactive solutions
• Help ensure policies and workplace practices are applied fairly and consistently

Great HR goes beyond solving problems. You’ll also help us create an environment where employees can thrive.

• Serve as a coach and thought partner to managers on day‑to‑day people leadership
• Lead the performance‑management cycle
• Support managers with goal setting, feedback, performance improvement, and employee development
• Support employee engagement, retention, recognition, and workplace culture initiatives
• Identify training and professional development needs
• Help ensure new employees feel welcomed, informed, and connected
• Lead the employee‑facing offboarding experience and use exit feedback to identify trends and opportunities

You’ll serve as the internal connection point for employees while partnering with our external providers.

• Serve as the employee contact for benefits questions
• Partner with our benefits broker, carriers, and Paylocity
• Coordinate open enrollment communication and employee support
• Coordinate workers’…