HR Manager- HR & Compliance

About This Role

The YMCA of Greater Birmingham is looking for an HR Manager who gets excited about solving problems, building systems, and making work easier for others. This isn't your typical HR administrator job. It's a role where you'll have real autonomy to identify what's broken, create solutions, and watch your work directly impact our staff and the communities we serve.

You'll lead day-to-day HR operations and take ownership of compliance tracking across our association. You'll supervise our HR Generalist, manage benefits and leave administration, support our hiring managers, and build the processes that help this organization run smoothly. If you're someone who takes initiative and wants to grow, we'll give you room to expand into as much as you're ready to take on.

This job has variety. You'll work across HR operations, compliance, benefits, talent acquisition, and more. No two days look the same, and you'll see the real impact of your work; when you create a system that works, it frees up our frontline staff to do what they do best: change lives in our community.

We need someone who thinks like an investigator. Your job isn't to wait for problems to be handed to you; it's to go find inefficiencies, figure out what's not working, and make it better. And here's the important part: you have to be okay when your  perfect system  doesn't work. We need someone who can take feedback, pivot, and try again until it actually solves the problem.

At the Y, we strengthen communities and build community FOR ALL. The work you do in HR directly supports our teams who are serving children, families, and our entire community. You get to feel that impact, even from an office role.

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package:
  Medical, dental, and vision coverage (with significant employer contribution)
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Generous retirement plan with 12% employer contribution once eligible
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• YMCA perks:
  • Free YMCA membership for you and your household
  • Significant discounts on YMCA programs (including childcare, after-school programs, and summer camps)
• Work environment: Flexible schedule and supportive team culture
• Growth: Real opportunities to learn and expand your HR skills across all functional areas
• Mission: Work that makes a difference in your community every single day

• You have 3-5 years of hands-on HR experience across multiple areas (hiring, onboarding, benefits, employee data, or compliance)
• You're naturally good at spotting problems and creating solutions
• You can juggle multiple priorities without dropping balls
• You genuinely care about making things work for the people who use them
• You have strong attention to detail and follow-through
• You can supervise and coach others effectively
• You're excited (not overwhelmed) by variety

• Experience with an HRIS system (Paycom experience is a bonus)
• Background in benefits administration, FMLA/leave management, or workers  comp
• HR certification like SHRM-CP or PHR