Manager Diversity; HR Generalist

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Ceres is a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Through our powerful networks and global collaborations of investors, companies, and nonprofits, we drive action and inspire equitable market-based and policy solutions throughout the economy to build a just and sustainable future.

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About the People & Diversity Team

The People & Diversity (Human Resources) team leads engagement to attract, retain, reward and ensure equity, wellbeing, and development for our greatest asset, our people. Critical to the progress of Ceres’ mission, this team leads initiatives to curate a culture of inclusion and belonging while diligently attending to the workforce needs of Ceres.

About You

You combine strong project management, an HR generalist perspective, organizational, and administrative capabilities with excellent communication skills, strong initiative, decision-making, and an attention to detail. You are a skilled facilitator, listener, observer, investigator, and communicator (written and oral) with an aptitude for creating shared understanding, relationship building, and distilling information into its basic parts. You are passionate about people and diversity and pride yourself on using your talents to identify solutions, ensure a positive workplace culture, and foster equity and inclusion.

About the Role

The Manager will lead and/or support key projects and processes, in support of the Chief People & Diversity Office (CPDO) and the People & Diversity team, related to Ceres’ culture, employee engagement, compensation, benefits, metrics and reporting, compliance, learning, inclusion and accessibility, and communications.

This role reports to the Chief People and Diversity Officer (CPDO), with a dotted line to the Director, Learning and Employee Experience (LEE), and can be performed remotely or from the Boston, MA office. Candidates must be flexible to work with employees in all US time zones.

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following:

General P&D and CPDO Support

• Develop effective relationships to promote positive employee relations throughout the organization to ensure a high level of employee satisfaction and engagement.
• Take the lead on responding to, delegating, or escalating internal HR, and DEI related questions and elevate to P&D Directors or Sr. Directors as appropriate.
• Trask progress on key P&D cross cutting initiatives, updating milestones, deadlines, and deliverables for (examples are annual planning, system implementations, open enrollment, performance review cycles, and organizational structural changes).
• For assigned projects, coordinate meetings, delegate as appropriate, monitor project progress, maintain documentation, and provide regular follow-up with appropriate stakeholders. Ensure timely completion and escalate as appropriate.
• Compile and organize data to support team analysis and reporting needs.
• Under direction of CPDO, draft and coordinate written communications to employees regarding a range of topics, such as merit increases, promotions, policy updates in support of organization-wide initiatives.
• Assist with new employee orientation programs through administrative support and occasional presentation delivery.
• Provide supplemental calendar support to the Chief People & Diversity Officer, ensuring priority meetings are scheduled and helping to optimize calendar management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Employee Relations

• Respond to a range of employee relations concerns, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, workplace violence, and other violations of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, conducting investigations as appropriate.
• Respond to or conduct initial fact finding or investigate as appropriate, and collaborate…