About Us:
At Union we exist for one thing to unite people with purpose by helping them know God find freedom discover purpose and make a difference. We are Spiritled enjoyable generous purposedriven and excellent. That has been our goal for over 20 years and has guided us every single day. We are one church meeting in 8 different locations and while were amazed by what God is doing we arent stopping here. What happens next will be beyond what we can imagine. Our vision has always been to impact lives by making church as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. Thats why leading people isnt just an expectation; its a necessity. Its a cornerstone of our culture. Its why were always seeking leadersleaders like youto bring your skills to Union. We want to help you become the person God made you to be.
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The Human Resources Director at Union Church has a strategic operational role primarily contributing to building scaling and sustaining a highimpact and excellent HR department that drives talent acquisition workforce development staff culture and organizational health. This role partners with the Associate Pastor of Human Resourcesto align systems with ministry goals build a thriving staff experience and ensure our people strategy supports Union Churchs longterm growth and mission. The HR Director will also own the administrative and operational details of the department ensuring all behindthescenes is handled with excellence efficiency and discretion. While highly administrative in scope this role is scalable and designed to drive measurable results strengthen organizational efficiency and effectiveness and develop AIpowered integrations that streamline HR workflows and automation across all Union Church systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Talent Acquisition &Hiring Pipeline Oversight 35
- Lead endtoend hiring operationsincluding sourcing candidates onboarding/offboarding screening resumes coordinating interviews collecting assessments facilitating debriefs and overseeing candidate engagement strategies.
HR Operations and Administration 30
- Manage daytoday HR administrative systems & projects including eval coordination HR documentation internal templates SOP creation hiring reports compliance record keeping and benefits coordination. Contribute to building AIpowered workflow automations to streamline recurring tasks and improve department scalability & tracking.
Personnel Experience (Staff Life) & CultureBuilding 20
- Coordinate internal training opportunities support team development programming organize staff milestone celebrations and execute internal culturebuilding events and engagement touchpoints.
Training Development & Evaluation 15
- Build and managedevelopmental workflows and 90day training timelines for new hires. Support internal onboarding readiness training guides and crossfunctional coordination. Ensure a robust evaluation process.
Principal Responsibilities
- Provide direct daily administrative support to the department through timely and detailed management
- Maintain and update internal HR templates SOPs and process documents
- Manage Eval processes compliance logs and PTO tracking
- Track open roles and manage candidate pipeline dashboards
- Ownership of orientation cycles scheduling and purchases of welcome items for new hires
- Facilitate internal training onboarding experiences and hiring committee preparation
- Coordinate interviews feedback collection and candidate communication
- Prepare hiring reports and submit timely updates to leadership
- Performing employee file audits for accuracy and compliance
- Execute onboarding checklists firstweek schedules and orientation prep
- Provide staff support conflict resolution assistance and HR policy guidance
- Lead benefits administration and annual open enrollment process
- Organize culture events and staff training logistics (lunches celebrations awards etc.
- Develop AIpowered automations to improve recurring task
- Balance high administrative with strong hospitality ensuring every staff touchpoint feels intentional organized and culturealigned
- This description is not allinclusive; other duties may be assigned as necessary.
What You Need to Get the Job Done (MustHaves Minimum Qualifications)
- 3 years of professional experience in HR operations employee services recruitment coordination or related administrative fields
- Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or related field
- Prior Human Resources or directly related professional experience required
- Experience supporting benefits administration onboarding and offboarding workflows
- Proven ability to work with high levels of discretion and confidentiality
- Strong project management and process improvement skills
- Proven ability to manage systems documentation and administrative workflows
- HRIS system familiarity (e.g. BambooHR or similar)
- High relational intelligence networking ability and discretion
- Ability to provide whiteglove hospitality and care to staff and other stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detailoriented and excellent system followthrough
- Experience coordinating interviews hiring processes events meetings or team coordination moments
- Strong organizational skills time management and task
- Analytical thinking and problemsolving capability
- Ability to make sound critical decisions under pressure
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel Outlook)
- Ability to thrive in a fastpaced growing multicampus environment
Preferred Qualifications (NicetoHaves)
- Goaloriented mindset with metric/datadriven expertise
- HR certification (e.g. PHR SHRMCP)
- Familiarity with Union Churchs vision and culture
- Knowledge of relevant HR employee engagement and recruiting industry trends
- Experience working or highlevel volunteering for a church ministry or nonprofit organization
- Experience supporting a multisite or multicampus organization
- Management or leadership experience in an HR or administrative context
- Ability to read contextualize and communicate data to drive action
- Selfstarter mindset with ability to selfevaluate and seek feedback
- Highly competent task and detailoriented individual with a getitdone work ethic
Additional Expectations
- Ability to manage multiple projects departments and competing deadlines
- Maintain strict confidentiality and emotional intelligence when handling sensitive employee issues
- SundayThursday work schedule with frequent weekends or evenings as needed
- Occasional travel may be requested
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds (physical demands)
- Ability to stand for extended periods (up to 30 minutes)
Benefits & Compensation
Union Church offers a generous compensation package. The salary for this position is commensurate with experience. In addition to the total compensation package Union Church staff receive medical dental and vision insurance short and longterm disability life insurance 403(b) retirement plan paid time off (PTO) and paid holiday days.
Our Beliefs Culture and Commitment to Diversity
- At Union Church every staff member is a minister and is expected to engage in the churchs ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individuals capacity to represent Union Churchs beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member Union Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Union Church. Learn more about what we believe at Union Church.
- While we unite around our mission we know unity doesnt mean uniformity. Our calling is too great and our mission is too important not to be intentional about strengthening our team through diversity. We know that diverse perspectives in race ethnicity background age and gender are essential to reaching the world for Christ. To learn more about how we strengthen our team through diversityvisit our careers page.
Required Experience:
Manager