Deputy Director, Human Resources, HR Administration/Bellevue

Empower Every New Yorker - Without Exception - to Live the Healthiest Life Possible

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city's five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Summary of Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Deputy Director, Human Resources oversees the areas of Compensation, Workforce Development and Offboarding, supervising team leads and individual contributors. The Deputy Director is both functionally and strategically focused, operationalizing HR strategy as formulated by the Chief Human Resources Officer, translating strategy into an operational plan.

General tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrates expertise in the interpretation of collective bargaining agreements, pay authorizations, and personnel orders to ensure accurate employee compensation
• Supports and collaborates with department heads and local leadership on personnel matters, designing creative business solutions in alignment with HR best practices
• Mentors HR professionals and supervisors/managers facility-wide for the purpose of staff development; develops business acumen of direct reports
• Oversees the employee offboarding process, ensuring timely processing; liaises with Payroll and department heads, as needed
• Develops, reviews, and updates New Employee Orientation presentation materials (PowerPoint, handouts, etc.)
• Determines and utilizes applicable employee relations best practices; fields all employee relations concerns from managerial and non-union staff
• Ensures timely and accurate responses to Wages inquiries from Central Office and employees
• Maintains appropriate levels of transparency and confidentiality in organizational and HR practices
• Facilitates EEO accommodations, liaising with Central Office, Bellevue's assigned EEO Officer, and the Employment and Compliance HR teams
• Leverages technology (PeopleSoft, OnBase, etc.) and shared services to troubleshoot and solve HR business problems
• Demonstrates fluency in business administration language, concepts and strategies
• Supervises biannual onboarding and offboarding of Residents, ensuring timely completion and data integrity
• Perform other duties as needed

Minimum Qualifications
1. A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Engineering, Health Care Specialization, Physical or Social Sciences or a related discipline and five (5) years progressively responsible administrative, managerial and/or consultative experience; or
2. A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in disciplines, as listed in "1" above and six (6) years of progressively responsible administrative, managerial and/or consultative experience; or 3. A satisfactory equivalent combination of training, education and/or experience. However, all candidates must have a minimum of a Baccalaureate degree in disciplines, as listed in "1" above.

If applying online, please include your cover letter in the same file attachment with your uploaded resume.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs