Chief Human Resources Officer

Company Description

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.  We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.  We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare

www.kvhealthcare.org

Job Description

The Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) is responsible for leading the HR team as well as developing, planning and delivering HR programs and services.  The CHRO supports the business strategy and objectives through people management expertise. Provides and maintains a bias-free and legally sound work environment by planning and directing the progressive, accurate and cost effective delivery of human resource services including recruitment and retention of qualified personnel, employment law and regulatory compliance; labor negotiations, employee relations, compensation and benefit processing.  Advises on strategic human resource planning to provide the organization with the best people talent available, both within and outside the organization, and to position the organization as the employer of choice by being aware of policies, practices and trends within the healthcare and human resource industry.

Qualifications

What is required...

• Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Human resources, or Public/Business/Healthcare Administration or equivalent experience
• Ten years of work experience and competency within human resources activities including Employee Relations, Recruiting and HR Compliance
• Strong commitment to organization, mission, vision, values and guiding principles

What is preferred...

• 2+ years of previous supervisory experience in Human Resources is strongly preferred
• Master’s Degree
• Certification as Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or above highly desirable

Additional Information

Wage:  Wage range currently starts at $154,700/year and goes up to $218,400/year.

Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.  

FTE:  1.0; Exempt

Benefits:  This position is benefits eligible 

Union Status:  This is a non-union covered position