Career Center
New Orleans , Louisiana
Boston, Massachusetts
Posted: 01-Feb-23
Location: Seattle, Washington
Type: Full Time
Salary: $147,340 - $235,361
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What’s Extraordinary About This Job
The Vice President of Talent & Culture will develop and lead all strategies related to Visit Seattle’s team optimization and development. This will be done collaboratively with the internal executive team and strategic consulting partners, and includes oversight of people philosophies, frameworks, policies and practices that allow the organization to deliver on its mission and vision.
The Vice President of Talent & Culture will coach others to help influence and execute business objectives. The person in this role works with considerable independence, efficiency, productivity and skilled at navigating ambiguity. This role directly leads practices related to team member engagement, benefits administration, recruiting, learning and development, as well as overseeing the business operations of the HR department, including budget management, personnel development, and other administrative functions.
This is a player/coach role with a unique opportunity for a driven HR professional to take their experience to the next level with a mission-driven organization. Successful candidates will excel in relationship building, be experienced setting HR strategy while aligning with solid operation practices. In addition to a hands-on, operational focus, this role is also responsible for ensuring the work of HR supports shaping the workplace culture that enables team members to thrive and do their best work.
Who We Are
The Visit Seattle team knows and loves Seattle. By promoting our city for travel and tourism, we helped bring more than 26 million annual visitors in 2021 who spent $5.4 billion in Seattle and King County. The economic power of travel and tourism generates more than 55,000 Seattle area jobs and contributes $513 million in annual state and local tax revenue. Visit visitseattle.org.
Beyond our sales and marketing vision, you'll appreciate our culture. Visit Seattle has a fun, inclusive culture where everyone is welcome and encouraged to be their authentic selves. We aspire to be as diverse as the city we represent and to honor the unique perspectives of the communities we serve, intertwining them in everything we do. Kindness, respect, and accountability serve as guiding principles for our team at every level. Here, your voice will be heard, and opinions respected as we move toward a more inclusive world together.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with senior leadership to support the organization’s goals and strategy related to staffing, recruiting, and retention.
- Provide senior level HR guidance to the Executive team. Serve as a thought partner and strategic advisor to develop creative solutions for solving problems and improving the quality of the work environment.
- Serve as a team member Champion and resource while effective balancing the priority of minimizing organization liability, risk, and exposure.
- Plan, lead, develop, coordinate, and implement policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organization’s human resource culture, compliance, and strategy needs.
- Effective implementation of recruiting priorities, including the hiring and retention of a diverse workforce to ensure an equitable, inclusive work environment where all feel valued and can thrive.
- Manage recruitment process including attracting, hiring, and onboarding of new team members.
- Foster, cultivate and work in collaboration with organizational consulting partners including but not limited to DEI, Culture, Recruiting and Search, and Benefits.
Join Us
Visit Seattle aspires to be an inclusive, multicultural, anti-racist organization. We seek a diverse pool of candidates from various backgrounds and cultures. We value diversity, so if much of this job description describes you, then please apply.
What Your Benefits Are
Your experience is our most important asset, so we created an environment for you to thrive. We designed the following benefits package with you in mind.
Our benefits are always evolving, though here's a peak into your perks:
- You'll have 15 days of Paid Time Off to start with 12 paid office holidays and 1 Personal Holiday.
- You’ll have 100% of medical, dental, and vision coverage paid by company. In addition, company will cover 75% of premium for family coverage.
- You’ll be eligible for Paid Parental, Bereavement and Jury leave.
- You’ll receive a company-provided ORCA card and subsidized parking in the Tower parking garage (restrictions apply).
- You will have a monthly cell phone allowance.
- You'll receive a 401k with up to a 5% company match.
To Apply
Email your resume and cover letter to resumes@visitseattle.org or apply online through the Career Portal where you can view a full job description.
Who You Are
The attributes listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities needed to be successful in this role.
- Excellent people management, leadership and conflict resolution skills.
- Solid operational knowledge of functional areas of HR, including performance management, succession planning, compensation, rewards and recognition, employee relations, compliance and talent acquisition and retention.
- HR Business Partner skills to equip leaders throughout organization to envision, develop and align people strategies and practices to business strategies.
- A collaborative, thoughtful HR leader who sees the big picture and at the same time demonstrates a high level of skill diving into the details utilizing effective project management practices.
- Proven ability to drive change including transformation initiatives, continuous improvement, and strategic risk-taking to advance desired outcomes.
