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Company Overview:
At North Bay Regional Center we believe that all people with developmental disabilities should have the same opportunities as are available to all other citizens. As one of the 21 nonprofit Regional Centers throughout California, we offer a comprehensive program supporting the needs of our communities, provided by driven and passionate employees who ensure that we achieve our goals daily.
Who We Serve:
North Bay Regional Center provides advocacy, social services, support and care coordination to children and adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in Napa, Sonoma and Solano counties.
We partner with community-based organizations and agencies to empower our clients to thrive and live as independently as possible within the geographically, culturally, and ethnically diverse communities we serve.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
North Bay Regional Center (NBRC) staff, vendors, Board of Directors and the community have been working diligently to understand and reduce service disparities that effect the day to day lives of our consumers and their families, with a goal of evolving into a more culturally competent local service system that effectively promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe it is critical to our success as an agency to learn from each other and grow together.
Are you passionate about providing support and caring for individuals with developmental disabilities? Are you looking for an organization where we help our clients achieve their goals and dreams? North Bay Regional Center is a nonprofit private corporation that contracts with the Department of Developmental Services to coordinate services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities. At North Bay, we’re promoting opportunities by supporting choices for people with developmental disabilities.
North Bay Regional Center serves over 10,000 people living within the geographic boundaries of Napa, Sonoma and Solano counties. Guided by our NBRC Mission and Values to assist people with developmental disabilities to obtain the services and supports needed to live as others do in the community, NBRC has established Strategic Goals to guide our efforts in focused areas: employment, independence, community access and family supports.
NBRC is committed to being a culturally and linguistically competent agency, striving to provide the services that our diverse clients and families need in their unique circumstances. We also value the contributions that our diverse staff bring to the agency.
Position:
Under the supervision of the Director of Administrative Services the Senior Human Resources (HR) Generalist performs a variety of complex Human Resources/personnel activities on behalf of the Regional Center. This position is expected to operate at an advanced level of Human Resources and will recruit and develop a diverse and qualified workforce, maintain ethical and collaborative employee and labor relations, recommend and implement fair HR practices, policies, and procedures, and actively support a productive and inclusive work environment.
Minimum Education and Experience:
- A Bachelor’s degree in business or Human Resources Management from an accredited university with five (5) years of Human Resources experience, OR
- Ten (10) years of relevant and progressively advanced experience in the HR field, OR
- Any similar combination of education and experience.
Knowledge Of:
- Employee relations in a union environment is preferred.
- Federal and state employment and payroll laws is required.
- California and Federal leave of absence laws, i.e., California Family Rights Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Paid Family Leave, Pregnancy Disability Leave, Families First Coronavirus Relief Act, Emergency Family Medical Leave, Emergency Paid Sick Leave, etc. A thorough knowledge of employment and leave laws, as well as how they interplay and intersect, is required if assigned this focus area of responsibility.
- Policies and procedures related to NBRC, is preferred.
- Knowledge of effective recruitment practices and processes (including mass and targeted postings).
- Demonstrated effective use of social media and technology for recruitment, and ability to recruit both active and passive candidates.
- Modern office practices and procedures including standard business correspondence, proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Advanced business data processing principles and the use of computers and software.
- Basic accounting, business, personnel, and computer systems/programs.
Special Requirements:
- Ability to provide personal automobile transportation, or access to another form of reliable transportation, during and after working hours. Provide minimum automobile liability insurance as required by California Law.
- Advanced knowledge of modern recruitment practices, employee benefits, affirmative action policies, and employment laws/regulations, is required.
- Certification through HR Certification Institute (PHR, PHRca, or SPHR) and/or Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP or SHRM SCP), strongly preferred.
- Flexibility in work hours is required.
- This position will be primarily based in the office, however, remote work may also be available.
- This position may require occasional travel within Sonoma, Napa and Solano Counties and may work outside of normal business hours.
Benefits:
At NBRC, we offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- CalPERS Retirement Plan.
- CalPERS Medical Insurance Plans, with generous employer contributions.
- Dental Insurance, with zero cost for employee only coverage.
- Vision Insurance, with $5/month employee cost share for employee only coverage.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care.
- 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance.
- Generous vacation and sick accrual policies.
- Employee Referral Reward Program.
- 15 Paid Agency Holidays/year.
- CalPERS 457 Supplemental Retirement Plan.
Bi-lingual language differential:
- For those speaking , reading and writing other than English - $175 per month.
- For those speaking a language other than English - $125 per month.
- For those using American Sign language - $175 per month.
Please visit our website, www.nbrc.net to learn more about North Bay Regional Center!
