Director of Human Resources

Director Of Human Resources

The Director of Human Resources serves as a strategic people leader who ensures that HR practices enable employees to perform, grow, and deliver on the mission. This role builds scalable systems that reduce friction, strengthen leadership capability, and create an accountable culture where compliance is foundational and excellence in execution is the objective. The Director leads enterprise-wide HR programs including talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, employee development, benefits, and retention in a way that accelerates the strategic priorities, mission execution, and core values of Yulista Holding, LLC and its subsidiary companies.

Essential Functions :

• Employee safety, welfare, wellness and healthcare programs.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state, and local requirements (including AAP, SCA, FLSA, DOL, OFCCP, NLRB, and related federal contracting regulations), interpreting new requirements, advising leadership, and enforcing adherence.
• Policy and procedure development, implementation and enforcement.
• Compensation and benefit administration.
• Employee recruitment, onboarding, development and training.
• Performance management and improvement programs.
• Work closely with senior executives to develop and align workforce planning with organizational strategy and future talent needs.
• Develop training programs and facilitate training activities as necessary.
• Foster proactive employee relations strategies to address concerns early, and lead the resolution of complex or escalated cases, collaborating with executive management and legal counsel on matters with potential legal exposure.
• Ensure HR support is timely, solutions-focused, and purposeful in removing barriers to operational and contract success.
• Drive effective talent acquisition by identifying strategic recruitment sources, guiding the selection of qualified candidates, and ensuring all hiring activities and records meet regulatory and compliance standards.
• Participate in meetings with the Board of Directors, Executive Management Team, Human Resources Team and other various events.
• Ensure that personnel needs are met in a fiscally responsible method
• Foster a productive work environment that encourages positive and effective working relationships and open communication and that is respectful and inclusive of all employees
• Continuously enhance job knowledge by participating in conferences and educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks and participating in professional organizations.
• Provide leadership coaching and decision-making support that promotes consistent expectations, early intervention, and healthy accountability.
• Ensure adherence to master plans and schedules; develops solutions to functional area problems and directs work of employees assigned to business disciplines and those matrixed to various programs / projects.
• May be required to perform other related duties to ensure the ongoing needs of the organization are met.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Provides overall direction for human resources function including exempt level decision making in relation to interviewing, hiring, termination, performance reviews and corrective actions. Leads and develops an HR team focused on proactive service, strong business partnering, and timely support to the subsidiaries, with accountability for measurable service delivery standards. This position has the responsibility and authority to carry out and execute assigned tasks.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities :

Qualifications :

Preference Statement :

Preference will be given to Calista shareholders and their descendants and to spouses of Calista shareholders, and to shareholders of other corporations created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, in accordance with Title 43 U.S. Code 1626(g).

EEO Statement :

Additionally, it is our policy to select, place, train and promote the most qualified individuals based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude and experience, so as to provide equal employment opportunity for all employees in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws and without regard to non-work related factors such as race, color, religion / creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status. When applicable, our policy of non-discrimination applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, transfer, promotion, placement, layoff, compensation, termination, reduction in force and benefits.

Reasonable Accommodation :

It is Calista and Subsidiaries' business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.