Director, Human Resources

NBCU Local is the division of NBCUniversal that includes 11 local NBC television stations, 28 local Telemundo stations, 3 Regional Sports Networks and their digital channels and websites, as well as a group of out-of-home properties and a production company.   The stations produce and deliver compelling and unique local news, information and entertainment programming to viewers in the communities they serve, which include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, Washington, D.C., Miami, San Diego and Connecticut, with a goal of connecting to their audiences anytime and anywhere.

Role Summary

The Director of Human Resources is needed to provide strategic HR Leadership for WVIT, the NBC station in the Connecticut market.

Here you can:

• Lead and leverage HR processes and drive key HR initiatives across both television stations, including staffing, performance management, compensation planning, succession planning, training and development, rewards & recognition, organizational effectiveness and employee communication

• Create and execute a comprehensive employee relations strategy

• Partner and collaborate with various business leaders on growth strategies and cost challenges; provide HR guidance and input on decisions and execute in order to enable these strategies

• Work with managers to build a career path for employees, identifying opportunities for training, new skill acquisition, and advancement

• Work closely with Labor Relations on collective bargaining issues, resolving grievances, and furthering NBCU’s relationships with its unions

• Help to drive change within the organization, to include adoption of new technologies, workflows, staffing models, and organization structures

• Identify, select, develop and retain world-class talent and ensure a dynamic pipeline

• Provide executive coaching to department leaders, offering feedback and advice on employee and organizational issues

• Uncover, assess and propose opportunities for HR process improvements

• Provide interpretation of HR policies, practices and procedures to employees and managers

• Work with leaders and employees to establish and maintain a positive work environment, which encourages the full use of diverse talents and abilities; act as an employee advocate; help drive various corporate and division business initiatives