Human Resources Manager

Southeast Enterprises (“Southeast”) is seeking a versatile, highly organized, and proactive HR Manager to lead and manage our entire HR function. The HR Manager is responsible for the full lifecycle of employee operations. This position balances daily tactical administration with specialized compliance, advocacy, and strategic support. You will act as the sole point of contact for all HR-related matters, ensuring compliance, driving recruiting and performance management, administering payroll/benefits, and fostering a positive company culture. This position is part of the leadership team and collaborates across departments.
Southeast offers full-time employment to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), and as an extended employment provider (sheltered workshop), the HR function is more complex than in a standard non-profit because it operates at the intersection of manufacturing, federal labor regulations, and social services. The HR Manager must oversee HR operations, compliance, and culture through several specific lenses.
Key Responsibilities (core duties)

• Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
  • Manage recruitment lifecycle, including writing job descriptions, posting ads, screening resumes, and conducting initial interviews
  • Design and facilitate onboarding experience for administrative, production, and support staff, including coordinating background checks, completing I-9 and other documentation requirements, and coordinating accessible onboarding processes for employees with I/DD
  • Oversee performance review processes and guide supervisors through staff performance evaluations and assist in creating constructive development or improvement plans
• Compensation, Payroll & Benefits
  • Review job descriptions and conduct regular salary benchmarking and industry market analysis to establish and update formal pay bands to support recruitment and retention of staff
  • Oversee payroll processing via Paycor, ensuring accuracy in hours, deductions, and other payroll-related payments
  • Manage annual open enrollment, day-to-day benefits and leaves inquires, and act as a primary point of contact with insurance brokers
• HR Strategy & Compliance
  • Maintain and update employee and staff handbooks, ensuring policies are clearly communicated and accessible
  • Maintain complete and accurate HR compliance records, including training records and reporting requirements
  • Oversee specialized wage and labor compliance, including section 14(c) compliance, and maintain a working understanding of time-and-motion studies and operational proficiency of specialized software
  • Collaborate with supervisors to implement OSHA safety standards and ensure adaptive workplace accommodations are consistently provided and documented
• Employee Relations & Culture
  • Serve as a trusted, patient, and accessible resource for both regular staff and associates to resolve conflicts, clarify policies, and address grievances
  • Drive and reinforce company culture through mission, values, and vital behaviors
  • Plans and implements employee appreciation and recognition programming

Job Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Social Work, Healthcare Administration, or related field, plus 7+ years of progressive HR experience
• Soft Skills: high emotional intelligence, extreme attention to detail and sensitive information, highly trustworthy with a passion for disability and advocacy
• Preferred qualifications:
  • previous work experience with Paycor payroll system and full functionality
  • strong familiarity with FLSA Section 14(c), WIOA, ADA, Missouri DESE EESW guidelines (highly preferred)
  • Member of SHRM (highly preferred)

 
Additional Position Information:

• Position Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
• Compensation: based on experience (low $70s to mid $80s)
• Status: Full Time, Exempt
• Staff Work Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (this position requires additional/irregular hours, including some weekend work)

Workshop Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (work hours for individuals with I/DD)

• Location: Kansas City, MO
• Environment: ability to split time between a quiet office and a loud, active light-manufacturing temperature-controlled warehouse
• Will need to successfully pass background check and drug screening

 
Benefits:

• 100% company paid medical coverage and life insurance with supplemental insurance available for employees
• Paid Time Off: 10 holidays, vacation (80 – 160 hours depending on tenure), 80 hours sick time, and 16 hours personal time
• Immediate eligibility for retirement plan and retirement plan company match after one full year of employment
• Company Training provided for:
  • CPR and First Aid
  • Gentle-teaching approach to better serve the individuals SE employs/supports
  • Abuse and Neglect
  • Seizure First Aid
  • OSHA Safety training
  • Professional Development

 
To apply:  Qualified candidates may send their resume to hr@southeastenterprises.org. 
 
EEO- Southeast is an equal opportunity employer. Southeast does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, age, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, or military/veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law with respect to employment-related decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, work assignment, training, compensation, promotion, corrective action (including termination), evaluation and all other terms and conditions of employment.