Vice President, Human Resources

Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope. Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Worship 24/7, Vida Unida, NGEN radio. Way Loud, Way New, Way Back, Gospel 24/7, God Listens Prayer App and Hope Events. We invite you to apply and become a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family-oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry!

Vice President, Human Resources

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the VP, Human Resources serves as the leader responsible for the strategy, operations, compliance, and service delivery of Human Resources, including oversight of HMG’s Volunteer function and externalized HR functions. This role partners with executive and organizational leadership to align people strategy with HMG’s mission, values, and strategic priorities; strengthen organizational effectiveness; build leadership capability; manage people-related risk; and ensure HR programs, vendors, systems, policies, and practices support a healthy, high-accountability, Christ-centered culture. This position resides in the greater Houston area.

Essential Functions:

People Strategy, Workforce Planning, and Organizational Effectiveness

• Develop and lead HR strategies that support HMG’s mission, strategic priorities, ministry growth, and long-term organizational health.
• Partner with Leadership to assess organizational capability, structure, staffing needs, roles, processes, and systems required to accomplish goals and initiatives.
• Use industry trends, economic factors, workforce analytics, and internal data to forecast staffing, capability, and organizational needs.
• Serve as a change management leader for organizational transitions, restructures, integrations, and new operating models.

Talent Management, Leadership Development, and Succession Planning

• Lead talent management strategies, including performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, retention, recruitment, and leadership development.
• Assess the performance and potential of organizational talent and partner with leaders to develop, motivate, and retain high-potential staff and key leaders.
• Grow leadership and management capability through assessments, coaching, feedback, professional development, and leadership development opportunities.
• Coach senior leaders and managers on people leadership, accountability, conflict resolution, team health, and effective performance conversations.

HR Operations, Vendor Management, and Service Delivery

• Provide leadership and accountability for HR operations, HR systems, processes, reporting, service delivery, and the Volunteer function.
• Oversee externalized HR functions and vendor relationships, including service expectations, issue escalation, process improvement, data accuracy, and accountability for timely and compliant support.
• Ensure HR processes, calendars, workflows, communications, and reporting support leaders and staff effectively across the organization.
• Identify and implement practical improvements to HR policies, practices, systems, and service delivery.

Employee Relations, Compliance, Policy Governance, and Risk Management

• Oversee employee relations strategy, sensitive workplace matters, investigations, corrective actions, terminations, and documentation practices in partnership with leadership and legal counsel as appropriate.
• Ensure HR policies, practices, and processes comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Maintain HR policy governance and support consistent, fair, and values-aligned interpretation and application of policies across departments.
• Identify and mitigate people-related risk related to employment practices, leadership decisions, organizational transitions, and workplace culture.

Compensation, Benefits, Total Rewards, and Executive Support

• Lead compensation, benefits, and total rewards strategy in alignment with HMG’s values, market competitiveness, internal equity, fiscal stewardship, and organizational sustainability.
• Partner with Finance and the CAO on compensation planning, benefits renewals, cost analysis, benchmarking, and rewards-related decision support.
• Actively participate in the executive compensation process and provide HR-related analysis, recommendations, and materials for executive leadership and board discussions as needed.

Culture, Engagement, and Organizational Health

• Strengthen a healthy work environment and culture that lives out HMG’s core virtues and supports trust, accountability, communication, and staff engagement.
• Monitor engagement, retention, turnover, morale, and organizational health trends and recommend action plans to address risks and opportunities.

Demonstrated Faith

• Committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Grounded spiritually and biblically literate
• Comfortable praying for co-workers in team meetings, leading spoken prayer, and participating in ministry prayer meetings and Bible studies
• Live Christian principles defined by the ministry’s Statement of Faith & Biblical Beliefs
• Participate in on-air fundraisers and prays for donors as needed
• Passion for leveraging the HMG’s media platforms for evangelism and discipleship
• Exhibit a strong moral character
• Active member of a Bible believing local church