Job Location Corporate Office Abode Communities - Los Angeles, CA 90015 Position Type Full Time Education Level 4 Year Degree Salary Range $150,000.00 - $175,000.00 Salary/year Travel Percentage Up to 25% Job Shift Day Job Category Human Resources
Abode Communities brings decades of experience and a multidisciplinary approach to tackling one of the most pressing challenges in urban America—right here in the nation’s most populous county and beyond. As an Associate Vice President, you’ll join our leadership team with a unique opportunity to shape the future of our Human Resources function and advance our Inclusion and Belonging initiatives. In this pivotal role, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor to the EVP/Chief People & Administrative Officer, developing strategies and processes that align and harmonize our diverse business units. You will lead the Talent & Culture team, which includes a Senior Manager, Talent & Culture; a Human Resources Business Partner; and a Payroll & Benefits Specialist, supported by part-time recruiters as needed. This is a chance to influence organizational culture and build systems that empower people and drive impact.
Core Competencies for this role:
Strategic visionary leadership: Translate the organization’s strategic plan into actionable HR strategies and operational plans. Partner with senior leadership to design and execute a comprehensive people plan that drives long-term success. Lead initiatives that link strategy to structure, foster transformational change, and resolve complex organizational challenges. Champion employee engagement and retention programs that enhance performance at every level. Continuously identify opportunities to align systems and implement an integrated approach to talent and culture management.
Sophisticated Recruitment: Manage nuanced, high-volume recruitment in a growing organization with natural turnover. Develop tailored strategies for diverse role types, leveraging multiple talent pools and networks for creative sourcing. Maintain a strong pipeline through market awareness and expert sourcing, interviewing, and vetting skills.
Mission-based Organizational Development Serve as a thought partner to leadership in evolving a strong mission-based culture. Align values, systems, and operations to strengthen organizational integrity and cohesion while respecting departmental diversity. Build on existing HR practices to deploy a strategic human capital plan that empowers leadership and reinforces purpose.
Robust Talent Management: Elevate performance management with systems that balance consistency and flexibility across departments. Implement agile feedback cycles, career pathing, and learning programs. Modernize onboarding for a comprehensive, strategic experience. Act as a responsive leader who translates employee feedback into actionable improvements.
Customized learning and development: Foster a culture of continuous growth through innovative, mission-aligned professional development programs. Address varied departmental needs while integrating learning with career progression and performance management. Leverage organizational networks and resources to deliver creative, impactful learning opportunities.
Equivalent Education, Experiences, Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
Abode Communities was founded in 1968 during the Civil Rights movement as an all-volunteer organization working to address urban inequity through civic engagement, community design, and urban planning. In the mid-1980s, as Los Angeles communities faced severe economic recession, rising housing costs, and a marked increase in homelessness, the organization shifted its focus to the production and preservation of affordable housing.
By year 2000, with a heightened awareness that resident families and seniors needed additional onsite support to retain their housing, Abode Communities assumed the management of its housing portfolio and piloted its signature resident services program, Beyond Homes.
Nearly six decades later, Abode Communities’ interdisciplinary approach to community development continues throughout California, holistically addressing systemic inequities by prioritizing lived experiences, improving long-term economic mobility, and creating long-term housing stability across generations.
Today, Abode Communities owns and operates nearly 50 affordable residential communities serving some 7,300 people throughout California, more than half of which are enriched with complimentary onsite resident services.
