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People Support Manager

Sanctuary Beach Resort

3295 Dunes Drive
Marina, CA 93933

Resort with 60 Rooms
Managed By HHM Hotels
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Compensation: $75,000 to $80,000 per year, Full-Time

Opportunity: Property People Support Manager

Manage human resource functions for the hotel and its staff, including recruitment, training and development, benefit administration, and employee relations.

Potential Career Path

People Support Director – Regional Director of People Support – Corporate People Support Director

Essential Job Functions

  • Work with hotel managers to hire, train, schedule, coach and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values.
  • Manage and perform talent acquisition functions such as posting jobs, proactively sourcing candidates, interviewing and ensuring selection of the best qualified candidates.
  • Coordinate with HHM centralized People Support functional teams to ensure benefits, compensation, leave of absence training and employee relations programs are effectively communicated and administered at the property level.
  • Process new hire onboarding and terminations consistent with established standards and applicable state, federal and local laws and regulations.
  • Perform employee relations activities related to creating a positive work culture, ensuring fairness in the workplace and unbiased assistance with associate issues and concerns.
  • Develop and/or implement training programs as needed and/or to meet required brand standards..
  • Perform activities relate to creating and maintaining a culture that recognizes and rewards good performance and celebrates a diverse workforce.
  • Follow sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.
  • Assist with functions of company’s HRIS and Payroll system to ensure timely and accurate pay periods.
  • Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and follow MSDS and OSHA standards.
  • Execute end to end payroll processing for all restaurant and resort employees (hourly, salaried, and tipped) in strict accordance with federal, state, and local labor laws, tip pooling/crediting, overtime calculations, and meal/rest break compliance.
  • Perform other duties as requested by management.

Position Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or a related field preferred.
  • 2 years previous Human Resources experience, preferably in a hospitality setting.

Work Environment and Context

  • Work schedule varies and may include working on holidays and weekends.
  • Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 15 pounds, bending and reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.

What We Believe

People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble - Own It

Posted June 4, 2026

About Sanctuary Beach Resort

Our Resort

Discover The Sanctuary Beach Resort, a tranquil haven nestled on 19 acres of Pacific shoreline where natural beauty harmonizes with luxurious comfort. Experience fully reimagined cottages by FAROUKI FAROUKI, complete with cozy fireplaces, private beachfront patios, wellness rituals, Grown Alchemist bath products, and bespoke sea-inspired artwork. 

Disconnect and rejuvenate with personalized activities like yoga, meditation, reiki, seaside-inspired spa treatments, full moon ceremonies, nature walks, and pet-friendly adventures amidst the stunning backdrop of the Marina Dunes Preserve. Indulge in locally sourced coastal cuisine at Salt Wood Kitchen & Oysterette, an immersive dining experience featuring a wood-fired show kitchen and an enticing oyster bar. 

Just minutes away from Cannery Row, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Carmel Valley wineries, and the iconic Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, The Sanctuary offers a perfect escape for a truly unforgettable restorative retreat.

About HHM Hotels

An Industry Leader in Hospitality

HHM Hotels is the preferred operator to many sophisticated and institutional owners of hotel real estate, including public and private owners, across the United States and Canada. We are known for consistent outperformance in operating results, the stability of our managed portfolio and operating teams, and our unrelenting focus on people, processes, and technology. HHM Hotels is tireless in delivering results and working closely with our owners across a portfolio of 240 hotels and over $2BN in managed revenues in the United States and Canada.

MANAGEMENT

For the past 30 years, HHM Hotels has focused on building out specific and differentiated capabilities and technology to serve our owners and drive industry-leading results in the areas of revenue generation, cost management, service delivery, and associate development and retention. In particular, we have focused on developing proprietary data, processes, and business systems to drive advantage and maintain our unwavering focus on results across every aspect of our managed hotels.

INVESTMENT

HHM Hotels has a highly active and productive investment team that seeks to leverage our operating capabilities and market knowledge to source, underwrite, and introduce deals to our stable of industry-leading investment partners. We have helped put together dozens of related deals and focus carefully on potential operational efficiencies, brand or market repositioning opportunities, and other ways that we can find value through our extensive market knowledge, operating capabilities, and in-house legal, asset management, and risk management teams.

BRAND POSITIONING

Our experience with branded and independent hotels allows us to quickly determine the brand positioning within a local market to ensure the highest operational profitability. We understand the demands of hotel openings and rebranding because we’ve been on the ground to lead them, from Forbes Five-Star property openings and global product launches to corporate rebranding projects around the world.

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