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Company

Instruction Partners · 5 hours ago

Executive Director, People and Culture

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Serve as a member of Instruction Partners’ Leadership Team

Serve as a cross-functional leader and advisor to teams and program areas, ensuring ongoing communication and collaboration, centering our commitment to our core values in all work streams

Provide an organizational perspective to support senior leaders and ensure organizational success, including leading cross-functional task forces, as needed; manage the execution of organizational projects and initiatives that require cross-team collaboration where decision-making spans across departments

Represent staff and holistic organizational needs in strategic planning and problem-solving processes, act as a steward for ongoing staff engagement and effectiveness

Provide strategic counsel; serve as a thought partner by helping to set and achieve strategic priorities both organization-wide and specific to the work of the People & Culture team

Lead the organization's efforts to create a positive working environment reflecting organizational values; implement initiatives to develop leadership skills and establish accountability mechanisms for leadership

Design, develop and implement structures, processes, initiatives to support organizational goals and priorities

Provide mentoring, coaching, and accountability to senior leaders and Instruction Partners teams (including their own)

Provide management and thought leadership to their efforts and ensure integration across all departments and teams

Hire, train, establish and monitor staff performance and development goals, assign duties, and conduct performance reviews

Support the prioritization of strategies and tactics to advance organizational goals

Design the strategic vision for a national talent strategy with a focus on equity

Manage and oversee HR policy management and continuous improvement

Lead HR processes including, where needed, effective management and resolution of complex employee relations issues through effective, thorough, and objective investigations

Oversee data and reporting requests and annual benefit plan and compliance needs

Research, consult and oversee the implementation of comprehensive compensation and benefits plans that are competitive and cost-effective

Drive the design of an effective performance management system in collaboration with the leadership team, and lead the implementation of the individual performance management processes, working with managers to ensure preparation and application with equity

Serve as the expert counsel across the team for formal and informal processes (including performance improvement, separation, investigations, manager training)

Work with hiring managers and team members to leverage team members’ professional and personal networks to build a robust pipeline of prospects for future roles with a specific focus on increasing the diversity of applicants

Work with the Managing Director of Antiracism and Culture team to drive strategy and implementation of manager supports to ensure all staff members have access to a great manager development

Design and develop manager training to ensure a strong team experience aligned with our core values

Support the Managing Director of Antiracism and Culture and team to develop and implement a comprehensive multi-year Antiracism strategy that aligns with Instruction Partners' strategic goals and objectives; ensure that the Instruction Partners’ long-term plans are inspired by an equity lens, and fully reflect the organization's equity identity and focus on inclusion

Hold the vision of team experience and continuously improve it with input from across the organization

Work with the Antiracism and Culture team and full leadership team, ensuring effective and equitable manager training, coaching and support in order to support this vision

Deeply understand the staff experience and support managers to improve it

Support managers in the development of coaching plans to ensure ongoing learning

Work with the organization’s leadership and the People and Culture team in creating and maintaining a best-of-class culture

Lead the collaboration between the People & Culture team, the Chief of Staff, the Chief of Finance & Operations, and their respective teams, to design whole team culture events, including the annual team retreat to ensure strength of cross-cutting team experiences.

Qualification

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HR managementInclusion (DEI)Organizational change managementLeadership experienceTalent strategy designEmployee relationsPerformance managementManager trainingCoaching skillsProject management

Required

10+ years of leadership experience preferable in education or non-profit space

5+ years of senior leadership experience leading in HR and team culture

Experience in DEI training, leadership development, and organizational change management and executing these training for managers and full team

Experience aligning and driving an organizational people and team experience vision

Experience managing complex and sensitive situations grounded in values and in accordance with HR law - understands HR law and best practices, workforce planning