Remote Executive Director, People and Culture

Summary

Join Instruction Partners as a remote, full-time Executive Director of People and Culture to lead the organization's work in supporting and strengthening its systems and culture of people support. The ideal candidate will have experience leading culture across an organization, inspiring and motivating team members, and driving joyful and impactful organizational cultures.

Requirements

• 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

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