Director of Human Resources - New York, United States - NYC KIDS RISE

Description

About NYC Kids RISE

NYC Kids RISE is a nonprofit organization working with the City of New York and the NYC Department of Education to manage the Save for College Program (the Program).

Through the Program, eligible students enrolled in an NYC public school (including participating charter schools), starting in kindergarten, automatically receive a free NYC Scholarship Account with an initial allocation of $100 by NYC Kids RISE on their behalf, invested in a NY 529 Direct Plan, and opportunities to receive additional rewards over time.

Their families can open and connect their own college savings account on their child's behalf, and communities can contribute to groups of these NYC Scholarship Accounts as both a targeted and universal platform for community-driven asset-building in every neighborhood.

This approach draws from a variety of best practices and disciplines across the fields of asset building, child savings accounts, financial empowerment, education, community wealth building, urban poverty, neighborhood effects and social capital research, collective impact, and more.

Read more about NYC Kids RISE and the Save for College Program and listen to stories from partners who helped build the platform during its pilot phase from 2017 to 2022.

You can also view recent articles in Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, and the NYCHA Journal; and read more about NYC Kids RISE theory of change in a recent report by the Urban Institute.

After a successful pilot phase in the communities of School District 30 in Queens, NYC Kids RISE expanded citywide during the school year.

This school year, more than 200,000 students, across nearly 1,000 elementary schools, now have NYC Scholarship Accounts with nearly $30 million invested for their college and career futures.

Position Summary

NYC Kids RISE is growing its impact and its infrastructure, and the Director of Human Resources will be positioned to lead and grow our People function: building, leading and ensuring the smooth operation of talent recruitment, management and related systems and policies across our organization.

This new position holds an active mix of hands-on tactical work and strategic leadership, and will be ideal for an experienced H.R.

leader familiar with organizing and leading this work in smaller to mid-sized organizations in growth mode. Bring your ideas and your hard hat - we're actively building and designing for a successful and sustainable future.


Key Responsibilities:

Human Resources Functional Leadership
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Leadership: Reporting directly to the Chief of Administration and Finance (CAF), the Director of Human Resources & Talent will be accountable for the effective, compliant and mission-aligned operations and growth of the People function within NYCKR, including the growth of the H.R. / Talent supporting team over time. In close collaboration with the CAF, this role will ensure that H.R. functional goals are aligned with and supportive of organizational goals and key initiatives.
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Culture Champion: This role will serve as a forward-facing architect and steward of an equity-centered culture for the NYCKR organization, which will require a thoughtful and evolving approach as the organization continues to grow. This will also require dedicated engagement with the Executive Director, executive team, outside consultants and staff members at every level in order to continue to assess, update and establish (as needed) policies, enhance processes, and build capacity in order to ensure our organizational culture continues to reflect our values.
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Systems: The Director of H.R. & Talent will be a systems leader, and will lead the selection, implementation and, where needed, integration of an effective HRIS for the organization, as well as effective and well-aligned recruitment and talent management platforms if separate.
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Total Rewards: The Director of H.R. & Talent will be a thought partner to the executive team on the design of a compelling Total Rewards approach for the organization, across all levels and functions, and will directly oversee and ensure its execution. This will include extensive stakeholder engagement, productive negotiations with benefits providers, and compliance coordination at every step.

Tactical and functional responsibilities


Recruitment and Onboarding:

• Lead the recruitment process, from job postings to interviewing and selection, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion.
• Coordinates and conducts the new employee onboarding process

Employee Relations and Performance Management:

• Serve as a first pointofcontact for current and former NYCKR employees (and, occasionally, nonemployees such as applicants or contractors) for questions regarding all HR policies and procedures. Demonstrate broad knowledge of all HR policies and procedures to answer both general and employeespecific questions, and actively inform ongoing policy development as the or