The Director of Human Resources, Operations sets the strategy and oversees execution of core Human Resources systems and operations across KIPP NorCal, ensuring a seamless, compliant, and high-quality employee experience from onboarding through offboarding. This role leads the administration of HRIS, data quality, benefits, and leave programs, while building systems that enable accurate data, strong compliance, and efficient service delivery at scale. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this role manages the Human Resources Operations staff and partners closely with Talent Employee Experience (TEX) leaders and other department directors to ensure HR systems and processes enable the broader talent strategy and organizational goals. In this role, you set strategy for your full department and own its results, team, and budget. You make decisions about structure, hiring, and resource allocation; you escalate cross-departmental conflicts or pivots requiring Chief-level authority.
The following details describe how this role is structured and what to expect day-to-day.
Work Setting - Onsite
Travel Expectation - Occasional school travel
Driver's License - Must have a valid CA driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle for work-related travel
Physical Demands - Ability to navigate office and school campuses, use technology, and occasionally lift or carry materials up to 20 lbs.
Mental Demands - Ability to manage competing priorities, concentrate for sustained periods, analyze complex information, and make decisions under normal work pressures.
Environmental - Office/RSO environment subject to regular interruptions and distractions
KIPP Northern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
KIPP Northern California is dedicated to you and your family's well-being! We offer a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, vision coverage, paid time off, retirement plan with employer contribution and commuter benefits. We benchmark annually against comparably-sized non-profit organizations in the regions where we operate, to offer competitive salaries. The salary range for this position is between $136,000 and $164,000. Most candidates will be compensated at $147,000.
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