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Serve as the senior Human Resources leader and trusted advisor to executive leadership, aligning HR strategy with organizational priorities and long-term sustainability.
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Develop scalable HR systems, processes, policies, and practices that support organizational growth and improve organizational effectiveness.
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Analyze workforce trends and recommend practical solutions across people, structure, communication, and employee practices.
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Lead organizational change initiatives while helping leaders navigate change with transparency, confidence, empathy, and consistency.
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Strengthen employee engagement, organizational culture, leadership capability, and continuous improvement across HR.
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Design and implement leadership development programs, coaching managers and supervisors on communication, accountability, performance management, conflict resolution, documentation, and employee development.
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Create practical leadership tools, learning opportunities, succession planning initiatives, and leadership pipeline strategies.
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Conduct prompt, impartial, and thorough workplace investigations involving employee complaints, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, policy violations, and other sensitive matters.
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Prepare investigation findings and recommendations and advise leaders on corrective action, employee relations, and organizational risk.
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Lead recruitment strategies, partner with hiring managers, strengthen onboarding, and develop retention practices that attract and retain diverse, mission-driven talent.
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Manage the performance management program, coaching leaders on expectations, feedback, documentation, performance concerns, and improvement plans.
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Administer compensation and classification programs, conduct salary analysis, and recommend equitable compensation practices.
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Oversee benefits administration and collaborate with vendors and brokers to maintain competitive and cost-effective programs.
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Ensure compliant administration of leaves, disability management, reasonable accommodations, return-to-work processes, and workers’ compensation.
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Monitor federal, state, and local employment law requirements, maintain HR policies and the employee handbook, and recommend responses to legislative changes.
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Partner with legal counsel when appropriate and proactively reduce organizational risk through sound HR practices.
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Strengthen employee experience through initiatives focused on respect, inclusion, accountability, collaboration, communication, recognition, and continuous learning.
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Preserve a culture of humility and community while supporting increasingly consistent and professional management practices.
Requirements:
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Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Public Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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7+ years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience with broad generalist responsibilities.
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Significant experience conducting complex workplace investigations and managing sensitive employee relations matters.
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Demonstrated success leading organizational change, culture transformation, and organizational development initiatives.
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Experience coaching managers, developing supervisors, and strengthening leadership capabilities.
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Strong working knowledge of California employment law, including wage and hour requirements, ADA, FEHA, FMLA, CFRA, workers’ compensation, and employee relations.
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Strong judgment, discretion, interpersonal skills, communication, and the ability to navigate difficult conversations with confidence and empathy.
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Ability to advise both first-time supervisors and executive leaders while building trust before recommending solutions.
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Strategic and practical mindset with the ability to create systems that improve organizational effectiveness.
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SHRM-SCP, SHRM-CP, SPHR, or PHR certification is preferred.
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Experience in nonprofit or mission-driven organizations is preferred.
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Bilingual English/Spanish capability is preferred.
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Experience building or modernizing HR functions during periods of organizational growth is preferred.
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Ability to balance compassion and accountability while maintaining consistent, fair, and professional HR practices.
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Comfortable working independently in a remote environment and traveling throughout California as required.
Benefits:
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$85,000–$100,000 annual compensation.
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Regular, full-time employment at 40 hours per week.
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Remote position based in California.
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Opportunity to serve as the senior HR leader with significant influence on organizational strategy and culture.
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Broad ownership across employee relations, talent acquisition, leadership development, performance management, total rewards, compliance, and organizational development.
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Opportunity to build and modernize HR systems during a period of organizational growth.
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Regular collaboration with executive leadership, managers, and supervisors across the organization.
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Meaningful opportunity to strengthen leadership capability, employee experience, and organizational culture.
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Regular travel throughout California for meetings, collaboration, and organizational events.