THE ORGANIZATION: Flintridge Preparatory School (Flintridge Prep) is a nationally recognized nonsectarian coed school for students in grades 7 through 12. It is an aspirational and caring community united around a collaborative culture of kindness, humor, and professional commitment to students, faculty, and staff. Located in the city of La Cañada Flintridge, Flintridge Prep enjoys the best of two worlds: a tree-covered suburban campus with easy access to Pasadena and all the greater Los Angeles area has to offer. The campus is very close to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Rose Bowl and is an easy drive to and from Downtown Los Angeles. The Flintridge Prep campus features state-of-the-art facilities, dedicated and talented faculty and staff, and students who are excited to learn and grow. Students are intellectually curious, engaged, energetic, entrepreneurial, thoughtful, and kind as are faculty and staff. The academic and co-curricular programs balance rigor with fun, fostering students’ creativity and guiding their development as human beings. Mission: Flintridge Preparatory School seeks to nurture in its students the knowledge, critical skills, community values, and creativity essential for an engaged, balanced, and responsible life. Vision: Flintridge Preparatory School is committed to providing a school environment that values ethical and emotional development as equally important to intellectual development. Flintridge Preparatory School currently enrolls 530 students and has 110 faculty and staff. Many administrators teach, including the Head of School. For additional information about the school, visit the website at www.flintridgeprep.org. THE OPPORTUNITY: Reporting to the Head of School, the Director of Human Resources is responsible for managing and directing all HR functions including employment, compensation, benefits, training, employee relations, and systems. A thought partner, collaborator, listener, and implementer, the Director of Human Resources will provide strategic leadership in cultivating and supporting an organizational culture that values community, collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion. In addition to being a hands-on, experienced generalist responsible for refining and improving personnel policies, procedures, and programs, the Director of Human Resources will be responsible for the following: In coordination with Head of School and Chief Financial Officer, develop and establish the strategic direction for Human Resources by identifying and researching human resources issues, contributing information, analysis, and recommendations. Plan and lead the implementation of updated human resources policies, procedures, and initiatives that support the School’s needs and objectives; ensure compliance with federal and state labor and related laws; and provide consistent communications regarding those policies, procedures, and initiatives. Collaborate with the Chief Financial Officer to develop human resources operations strategies by gathering data, analyzing trends and variances with respect to personnel management, compensation and benefits; forecast and anticipate impacts of new requirements. Prepare periodic and ad-hoc reports for the administration and relevant board committees. Manage the employment process for all open positions; provide advice and guidance to hiring administrators in best practices and attracting, recruiting and retaining a diverse applicant pool and in making employment -related decisions. In collaboration with administration, create and maintain job descriptions, as required. Oversee and manage onboarding and offboarding processes and procedures ensuring streamlined functionality and best practices, and development of a new employee orientation program. Work with administration to establish career and advancement opportunities for employees, assist with succession planning, supervise development and implementation of appropriate individual and group professional development programs; monitor results to ensure institutional and individual goals are met for all employees. Oversee the administration of the School’s HR programs, including but not limited to benefits, compensation and personnel management. Work with the Chief Financial Officer on benchmarking to ensure the school continues to provide high-quality and competitive compensation and benefits packages, while being fiscally responsible. Supervise maintenance of personnel files and records including implementation of an HRIS, ensuring confidentiality and security of same; provide routine and special reports; and ensure preparation and submission of employee information to government agencies as required by law, including overseeing the annual 403(b) audit and preparation and filing of Form 5500. Participate in employee relations functions: Participate in the resolution of employee grievances; counsel employees on employment -related issues. Serve as a resource and counsel to administrators in performance management and resolving employee problems. Serve as a resource and counsel to administrators in employee counseling and disciplinary procedures; monitor and approve involuntary terminations; minimizing exposure to potential adverse actions. Collaborate with administrators and outside counsel, as needed, on disciplinary matters, investigations, performance, and personnel management. Ensure separation documentation compliance and cost efficiency with unemployment claims. Maintain working knowledge of labor and related laws, industry trends, best practices in human resources, regulatory changes, new technologies in human resources, personnel management and employment law through participation in seminars and classes, memberships in professional organizations, and maintaining contacts in the field. Apply this knowledge to propose and communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to administrators and employees. Maintain a visible presence on campus and in the culture. Visit programs to monitor morale and the general health of human resources; manage and implement employee services such as employee communications, and employee recreational and morale enhancing social events. Actively contribute and participate in the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Other duties and special projects as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer or the Head of School. TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS DESIRED: The Director of Human Resources should champion the mission and values of Flintridge Prep and be sensitive to and support the needs of its various constituencies. The successful candidate will be committed to the school’s philosophy of retaining, developing, and supporting its outstanding and committed faculty, staff, and administration. A responsive, accessible, hands-on leader, the Director of Human Resources must possess a customer-service orientation and be sensitive to working in a complex, collegial educational environment. The successful candidate will have exceptional written and oral communications skills, communicate intuitively and detect and discern nuance and subtlety. The individual will be a goal-oriented administrator who can create systems and procedures and then personally work to implement them effectively. The successful candidate will maintain an open-door policy and operate with integrity, discretion, compassion, and humility. A positive attitude and the ability to inspire others and positively contribute to employee morale and engagement will be valued. The Director of Human Resources will be a model of integrity and fairness and have high ethical standards. This individual will act with empathy and kindness, serving as a resource to faculty and staff and help interpret their needs. This individual needs to be a coalition-builder who can work on multiple levels with a wide variety of constituencies to implement human resource policies and procedures, and facilitate change, when required. The ability to work effectively in a creative, dynamic, fast-paced, and intellectual environment is essential. The successful candidate will possess a high level of cultural competence and will balance left-brain technical skills with right-brain holistic thinking. CAREER TRACK LEADING TO THIS POSITION: The ideal candidate will be an experienced human resource professional and collaborative, team-oriented leader who operates with a strategic perspective while executing day-to-day activities. A minimum of five to seven years of increasingly responsible human resources experience is preferred. Employee relations experience and a working knowledge of all human resource activities and associated state and federal regulations (e.g. COBRA, Wage and Hour laws, Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Employment regulations, OSHA, Workers’ Compensation, American with Disabilities Act, FMLA, CFRA, etc.) are essential and expected. Current knowledge of California labor laws would be beneficial. While Human Resources experience in education or any nonprofit environment is preferred, professionals from nonprofit and for-profit environments are encouraged to apply. EDUCATION: A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree in Human Resources or a related field is preferred. SHRM certification is preferred. COMPENSATION: The salary range is $140,000 - $160,000. Relocation assistance, if needed, is negotiable. A comprehensive benefits package will be provided. TO APPLY: Candidates are invited to submit a resume and compelling letter of interest via Morris & Berger's website. Please direct inquires and nominations in confidence to: Karin Stellar Partner, Morris & Berger kstellar@morrisberger.com Telephone: (818) 507-1234 Electronic submission is required. Flintridge Preparatory School values the representation and full engagement of individuals within our community whose differences include—but are not limited to—intellectual perspective, age, ethnicity, family makeup, gender identity and expression, physical ability, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. 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DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES La Cañada Flintridge, CA
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