Boca Raton, Florida
San Francisco, California
Posted: 16-Mar-26
Location: Weston, Massachusetts
Type: Full Time
Salary: 90,000-105,000
Categories:
Required Education:
Position Opening:
Human Resources Manager
Date Posted: March 12, 2026 Start Date: July 1, 2026 Description: 12-month, full-time, exempt position
Salary Range: $90,000-$105,000 commensurate with experience and credentials
Position Summary:
CSW seeks a Human Resources (HR) Manager to help cultivate a supportive, inclusive, and well-functioning workplace for faculty and staff. The HR Manager is responsible for a wide variety of human resources functions, including but not limited to recruitment, benefits, compliance, and employee relations. The Human Resources Manager oversees the entire employee lifecycle, ensuring legal compliance and promoting a productive, inclusive workplace, and handles sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
Essential Functions
- Keeps abreast of all federal and state laws concerning human resource management and assures the school's compliance. Responsible for the timely filing of all mandatory state and federal reports. (Form 5500, EOC, and ACA reports, etc.) Assists the auditors with the annual 403b audit.
- Prepares annual Letters of Agreement for all faculty, staff, athletic coaches, and dorm parents. Manages new-hire paperwork and protocols, including administering mandatory background checks and safety training. Responsible for maintaining employment files and the school’s onboarding and offboarding procedures.
- Serves as administrator of all benefit programs. Works with the school’s benefits advisor on the annual renewal process and informs and assists employees with it. Assures the addition of eligible faculty/staff and processes changes and removals when applicable.
- Works with department managers to execute the school’s recruitment and selection process for new employees. Post job openings, assist with the creation of job descriptions, screen candidates, and participate in the interview and hiring process.
- Leads the annual review of the Employee Handbook and assures timely updates. Serves as a resource on school policies and procedures, benefit questions, and grievance resolutions. Files and follows up on all Workers’ Compensation claims. Assists employees with requests for Leaves of Absence through Mutual of Omaha.
- Assists the Director of Strategic Initiatives with new staff orientation, administration of the staff performance evaluation process, and other administrative support as needed.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in human resources, business, or related field.
- Proven experience working in an HR department in a school environment.
- Knowledge of ADP Workforce Now, Microsoft Office, and Google Workplace.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness. Strong, responsive customer service skills that demonstrate empathy and align with the school's ethos. Able to communicate effectively with all constituents in a school environment, and capable of contributing to a team environment.
- Effectively communicates concepts and ideas. Able to apply common sense understanding and to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
- Adept at problem-solving and conflict resolution, with a thorough knowledge of HR procedures and policies. Handles confidential information with discretion.
- A high degree of organization and attention to detail is required to manage workflow.
- Knowledge of state and national laws and regulations related to employment.
Working Conditions
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet; however, noise levels may vary when the employee attends school functions, such as assemblies, school dances, and other events.
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to listen, physically direct, and speak. The employee is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Benefits of Working at CSW:
- Collegial faculty and working environment.
- Competitive salary and robust human resource benefits.
- Funding and institutional support for professional development.
- Innovative daily and annual schedule that values reflection and relationship-building.
- Provided hot lunch, as well as access to a state-of-the-art fitness center.
- Wooded, 65-acre campus located just 12 miles from Boston and Cambridge, in close proximity to scenic walking trails and excellent local restaurants and shops.
- Easy access to Kendal Green MBTA station, with on-campus parking and EV charging stations.
To Apply for This Position:
Please send a cover letter and resume to krhodes@askcip.com. No phone calls, please.
School Description:
The Cambridge School of Weston, founded in 1886, provides a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning and meaningful relationships through a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community, and the world. Located 12 miles from Boston, we are a day and boarding high school community of approximately 340 students. Our module system forms the basis of the educational program, allowing us to offer more than 300 classes. All classes meet for 75-to-90 minutes each day, taught over five-week modules. Our pedagogy advocates active, experiential learning within a curriculum designed to accommodate the interests and experiences of individual students. We welcome the perspectives of different ethnicities, races, classes, religions, and sexual orientations that enhance our mutual understanding.