Posted: 15-Aug-24
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Type: Full Time
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Ravenscroft is an independent, coeducational day school in Raleigh, NC, with approximately 1,250 students in grades PreK-12.
We want to welcome an Assistant Director for Employee Life Cycle into our community of educators who actively strive to be diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Our candidates should demonstrate empathy, knowledge, and an understanding of the diverse backgrounds in our community; place importance on genuine and authentic connections with students, faculty, staff, and parents; be able to work collaboratively with team members of diverse backgrounds; and have the capacity to model an attitude of unyielding curiosity and a growth mindset.
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
As an Assistant Director for Employee Life Cycle, here is what you get to do:
Talent Acquisition and Offboarding:
- Develop effective recruitment strategies to include identifying and attending job fairs with division representatives; posting open faculty and staff positions to job boards and Ravenscroft’s website; and training supervisors in effective interview techniques.
- Develop an effective onboarding process, with input from Assistant Director for People Operations to ensure timely intake of new employees. Onboarding tasks include:
- Process background checks and drug screens for new employees.
- Prepare new hire packets and materials for new hire orientation.
- Complete E-verify process on each new hire.
- Input new hires into HRIS and liaise with IT and Director of Protective Services to ensure employees have the appropriate access to Ravenscroft’s campus and software tools.
- Deliver job-oriented policy, process, and procedure documents to employees prior to their first day on campus.
- Represent HR at annual new hire Center for Creative Leadership training.
- Conduct exit interviews and coordinate benefits counseling with Assistant Director for People Operations.
Classification and Compensation:
- Work with CFO to evaluate and execute the School’s compensation philosophy.
- Manage school-wide job classifications and make recommendations about appropriate compensation for each classification for annual raise, new hire, and retention processes to ensure competitiveness with market and internal pay parity.
- Conduct salary administration plan, including creating Letters of Agreement for faculty & staff (new hire & salary increases).
Employee Advocacy:
- Manage employee relations from an employee advocacy perspective, including coaching, conducting investigations, and advising on conflict resolution.
- Escalate employee concerns and performance issues to CFO for remediation.
- Consult with legal counsel on EEOC claims or other employment matters, as needed.
Professional Development:
- Manage SafeSchools training platform.
- Evaluate opportunities to advance professional development and work with leadership to socialize needs, achieve consensus, and to formalize an equitable process that ensures all employees have access to career relevant training opportunities.
- Work with Ravenscroft leadership to identify and deploy new career progression opportunities.
- Develop and communicate staff performance review program and timelines.
Employee Morale:
- Stay abreast of campus climate with annual assessments of employee morale.
- Synthesize results and make recommendations to CFO and leadership team.
- Assist with creating presentations, reports, etc. as needed by CFO.
Other Duties:
- Provide back-up support to Assistant Director of People Operations, as needed.
The above description covers the most significant duties performed, but does not exclude assignments not mentioned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required, in Human Resources, Communications or Psychology preferred.
- Three to five years’ experience in a human resource department in a closely related position.
- PHR certification a plus.
- CERP certification highly desired.
- Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills; tact in dealing with people at all levels.
- Ability to work with management and develop strong relationships at all levels.
- Knowledge of Human Resources principles and practices, including but not limited to, talent acquisition, employment laws and regulations, compensation and benefits, learning and development, and employee relations.
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
- Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills required.
- A strong orientation to teamwork and employee advocacy.
- Willingness to accept additional job duties, as needed.
- Flexibility in work schedule, as needed.
- Organizational skills and attention to detail a must.
- An individual who brings humor and joy to the workplace.
Due to the sensitive information processed by this position, parents of current or prospective students may not be considered for the position.