About KIPP TEAM & Family 

KIPP TEAM & Family is our network office that includes support teams - such as Leadership Development, Recruitment, Advocacy, Facilities, Finance, HR and more - dedicated to empowering our schools and ensuring the success of KIPP students throughout New Jersey and Miami. Our schools are part of the nationally recognized “Knowledge Is Power Program” network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students for success in college and in life. The first KIPP New Jersey school opened in Newark in 2002 and since then our school network has expanded to educate 8,135 students in grades K-12. By 2025, KIPP New Jersey will provide a world-class education to over 10,300 students across fifteen schools in Newark and five in Camden. 

In 2018, we grew our KIPP community in response to a need for high-quality school options for students in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities. That led to the creation of KIPP Miami, which currently educates more than 1,000 students in four schools, with plans to reach 5,800 students by 2025. By offering highly effective educators with strong bonds to families, more time in school learning, services that support a variety of student needs, and a culture focused on achievement, our students in New Jersey and Miami are on the path to and through college, career, and choice-filled lives. 

This is a hybrid role and is a combination of in person and remote work.

The Managing Director of Human Resources (MDHR) is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing system-wide initiatives and strategies that support employee engagement and provide the highest level of service to KIPP TEAM & Family employees.  The MDHR will plan, lead, direct, develop, and coordinate the policies, activities, and staff of the Human Resources (HR) department, ensuring legal compliance and implementation of the organization's mission, strategic priorities, and talent strategy. The MDHR will lead a fast-paced and dynamic team of Human Resource professionals who support our schools in Camden, Newark, and Miami that fosters an employee culture that is diverse, equitable, inclusive, and forward-thinking.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Strategic Management and Planning and Stakeholder Support

• Engage and collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organization's goals and strategy and implement HR initiatives across the organization that supports and drives the organization’s strategic priorities.  
• Plans, leads, develops, coordinates, and implements policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organization's human resource compliance and strategy needs and overall employee experience.
• Oversees the administration of human resource programs including, but not limited to, compensation, payroll, benefits, leave, rewards and recognition, employee relations, workers' compensation, and annual contract renewal process. 
• Recommend, plan, design, and implement training sessions for employees throughout the organizational structure on a broad spectrum of HR processes, systems, and initiatives.
• Management and oversight of employee onboarding experience including creation and roll-out of annual new staff orientation held at the start of the school year and oversight of mid-year onboarding experience that employees are set up for success.

Total Rewards Strategy

• Lead, develop, and drive Total Rewards’ communication strategy to employees.
• Direct the contracting and administration of the organization’s health, benefit, and wellness programs to ensure the best in class.
• Evaluate and recommend plan modifications, alternate providers, and or changes to benefit structure and/or offerings to ensure plans remain highly competitive and meet employee needs. 
• Development and management of compensation and classification policies and programs.

Data, Analytics, and Reporting

• Oversight of HR information systems, enhancements, technology innovations, and new ways of working so that people data is managed effectively and securely and can meet regular reporting needs for all levels of organization.  
• Apply expertise in data analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and help inform, influence, support, and execute our talent strategy and decisions.
• Investigate ways to measure and visualize existing processes for greater efficiencies.
• Leverage existing data tools to drive analytics in order to drive strategies and/or process improvements.  
• Plan, prepare, and/or direct the preparation and maintenance of data and analytic reports and reporting out of such data to senior leadership.

Legal Compliance and Employment Policies

• In collaboration with the Director of Employee Relations, monitors and ensures the organization's compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to senior leadership and other stakeholder groups. 

Payroll and Budget Management

• Direct, manage and facilitate the work of the Payroll team to ensure that payroll is timely and accurate and that all regulatory and operational timelines are met.
• Direct, manage and facilitate New Jersey pension compliance requirements.
• Plan, manage and administer the annual budget for the Human Resources Department.

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above essential duties and responsibilities and other duties as needed.

Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of HR policies, best practices, and procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal employment and payroll laws.
• Demonstrated knowledge of HRIS systems (preferably ADP)

Skills

• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and Google Suite
• Highly organized
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Abilities

• Ability to adapt to changing needs of the organization
• Ability to handle highly sensitive information with absolute confidentiality and professionalism
• Ability to work across all levels of the organization as well as with varying levels of stakeholders

Education and Certifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Progressive Human Resources experience with increasing managerial responsibility.
• PHR or SHRM Certification

Physical Requirements

• The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands:
  • Prolonged periods of working at computer and sitting at desk.
  • Travel to various school locations in Newark, Camden, and Miami
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Compensation & Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, KIPP NJ offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, retirement, a school laptop and transportation benefits for TEAMmates commuting into New Jersey from New York City or the Philadelphia area.

KIPP New Jersey | KIPP Miami is an equal opportunity employer