Chicago, IL
Indianapolis, Indiana
Mount Laurel, NJ
Alexandria, VA
Alexandria, VA
Indianapolis, Indiana,
Posted: 12-Apr-23
Location: NY, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $130 to $170,000
Required Education:
THE GAYNOR DIFFERENCE: UNLOCKING EACH STUDENT’S POTENTIAL
A pioneer in special education, Stephen Gaynor School is an independent, nonprofit Pre-K, Lower, and Middle School for bright students with learning differences. Founded in 1962, Stephen Gaynor School provides a highly individualized educational program in a rich, rigorous, and nurturing environment in which students gain the skills and confidence necessary to learn, grow, and reach their full potential.
Nearly 400 students ages three to 14 attend our school with a range of learning differences, from Attention Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to speech, language, and reading delays such as dyslexia. With more than 50 years of experience in special education and a dedication to continuous improvement, Gaynor has the expertise to help children break down barriers to learning, build self-esteem, and realize academic success.
Our expert staff provides an unparalleled level of personal attention in a nurturing environment allowing students to be academically challenged, yet supported every step of the way.
Children leave Stephen Gaynor School full of smiles and self-confidence, well-prepared for the next step on their educational journey.
Our Diversity Mission: Stephen Gaynor School recognizes our responsibility to create a diverse and inclusive environment that supports and celebrates each individual in our school community.
Respect. Honesty. Courage. These three distinct words have significant meaning at Stephen Gaynor School. Celebrating diversity in learning styles has been a core value at Gaynor for more than 50 years.
Stephen Gaynor School is dedicated to promoting and advocating for diversity and inclusion within our school community. We celebrate many types of diversity including ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, ability, religion, sexual orientation, family configuration, language, gender and adoption status.
POSITION SUMMARY
Stephen Gaynor School is looking for a Director of Human Resources and Talent Management. We are seeking someone who is a thought leader, strong collaborator, likes to build on the ideas of others, cares deeply about creating and advancing a diverse and inclusive culture, who thinks about our employees and is passionate about talent management. We seek a leader who will create a set of solutions and experiences that enable our directors to lead effectively, create diverse and inclusive teams, develop their faculty and staff, and deliver outstanding results. ?The successful candidate acts as an employee champion and change agent. The role assesses and anticipates human resources related needs. Overall, the position formulates partnerships across the organization to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflect the strategic objectives of the organization.
The Director of Human Resources and Talent Management originates and leads human resources practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Strategic Planning:
- Lead efforts to mature an integrated, multi-year talent management strategy.
- Expand employee recruitment and retention, including data collection and analysis to help inform resource allocation.
- Work closely with education directors and faculty to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
- Analyze trends and metrics to develop solutions, programs and policies.
- Support effort to create and maintain a community of belonging in which everyone’s identity is valued, respected, and heard.
Hiring and Onboarding:
- Manage all aspects of the hiring process. Develop policies to further strengthen and diversify the pool of candidates and simplify the selection process.
- Create and place advertisements, work with directors to screen and interview candidates, conduct reference checks; extend job offers, conduct new-employee orientations, monitor career-path program and employee relations counseling.
- Promote strategic efforts to attract diverse candidates through proactive outreach to new organizations.
- Prepare and maintain accurate job descriptions. Apply the appropriate FLSA designation to all positions.
- Oversee the onboarding of employees and ensure a thorough and welcoming introduction to the school.
- Participate in the design and implementation of employee diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Employee Retention
- Implement and annually update the compensation program, conduct annual salary research, analyze compensation, monitor the performance evaluation program and revise as necessary.
- Conduct exit interviews with all outgoing employees. Compile results annually for administrators.
- Oversee the Gaynor Cares Committee to foster open communication between faculty and administrators.
- Support the customized learning and development strategy that accelerates the readiness and productivity of our faculty and leadership talent pool.
- Participate on the Employee DEI Committee.
Performance Management
- Manage the annual review process for all faculty and staff. Provide guidance on best practices and work with supervisors to incorporate these recommendations into the current process.
- Monitoring of training programs to ensure they meet the objectives and mission of the school.
- Work closely with administrators and employees to resolve personnel issues. Document any performance issues appropriately.
- Identify training needs for departments and individual executive coaching needs.
Payroll and Benefits
- Manage employee payroll and benefit deductions for new hires, leaves, terminations, etc. to be processed for bi-weekly payroll by the Business Office.
- Oversee all employee benefits (FMLA, PFL, FFCRA, etc.) and ensure effective and timely communication.
- Manage annual enrollment for health and dental benefits.
- Oversee pension audits and file required documents with the DOL in timely fashion.
- Educate employees on benefits options and coordinate meetings with outside professionals.
- Consult with legal counsel, as necessary, to minimize potential liability.
- Review and approve all benefits invoices
Compliance
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state and local regulations.
- Keep abreast of potential changes in regulation. Analyze the impact on Gaynor and proactively recommend policy changes to maintain compliance.
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Serve as Compliance Offer for Whistleblower policy. Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough and objective investigations.
- Review employee handbook regularly and make any necessary changes.
- Plan and coordinate Anti-Harassment, Mandated Reporting, Emergency and other HR-related training.
- Maintain secure and confidential human resources-related files and records.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required. Master’s Degree preferred
- Professional certification REQUIRED - (SHRM, HRCI)
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in a managerial role (this position supervises a Human Resources Associate)
- Working knowledge of human resource principles, procedures and practices
- Independent school experience preferred
- Team builder and leader qualities
- Effective communicator at all levels
- Strong project management and analytical skills
- High degree of business acumen and people acumen
- Experience designing, developing, and driving learning and development solutions aligned to strategic priorities
- Exceptional written and oral communication and group presentation skills
- Ability to effectively deal with multiple priorities, functions and activities
- Working knowledge and skill of basic business software, including word processing, spreadsheet and HRIS and Payroll
