Director of Human Resources Position Available In New York, New York

Director of Human Resources Collegiate School 175000.00 To 200000.00 (USD) Annually United States, York, York Jun 17, 2025

General Summary:

The Director of Human Resources is directly responsible for the overall administration, coordination, and implementation of the human resources functions of Collegiate School. The Director of HR manages School policies, HR compliance, onboarding, separations, leave programs, reasonable accommodations, worker’s compensation, benefit administration, and employee investigations and other matters. The Director serves as a resource to the administration and to employees. This position supervises the HR Coordinator and reports to the Chief Financial and Operating Officer.

Essential Duties:

Ensures the School’s Employment Policies are in alignment with the School’s mission and values and comply with all federal and local laws, and accreditation requirements: Develops and implements workplace policies and codes of conduct
Maintains employee handbook, regularly updating for compliance to new laws
Leverages advice from outside counsel in development of policies as needed
Keeps abreast of new employment laws and regulations and propose strategies for compliance
Provides strategic advice and subject area expertise to the CFOO and other members of management including the Head of School
Educates & advises leadership on legal and regulatory-compliance issues (compensation, employee relations, EEO, job safety and health, leave & benefits, etc.)
Collaborates with the finance team for payroll processing, accounting, and budget support Serves as a resource for handling employee matters and investigations: Provides a welcoming environment for employees regarding matters of employment.
Coaches supervisors on creating positive working relationships with their employees;
Trains supervisors on the use of a performance management system
Conducts employee investigations and discipline at direction of senior administration
Supports members of senior administration in approving, documenting, and communicating reasonable accommodations in accordance with the ADA
Documents and maintains employment records and employee matters Administers compensation and benefits: Provides data and analysis on employee compensation to support administration’s decision-making regarding compensation and benefits. Leverages NAIS, Interschool and other sources of data to support comparative analyses.
Conducts surveys as needed to gauge employee satisfaction with compensation and benefits
Contributes to benefit plan design to achieve the School’s benefit offering goals
Acts as primary contact for benefits broker
Oversees annual benefit renewal and works with HR coordinator to ensure open enrollment runs efficiently and effectively.
Serves as plan administrator for the School’s pension plans
Provides support to employees with questions about benefits.
Administers worker’s compensation documentation and procedures.
Collaborates with school leadership to ensure the faculty compensation scale is applied consistently. Recruitment Maintains, drafts and updates job descriptions in coordination with supervisors and employees through various job analyses
Designs and oversees effective strategies for sourcing, recruiting, and evaluating job candidates in partnership with senior administration
Responsible for posting open positions on ATS/website, job boards, and partnering with agencies as necessary to support recruiting process
Drafts and issues offer letters to successful candidates and follows up with on-boarding procedures Employee Training Identifies required training, sources content, communicates requirements to all employees and ensures compliance
Manages the School’s training portal Manages Employee and Human Resources Data Ensures confidentiality of employee data
Works with IT to implement technology-driven solutions to make HR processes more efficient and increase data security.
Ensures that key documents and systems (job postings, performance management systems) accurately reflect the workforce activities
Ensures compliance with document retention policy for all HR records.
Serves as a contact with ADP for employee data and onboarding Internal research and external benchmarking Engages in Interschool, NAIS, and NBOA data surveys annually, providing data from Collegiate and analyzing data received.
Conducts surveys, exit interviews, etc., communicating to leadership results and employee attitudes and culture
Holistically monitors metrics on attitudes, turnover and retention and other information about employee engagement and retention Other Performs related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Human Resources, or related field required.
Ten or more years of HR generalist experience, required including development of HR policies, handling of sensitive employee matters, leading HR investigations, and responsibility for organization’s HR compliance.
Five years of managerial experience in HR function
SHRM-CP or HRM-SCP (or equivalent) strongly preferred.

Special Requirements:

Must be able to complete a background check, including fingerprinting.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge and experience: Deep understanding of employment laws and regulations
Knowledge of key concepts such as unfair labor practices, employment rights and standards (living wage, labor rights) and retaliation prevention;
Skilled in

HRIS/HCM

management, data methodologies and technology policies;
Knowledge of various benefit approaches and compensation concepts such as deferred compensation, leave plans, total rewards metrics and benchmarking, pay practices and remuneration data analysis;
Knowledge of key concepts such as approaches to restructuring, techniques for need-gap analyses and workforce planning approaches;

Other Abilities:

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and follow through to completion
Exhibits sound judgment related to confidential matters
Demonstrated ability and experience partnering with departments and employees
Outstanding employee relations skills
Strong proficiency in payroll systems and general office technology
Demonstrated ability to act independently, analyze data, take initiative upon information and make recommendations to achieve optimal results.