Director of People Operations

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $95k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👥 People Operations

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Accelerate

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2 - 10 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

Accelerate is an organization that helps education leaders across the United States build tools, fund and scale evidence-based instructional strategies, and guide rigorous research to improve student outcomes. Through competitive grant programs and partnerships with research institutions and state leaders, Accelerate identifies cost-effective interventions (like high-dosage tutoring and personalized learning), promotes adoption of proven models, and supports state-level implementation and scaling. Its partners have leveraged over $430 million in federal and state public funding, its grantees have provided individualized instruction to over 500,000 students since 2022, and it has launched 30+ randomized controlled trials and additional rigorous studies to inform policy and practice.

📋 Description

• Oversee the People Operations Department, team, and outcomes • Oversee the complete employee lifecycle for the Central Team and incubated partners, from onboarding through retention and offboarding • Manage salary and compensation packages, growth plans, and promotion proposals • Oversee onboarding for incoming staff • Develop, implement, and manage employee engagement programs and initiatives aligned with organizational goals • Streamline and optimize HR and People Operations processes and collaborate with cross-functional teams on standardized workflows • Maintain knowledge of HR, talent management, employment law trends, best practices, regulations, and technologies • Design and implement talent development and career progression programs • Assess employee feedback and engagement survey results and implement data-driven solutions • Prepare and present reports on HR metrics, initiatives, and accomplishments • Serve as a thought partner for staff professional development and recommend training and resources • Oversee staffing changes, staff transitions, and offboarding • Manage legal investigations, accommodation processes, and sensitive HR matters • Liaise and correspond with Partners to provide or request support • Help advance the organization’s anti-racist goals and make programs more inclusive • Serve as a resource to partner networks and facilitate learning sharing • Take an entrepreneurial approach, learn new skills, and support department and Central Team needs

🎯 Requirements

• Hold or obtain SHRM or HRCI Certification • Demonstrated commitment to social change, civic engagement with BIPOC and low-income communities • At least 5 years of experience serving as the people manager for Manager-level full-time staff • At least 5 years of experience leading a People Operations department • Experience creating strategy aligned with a fast-paced environment and centering equity in its practices • Stakeholder management skills in complex organizational structures • Ability to work in a fast-paced, frequently changing startup environment • Ability to lead hiring in high-change environments • Ability to support a team through unexpected pivots • Ability to work independently and as part of a remote team • Attention to detail and ability to get things done • Interest in digital media and platforms including TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, podcasts, and streaming shows

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexibility for work and life, with a 40-hour workweek and flexible scheduling • Health care with individual premiums fully covered and cost-share for dependents • Vision and dental plans available at-cost to the individual • 15 paid vacation days • 6 paid holidays • 3 paid floating holidays each year • 7.5 paid sick days each year • Professional development funds, renewed each fiscal year • Cell phone and internet reimbursement • Co-working reimbursement option • 401K contributions and matching program available at the beginning of employment • Annual office closure during the last week in December