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Job Openings (cont.)
The following positions are for the Skoll Foundation. All contact information for applications and inquiries are contained within each of the postings.
The following positions are for the Skoll Global Threats Fund, a sister organization to the Skoll Foundation. All contact information for applications and inquiries are contained within each of the postings.
Director of Human Resources - Skoll Foundation
Background
The Skoll Foundation was created by Jeff Skoll in 1999 to pursue his vision of a more peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. The mission of the Skoll Foundation is to drive large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other actors dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems.
The Foundation believes that social entrepreneurs see opportunities where others see problems and crises. They apply innovative solutions to social and environmental issues, empowering people and communities to envision and create positive change. They work in many kinds of organizations, including nonprofits, social purpose ventures such as community development banks, and hybrid organizations that mix elements of nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The Foundation believes that social entrepreneurs represent a powerful force for catalyzing large-scale impact or equilibrium change. Their work has the potential to reduce economic disparities, increase opportunities for the disadvantaged, promote healthy communities, and increase the interpersonal and intercultural understanding that is the foundation for world peace.
Building on its mission the Foundation established the following core values:
- Leverage: the Foundation seeks leverage to achieve “a whole lot of good” from its investment of time and resources.
- Respect: the Foundation respects the individual and the power of community.
- Responsibility: Individually and collectively, the Foundation embraces a profound sense of responsibility.
- Tough Minded Optimism: Foundation staff are disciplined, rigorous and hopeful.
- Innovation: Inspired by the social entrepreneurs the Foundation is committed to service and is challenged to be innovative in its own behavior.
Skoll Foundation values individuals who have the confidence, curiosity and competence to advance the strategy, nurture communities, and ultimately ensure the investments in people, organizations, and programs achieve meaningful impact. The Foundation believes that the Skoll organization itself must epitomize Jeff Skoll’s vision of a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
For more information on current grantees and programs, visit the Skoll Foundation's Web site at www.skollfoundation.org.
Position Description
The Director of Human Resources manages and develops the Foundation’s employment life cycle processes, ensuring they align with and strengthen the Foundations values, culture and impact. The Director plays a lead role in advancing both individual and collective performance by leading cycles of reflection, analysis, socializing and implementation. These improvement cycles apply to job design, performance management, organizational development and all aspects of the Human Resources (HR) function.
The Foundation believes that organization health is a requirement and indicator of success. The Director leads our ongoing efforts to define, assess and nurture organizational health in pursuit of achieving the Foundation’s mission. The Director has the opportunity to be a thought partner and advisor for the Foundation’s staff, teams and executives.
The Director serves as our in-house expert on HR policies and compliance matters, as well as on innovative emerging practices. The Director manages HR services providers, including recruiters and the Foundation’s payroll and benefits provider.
This is a senior level individual contributor position reporting to the Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and will work directly with all the Foundation’s staff. The Director may provide selected HR services to two other Jeff Skoll entities.
Primary responsibilities
Manage the Foundation’s employment life-cycle processes with the purpose of recruiting and engaging people who live our values and who collectively will achieve our mission. These include:
- Job design, recruiting and staffing processes.
- Staff learning, effectiveness and development programs.
- Individual and organization performance review process.
- The Foundation’s total compensation system, including base pay, benefits, rewards and recognition practices.
- Employment transition processes.
- Evaluate how well these processes align with and promote the Foundation’s values, culture and objectives.
Play a lead role in the Foundation’s imperative to be a high-performing sustainable organization.
- Work with the Executive team and staff to define and demonstrate the organizational attributes, such as “health”, “vital signs”, “learning organization” and “culture”, essential to sustained high performance.
- Design and nurture practices and systems for strengthening and evaluating these vital organizational attributes.
- Oversee the processes and systems that ensure team and individual objectives align with Foundation’s goals and priorities.
- Participate in strategic and program planning processes.
- Support the Foundation’s Executive Team, presenting reports and recommendations, and being an insightful thought partner and coach.
Build and manage an HR function aligned with the Skoll Foundation’s values and objectives, reflecting best and emerging practices.
- Design, recommend and implement service delivery strategies, including systems, staff responsibilities and outsourcing opportunities.
- Manage relationships with key external HR service providers and partners.
- Responsible for employment legal compliance matters.
- Identify and apply best practices and innovations to our workplace.
- Manage HR policies and maintain our Employee Handbook
- Manage systems to track and report important HR information.
Attributes
- Outstanding interpersonal skills; must have credibility, good judgment, honesty, and integrity; successful at bringing out the best in others and instilling trust.
- Takes a rigorous systems, data driven approach to solving problems and making decisions.
- Demonstrated ease in an environment of both intellectual rigor and meticulous attention to detail. Critical and creative thinker; inspiring collaborator.
- Resourceful self-starter, comfortable navigating through ambiguity and multiple priorities.
- Capacity to embody the notion of “tough-minded optimist,” always acting with urgency, deliberateness, and vigilance; initiative to solve problems with energy and a positive attitude.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 7 to 10 years of relevant work experience, including management of, or in depth exposure to, multiple aspects of the HR function, with a distinguished record of accomplishments and growth. Desired areas of expertise include:
- Talent acquisition, assessment and development.
- Organization and culture assessment, alignment and development.
- Leveraging and managing third party service provider relationships.
- Success managing the HR function in an ambitious and adaptive small organization.
- Demonstrated ability to work sensitively with diverse people and communities
- A sincere affinity for the Foundation’s work and values
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Compensation
A competitive compensation package will be commensurate with background.
Applicants
Please send a cover letter and resume to: jobs@skollfoundation.org. Please specify “Director of HR” in the message subject line. The Skoll Foundation will contact qualified applicants. In your cover letter please tell us how your specific experiences and accomplishments address our needs and mission.
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