Associate HR Director

The Nature Conservancy

HR Director building strategic partnerships with leaders across business units at The Nature Conservancy. Leading HR initiatives that promote an inclusive, equitable culture in the WUSCAN division.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $109,000 - $142,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as a primary liaison between the People Team and Business Unit managers to ensure alignment and delivery of high quality, consistent HR practices.
Promotes positive employee relations by facilitating conflict resolution, investigating misconduct, and recommending remedies aligned with Conservancy policies, SOPs, competencies, and values.
Provides strategic consultation on organizational structure, job creation or elimination, and operational efficiencies, while ensuring managers understand employment laws, regulations, divisional/regional best practices and internal policies.
Participates in strategic planning and goal setting to align HR priorities with business objectives.
Coaches managers and staff on setting objectives, delivering meaningful and timely feedback, and fostering a culture of continuous development and high performance.
Advises on managing performance issues, including terminations, with attention to business impact and legal risk and in collaboration with HR legal and senior HR staff.
Assists managers in developing job descriptions and provides salary guidance.
Conducts annual equity analysis and ensures equitable promotion and compensation decisions.
Builds out compensation practices that are equitable, fiscally sound, and aligned with organizational policies.
Collaborates with Learning and Development to assess training needs, builds hiring manager capabilities, delivers HR-related training, and supports HR team members / liaisons in managing administrative HR functions.
Contributes to enterprise-wide initiatives such as compensation structures, culture and engagement programs, talent acquisition strategies, and staff development.
Leads or participates in cross-functional project teams to support organizational priorities.
Supervises, coaches and empowers a team of HR Generalists dedicated to providing exceptional service and support.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of HR experience supporting large client groups in a global, matrixed, complex environment, or equivalent combination.
Experience supervising an HR team for one or more of the following: employee relations, compensation and performance management, staff development/training, organizational development, and/or talent acquisition.
Experience working with senior managers to consult, develop and implement people strategies and initiatives.
Experience investigating and managing employee relations concerns, making recommendations and influencing conflict resolution.
Experience using MS Office software with experience in constructing and producing reports, data manipulation, and analysis to inform business decisions.
Experience presenting to leaders and delivering training to employees.
May travel and work non-standard business hours as needed to accommodate clients in different time zones.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health care benefits
Flexible spending accounts
401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
Parental leave
Accrued paid time off
Life insurance
Disability coverage
Employee assistance program
Other life and work well-being benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

employee relationscompensation managementperformance managementstaff developmentorganizational developmenttalent acquisitiondata analysisreport constructionconflict resolutionjob description development

Soft Skills

coachingconsultationstrategic planningcommunicationteam empowermentconflict resolutionfeedback deliveryorganizational alignmentrelationship buildingtraining delivery