Head of Department

• Lead the strategy, implementation, governance, and ongoing evolution of the Employee Services operating model across North America
• Build and lead a high-performing team responsible for employee lifecycle transactions, onboarding, employee data management, leave administration, employee inquiries, case management, and related services
• Establish and govern service catalogs, intake channels, escalation pathways, ownership boundaries, service standards, and delivery processes
• Develop and own service-level agreements, operational controls, performance metrics, quality standards, and accountability frameworks
• Partner with HRBPs, Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, Employee Relations, Legal, and business leaders to improve employee experience and operational effectiveness
• Influence workforce planning, capacity management, resource allocation, and service delivery performance
• Utilize analytics and operational insights to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and improvement initiatives
• Drive standardization, automation, knowledge management, compliance controls, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead change management and adoption efforts associated with process migrations, organizational transformation, and service model evolution
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR leadership and business stakeholders on Employee Services strategy, governance, service performance, and capability development

Hydro aluminium and renewable energy company seeking HR leader for North American Employee Services

Head of Employee Services

Hydro, an aluminium and renewable energy company, seeks a senior HR leader to build North American Employee Services. Leading transformation, governance, teams, and scalable HR operations.

• Launch a new Great Hearts Academy serving grades K–4 in its first year
• Promote school enrollment and community support through events, networking, tours, communications, and family meetings
• Select and procure curricula aligned with Great Hearts, including intervention programs
• Hire mission-fit faculty and staff
• Create plans for reading and math assessment and closing academic gaps
• Design a school schedule supporting interventions, grade-level collaboration, and legislative requirements
• Coordinate with project management teams across construction, marketing, enrollment, IT, academics, professional development, talent acquisition, and HR
• Set goals with Executive Directors and the Superintendent and execute plans to meet them
• Build, manage, and evaluate the school leadership team
• Manage the school budget and enrollment process
• Establish trust with students, parents, and colleagues
• Ensure effective discipline, student safety, special-needs support, and school-wide procedures
• Observe, coach, and develop teachers and staff
• Interview and hire faculty and staff according to campus needs and budget
• Oversee campus projects, events, instructional planning, assessment systems, and data-informed instruction
• Implement teacher professional development
• Build unified faculty, staff, student, and parent cultures aligned with liberal arts education
• Meet regularly with parents and foster open communication and community support

Founding Head of School launching a classical K–4 public academy for Great Hearts Academies

Founding Head of School

Founding Head of School launching Great Hearts Academies’ classical K–4 charter school in Lake Charles. Leading instruction, staff, enrollment, budget, community engagement, and school culture.

• Actively promoting school enrollment and community support through attending community events, networking with community leaders, providing tours at another academy, communicating with those on the interest list, and meeting with families.
• Leading the selection and procurement of curricula for all subjects as aligned with Great Hearts and including intervention program(s).
• Hiring mission-fit faculty and staff.
• Creating a clear and proactive plan for assessing students in reading and math, and for closing academic gaps.
• Designing a school schedule that provides time for interventions, time for grade level teams to meet and collaborate, and meets legislative requirements.
• Engaging with Great Hearts project management team to meet all milestones across multiple functions – construction, marketing, enrollment, IT, academics, professional development, talent acquisition, HR, etc.
• Aligning and guiding all Great Hearts policies as outlined in the Standard Schools Policy Guide, Employee Handbook, and Family Handbook.
• Setting both quantitative and qualitative goals in collaboration with the Executive Director(s) and the Superintendent.
• Planning, delegating, and executing to meet goals.
• Building a varied and capable leadership team that promotes the goals and culture of the school.
• Managing and evaluating the leadership team.
• Working through the Executive Director(s) with service departments of the central office to ensure the school is fully supported.
• Managing the school budget with foresight and discipline.
• Monitoring and managing the enrollment process.
• Establishing an environment of trust with students, parents, and colleagues.
• Ensuring that the school has a comprehensive discipline policy that is clearly communicated and which is administered with prudence and equity.
• Observing and coaching teachers in accordance with network expectations.
• With the assistance of central office personnel, managing and coaching members of the school staff.
• Interviewing and hiring faculty and staff in accordance with campus needs, hiring protocols, and budget realities.
• Overseeing the proper planning and execution of projects and events that fall under the purview of campus leadership.
• Creating a culture of instructional planning among teachers.
• Promoting a culture of achievement among students.
• Overseeing the required systems, practices, and cycles of assessment.
• Using specific, identified data sources to inform and evaluate instruction.
• Implementing professional development that is specific to the needs of teachers.
• Building a unified faculty and staff culture that embraces the liberal arts, aspires to excellence in instruction.
• Meeting regularly with parents.
• Ensuring that special needs students are properly identified and accommodated by all necessary staff and faculty.
• Implementing school-wide procedures and policies to ensure student safety.
• Building a student culture that is civil, respectful, hard-working, and community minded.
• Creating a culture of open communication with parents through both formal and informal means. As much as is possible, uniting the parent community into a supportive and informed group who understand the educational and cultural distinctions of the school and who support the personal efforts necessary for student success.

Founding Head of School leading a new Great Hearts Academy in Lake Charles.

Founding Head of School leading a new Great Hearts Academy serving grades K-4. Focusing on instructional leadership, community involvement, and faculty development.

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