Chief People Officer

About The Role

The Chief People Officer (CPO) leads the Human Resources Department and the Professional Learning Department at Kidango.  The CPO's primary role is to oversee all human resources and professional learning staff, systems, and policies.  These include: creating and maintaining an efficient and effective hiring and onboarding system; establishing career pathways that empower staff to achieve their career dreams; developing effective managers and leaders; ensuring transparent, equitable, and ECE industry-leading compensation and benefits; managing employee relations; increasing and maintaining high staff retention; and, overall, help make Kidango a phenomenal place to work. The CPO also works to improve the wellness and empowerment of all staff. The CPO works collaboratively across all departments, and ensures compliance with relevant regulations and laws. As part of the executive team, the CPO is responsible for embodying Kidango values and plays a key role in a culture that promotes equity and centers children and families.

What You'll Be Doing 

• Serves as a member of the executive leadership team and contributes to the execution of the organization's overall vision, mission, values, and strategic goals.
• Collaborates with the chief team and others on the executive leadership team in the ongoing visioning, planning, decision-making and implementation of our agency strategic plan.
• Leads staff by collectively celebrating their successes, learning from their mistakes, and, when necessary, holding them accountable to meet a high standard of excellence and putting children first.
• Honors and exemplifies Kidango's organizational values and values for children, and helps to create an organizational culture that centers equity, well-being, and builds relational trust.
• Collaborates closely with the chief team to collectively envision, plan, lead and manage Kidango.
•  By cultivating relationships with staff and families, ensures people feel comfortable and have multiple avenues to provide positive and negative feedback, and get help with any concerns.
•  Builds staff leadership capacity and helps create a culture of inspiring, supportive leadership.
• Develops program budgets in collaboration and support with the Chief Financial Officer.
•  Hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates all assigned staff and assures that all staff in the Human
• Resources and Professional Learning Departments are provided with training, supervision and accountability.
• Meets with direct reports on a regular basis for individual supervision and coaching based on reflective practices.
•  Ensures Agency policies and procedures are in accordance with all State and Federal
• Regulations. Annually reviews and makes recommendations to executive management for improvement of the agency's policies, procedures and practices on personnel matters.
• Maintains knowledge of industry trends and employment legislation and ensures agency's compliance.
• Maintains manual and electronic documents, files and records (e.g. background information, personnel files, vacancy listings, applicant tracking, etc.) for the purpose of providing accurate information in compliance with regulatory requirements and established guidelines.
•  Oversees the operation of agency benefit plans including periodic review and evaluation of company compensation plan with recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer, and ensuring all employees are aware of benefits available.
• Staff liaison to the Board of Directors Personnel and Wellness Committee.
• Management of all individual personnel and workforce management actions including hires, promotions/demotions/transfers, terminations and/or layoffs as necessary.

 Preferred qualifications

• Prefer a Master's Degree and require a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or a related field.
• Prefer a minimum of 8 years work experience in an executive Human Resources position, including supervising others.
• Strong oral, written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with people from a wide range of
• backgrounds.
• Strong computer skills in programs such as Gmail, slack, and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to provide leadership, accept responsibility, work independently and set own goals in a professional manner.
• Ability to work on a variety of tasks simultaneously and able to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and
• weekends.