Senior HR Director For & Engagement

SENIOR HR DIRECTOR FOR PEOPLE & ENGAGEMENT Summary

The Senior HR Director for People & Engagement plays a critical role in bolstering and ACLUM’s employee-related practices and workplace culture to increase organizational capacity and support ACLUM’s mission and strategic priorities. The focus of this role includes recruitment, hiring, and onboarding; talent management, learning and development, and performance management; and employee and labor relations – to strengthen employee engagement, as well as organizational effectiveness and agility.

This position reports to the Chief Operations and Talent Officer, serves as both a consultative partner and hands‑on practitioner, and collaborates with colleagues across departments to achieve people‑related objectives.

The ideal candidate for this position brings expertise across multiple HR functions, extensive experience in talent and performance management, and demonstrated ability to strengthen organizational culture, leadership capacity, and employee engagement. Strong candidates will have a proven strategic, systems, and creative mindset; experience refining foundational policies and processes while also delivering on existing programs; ability to translate high‑level goals into action;

comfort navigating ambiguity; interest in all components of this job, including planning, execution, and administration; and ability to work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues across departments in a dynamic environment.

• Oversee the HR Generalist in execution of ACLUM’s full‑cycle process for recruitment and onboarding of new employees, helping to ensure consistent and compliant hiring practices across the organization.
• Guide department heads and hiring managers in crafting position descriptions and defining requirements to align with business and organizational needs.
• Work with the HR Generalist and hiring managers in developing recruitment plans for individual posting, and curating interview questions and candidate assessments, to facilitate a smooth process and well‑informed hiring decisions.
• Work with the HR Generalist in developing strategies and employing tactics to attract highly qualified and diverse talent for open positions.
• Provide interviewers with guidance on appropriate interview protocols and inclusive practices.
• Manage the full onboarding process for new hires, and promote practices to support employee engagement and cultural integration.

• Support hiring managers in facilitating successful transitions and early performance success for newly hired employees.
• Partner with the COTO to evolve the organizational approach to performance management to best align with and effect programmatic and operational goals.
• Implement and manage formal performance evaluation processes, tools, and feedback mechanisms to support employee growth and shared accountability.
• Aid managers in establishing performance expectations and development goals for their teams.
• Develop and implement learning and development strategies to address gaps in employee knowledge, skills, and effectiveness identified in staffing and capacity planning discussions and performance reviews.
• Plan, curate, lead and/or arrange professional development activities for employees at all levels of the organization, to help them grow within their roles and the organization.
• Support and coach managers in addressing performance challenges and development needs related to their teams and direct reports.
• Facilitate and/or arrange employee trainings on mandatory HR‑ and Operations‑related topics, including anti‑harassment, emergency preparedness, and data security.

• Work with the Operations…