Chief People Officer; CWC)

Please note:

Compass Working Capital has engaged Positively Partners to manage this search on its behalf.

Anti-poverty programs in the United States provide critical, but insufficient, support to families with low incomes. If we are to end poverty and close racial and gender wealth gaps in our communities, we must support families to build the financial assets and capabilities needed to achieve their goals and dreams.

Since 2005, Compass Working Capital (“Compass”) has been working to do just that, by providing savings and financial coaching programs that support families with low incomes to build assets, achieve their financial goals, and become financially secure. Our vision is to build a leading, nonprofit financial services organization that promotes economic mobility and financial security for families with low incomes by influencing field-related practice and policy.

Within the last decade alone, Compass clients, who are primarily women of color, have built over $6 million in savings across our programs in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

In 2019, through philanthropic investment, Compass embarked on a strategic plan to significantly expand its national scope and impact. This investment provides Compass with the funding and support to ready the organization for greater impact by ending asset poverty for 220,000 families with low incomes by 2030. We envision a day when asset building is the norm, and not the exception, in our nation’s anti-poverty work.

Compass seeks an experienced manager and coach to join our team as the founding Chief People Officer (CPO) at this exciting juncture in our organizational growth. By 2021, Compass will increase its staff team to 60 as its programs and operations expand nationally. The CPO will lead the vision, strategy, and implementation of people development to support, retain, and expand its staff.

Compass seeks solutions-focused and collaborative problem-solvers who have demonstrated alignment with Compass’ mission, either through prior work or volunteer experience with low-income communities and/or service on a non-profit board.

The CPO will lead in aligning the organization’s priorities with its most valuable asset: its people. As a member of the Executive Team, the CPO will ensure Compass continues to build an inclusive culture across today’s organization and with an eye towards future growth.

The CPO will be responsible for outcomes related to all human resources areas, including talent management and sourcing, compensation analysis and benchmarking, benefits administration, employee relations, and workforce and professional development planning. Compass’ national headquarters is based in downtown Boston, and the organization has a growing field presence in Philadelphia. Staff live and work across the northeast region and in Philadelphia.

The CPO reports to the CEO and will oversee a growing Human Resources department.

Compass Working Capital has retained Positively Partners for this search.

• Partner with the Executive Team and Board on human resource planning, allocation, and structure, organizational goal setting, including key performance indicators
• Execute and continually refresh a talent and human resources approach that is aligned with Compass’ vision and strategy
• Lead a growing and diverse Human Resources department
• Design, recommend and implement service delivery strategies, including HRIS systems and outsourcing opportunities
• Oversee the organization’s total compensation policies and practices, including external benchmarking and calibration
• As Compass expands programming into new states, ensure compliance with relevant local and national employment laws and regulations

Steward…