Director of People & Culture

Director of People & Culture

Job Description

Path Home empowers homeless families with children to get back into housing and to stay there. Our programs include Homeless Prevention Family Village Emergency Shelter, Rapid Re-Housing & Housing Retention, and Basic Income Guarantee. Annually, Path Home provides culturally competent, trauma-informed services to over 2,400 kids and parents from more than 680 families. Path Home is a growing organization with significant expansion plans in the next 3 years as we build affordable housing and wrap-around services on our Family Village Campus in the Lents neighborhood.

Path Home believes that intentional, systematic racism and oppression are primary causes of homelessness, and we are working to dismantle systems of oppression within our own organization and the community as a whole. We serve a very diverse group of families, and our goal is to have a staff that reflects the diversity of our families.

Organization: Path Home

Job Title: Director of People & Culture

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Specifics: Full time (40 hours per week), salaried

Compensation: $110,000-$120,000 annually, depending on experience

Benefits: Full health and vision insurance (Regence), and dental insurance (Delta/Willamette). Option to add family at employee’s pre-tax expense. Path Home will contribute an amount equal to 2% of employee’s total annual salary into a Simple IRA. Employee Assistance fund, paid Sabbatical after 7 years, and paid bereavement leave.

Paid Time Off: Three weeks of Paid Time Off (120 hours) plus one week of paid sick time (40 hours) annually. Path Home also recognizes 11 paid holidays throughout the year.

Close date: Position is open until filled. The first review of applications will take place on 10/26/2026.

Path Home values diversity in its workforce and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for this position, including people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, people with lived experience, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with criminal backgrounds.

Overview:

The Director of People & Culture serves as Path Home’s senior human resources and people operations leader, a trusted advisor to the Executive Director and leadership team, and a member of the organization’s leadership team. This position is both strategic and highly hands‑on. Because Path Home maintains a lean administrative structure, the Director leads organization-wide people strategy while also directly managing critical HR functions, including employee relations, compliance, payroll, benefits, leave administration, performance management, talent acquisition, organizational culture, anti‑racism and anti‑oppression work, and HR systems.

The Director partners closely with organizational leaders to navigate complex employee matters, strengthen management practices, support organizational growth and change, mitigate employment‑related risk, and foster an inclusive, anti‑oppressive, and trauma‑informed workplace. The Director supervises the part‑time HR Administrator and builds systems and infrastructure that can grow with the organization.

Specific Job Duties
People & Culture Leadership

• Lead Path Home’s people operations function, ensuring effective, compliant, equitable, and employee-centered practices.
• Advise the Executive Director and leadership team on workforce planning, staffing, organizational change, employee relations, and employment‑related risk.
• Translate organizational priorities into practical people strategies, policies, systems, and practices using anti‑oppressive and trauma‑informed lenses.
• Use workforce data, employee feedback, and HR trends to identify opportunities and recommend improvements.
• Maintain a…