Job description
KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a network of 280 public charter schools, 15,000 educators and 175,000 students and alumni. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more at www.kipp.org.
WHY TEACH AT KIPP?
Respect - For our teachers’ innate talents and desire to learn, for their professional growth, and for the lives they lead beyond our walls. We offer pay and benefits that reflect our appreciation for the invaluable role our teachers play in lighting paths to opportunity for students
Support - As our teachers progress through the day, the year, and their careers, we ensure they always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with opportunities to lead and support to grow
Purpose - Together, our students, schools, families and communities share an ambitious mission to create a future without limits. We need talented teachers and leaders to realize it. Shape the future for your students and yourself by joining us in our work.
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is part of the KIPP national network. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose – college, career, and beyond – so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. As an organization that serves a student population that is over 90% Black, we center and value the experiences and perspectives of students, families, staff of color and the surrounding community. We also work to dismantle white supremacy.
In the 2023-24 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating almost 3,000 students, kindergarten through eleventh grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.
KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 3rd grade, 6th - 8th grade
KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade
KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade
KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 11th grade
For the current school year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.
K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm, Wednesday K-8 dismissal is at 1:30pm
High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School dismissal is at 12:30pm.
Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn’t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal.
To support these schools, we will employ more than 300 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visit www.kippjax.org/teach where you can also view all of our job postings.
The Human Resources Associate (HRA) is a part of the human resources team which ensures employees can work at optimal levels across the organization as KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools continues to grow. They, along with other members of the HR team, will execute on the vision and goals as outlined by the Director of Human Resources. The HRA helps with the day-to-day operations of all HR services with a customer service and equity lens. These areas include but are not limited to: onboarding new employees, conducting new hire orientation sessions, updating policies and Employee Handbook, , preparing and submitting payroll, answering questions about benefits, assisting with gathering documents for teacher certification, and other HR support functions.
This role will focus primarily in the following areas:
(1) Work with HR Director for HRIS/Employee Record maintenance
(2) High-quality onboarding processes and customer service for new employees (Offer Letters, HRIS Invite)
(3) Compliance (fingerprint, benefit, certification, worker’s comp, I-9s, etc.)
The HR Associate works to balance these three areas of work with excellent project management skills. The HR Associate plays a key role in onboarding and offboarding of employees by being a point of contact for new hires and coordinating their experience in partnership with the talent and instructional development team. They coordinate fingerprinting, certification compliance, and answer questions for new hires once onboarded. The HRA also supports compliance related to personnel and certification that is owned at the HR manager level. They work closely with the Human Resources Director to ensure the HRIS is accurate for all records and can run reports accordingly.
Success would be measured by excellent onboarding and offboarding experiences, high levels of customer service for employees, accurate and timely reporting and clean audits.
This position would be exciting for someone who shares the organization’s strong commitment to racial justice and who can support building systems for a growing organization that is becoming increasingly complex.
The HRA is a full-time role on the Shared Services team which oversees four schools currently and is actively planning for growth in future school years. As a member of the Shared Services team, this individual would be responsible for doing whatever it takes to ensure that school-based personnel are supported and can focus on ensuring that students develop the knowledge, skills, and character strengths they need to succeed throughout their education and in the competitive world beyond.
This position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their manager. Typical hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. but can vary based on role and season. Occasional after hours meetings may be necessary.
SPECIFIC DUTIES
Onboarding/Offboarding/Certification:
- Partner with the talent team to create and maintain excellent onboarding processes that have regularly planned touchpoints for all new hires to ensure a best-in-class matriculation experience
- Execute new hire touch points such as one-on-one communication via email and phone calls, welcome packages, etc.
- Partner with the talent team to create resources for new hires related to certification for compliance purposes in support of the HR Director and Instructional Development team.
- Work with candidates and the local district representatives to ensure candidates are fingerprinted and screened efficiently and all data is tracked accurately
- Be equipped with pertinent information to answer questions for new hires
- Work with the HR Director to ensure new employees are entered into the HRIS and all onboarding items are completed
- Communicate HR data to relevant stakeholders (i.e. fingerprint clearances, requests for technology, etc.)
HRIS/Benefits/Pay
- Support the HR team by running any necessary reports to assist with open enrollment, audits, benefits reporting requirements, etc.
- Review payroll in partnership with the HR and Finance teams
- Support the HR Director with benefits open enrollment and/or employees with benefits administration, as needed
Compliance:
- Ensure the team maintains accurate records in HRIS, district-mandated platforms, and for the KIPP Foundation
- Support the HR Director as needed to maintain fingerprint records and reprints
- Support the HR director and Instructional Development Team as needed to maintain certification compliance and records
COMPENSATION
- The annual salary range for this role is typically $40,000 - $45,000
- Free individual health benefits (including medical, dental and vision)
- 403(b) retirement program with a company match
- All staff members receive individualized support and professional development
- KIPP Jacksonville Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators and staff who embody them.
- Possesses a deep commitment to both racial and educational equity; supports the building of an organization that reflects the community KIPP serves
- Minimum of one (1) year of related work experience in a human resources field other than recruitment
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Clear project management ability with measured results
- Detail-oriented
- Pass a background check, as required by law
HIGHLY PREFERRED
- PHR certification
- Prior HR experience in a K-12 school setting or district-level setting
- Prior experience with Paycor HRIS
Additional Information
APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings. Link here: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville
NOTE: If you're a current KIPP Jacksonville team member and interested in applying, you should 1) let your current manager know that you're interested and 2) complete the application in its entirety online.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions about positions at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please email Emma at [email protected]. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.