Job Description
Salary: The annual salary range will likely fall between $125,000 for a candidate with 10 years of experience, and $135,000 for a candidate with 20 years of experience.
Who We Are
Columbia Legal Services (CLS) is a nonprofit civil legal aid organization that advances social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty. We support communities and movements by bringing deep legal expertise that is grounded in – and strongly guided by – an understanding of race equity.
We seek systemic solutions by bringing class action lawsuits, using cutting edge legal theories, engaging in policy advocacy, and supporting communities in building their own power. We have a special responsibility to serve people whose access to free legal services is restricted, due to institutionalized or immigration status.
At CLS we seek a team that reflects our organizational values of community, race equity, and justice. This includes hiring staff with connections to the communities we serve whenever possible, and a commitment to strive for justice and equity in our hiring practices and in our staff culture.
Position Summary
CLS seeks a full-time People and Culture People Director to serve as a key member of our Organizational Management Team (OMT). This newly-designed role is responsible for internal operational functions at CLS and supervision of the Program Support Department (PSD): Human Resources (HR), Operations, and Information Technology (I.T.) departments. Major responsibilities include directing all aspects of human resources and employee engagement, overseeing CLS’s operations, and partnering with the Executive Director and OMT to advance strategic organizational initiatives, such as alignment of HR and Operational policies and processes with CLS’s values, equity, and strategic goals.
The People and Culture Director reports to the Executive Director and supervises the I.T. Manager, Operations Manager, and HR Specialist. CLS embraces core values of community, race equity, and justice into all aspects of its work and seeks candidates who align with these values.
Examples of recent projects for this role include:
All CLS staff can complete some work remotely. This position requires some physical presence at the office and an ability to attend required meetings at the office and in the community. This position may be based in any CLS office location: Kennewick, Olympia, Seattle, Wenatchee, and Yakima.
Responsibilities
Human Resources Management (40%)
Strategic Alignment and Operations (30%)
Equity Collaboration (20%)
Leadership Coverage to Ensure Operations Continuity (10%)
This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee, and others may be assigned.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have all or most of the experience below or a combination of comparable experience where they have demonstrated similar skills or responsibilities.
Preferred, but not required
CLS brings its core values of community, race equity, and justice into all aspects of its work, and we seek an individual for this role who aligns with these values and is interested in the continued pursuit of community-centric fundraising and communications practices.
Compensation and Benefits
CLS is updating its salary scales. The annual salary range for People and Culture Director will likely fall between $125,000 for a candidate with 10 years of experience, and $135,000 for a candidate with 20 years of experience.
Columbia Legal Services is committed to providing an equitable work environment, including a commitment to pay equity. Mid-year adjustments may be applied, based on years of experience, once salary schedules are finalized. An additional COLA increase of around 2% may be applied annually, in addition to a step-level increase for each additional year of service, based on CLS's overall budget.
This full-time, exempt position is a confidential role and is not eligible for representation by Washington Legal Workers, our in-house labor union.
CLS has a 35-hour workweek, though temporary deviations from the normal work schedule occur from time to time. We also offer a comprehensive compensation package including the following:
Additionally, we pay 100% of employee premiums for excellent health, vision, and dental benefits plus 50% of the maximum out-of-pocket deductible and offer heavily subsidized family premiums.
We also offer a 403(b) retirement benefit with employer contribution and a match, disability and life insurance, a subsidized transit pass, and an employee wellness program.
To Apply
Please submit an application with a cover letter and resume in PDF format through our application portal in BambooHR. We accept and review applications on a rolling basis, with priority given to applications received before August 4, 2024. We will remove the position from our website once it is filled.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email the Human Resources Department at careers@columbialegal.org.
We are committed to an environment of mutual respect, collaboration, and equal opportunity for all employees, and strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, people who have been affected by mass incarceration, and other underrepresented and historically marginalized groups. We believe in building and sustaining an organization that is reflective of the communities we serve, and is diverse in work background, experience, education, race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, or sensory, mental and physical abilities. We believe that the resulting diversity is both a source of program strength and a matter of fundamental human fairness.
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