The National Employment Law Project (NELP) seeks a values-aligned, strategic, and highly relational leader who is energized by our mission to build a good-jobs economy—a just and inclusive economy where all workers have expansive rights and thrive in good jobs. The Chief People Officer will play a key role in creating people-centered strategies that support our highly talented team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability in service of our mission, which focuses on advancing transformative solutions that reflect the needs of all workers—including historically marginalized groups such as women, Black, immigrant, and low-wage workers, and workers with records. Join us!
About National Employment Law Project
Founded in 1969, the nonprofit National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a leading advocacy organization with the mission to build a just and inclusive economy where all workers have expansive rights and thrive in good jobs. Together with local, state, and national partners, NELP advances its mission through transformative legal and policy solutions, research, capacity building, and communications. Our victories over the last decade have impacted the lives of an estimated 100 million workers and their families. We lead and collaborate in fights for higher pay and just benefits, secure and safe jobs, and support at each stage in a worker’s life. For more information, read our annual reports and explore our website: www.nelp.org
NELP has a team of 55 staff people based across offices in New York City, Washington D.C., and Berkeley, CA, with a 9-person Board of Directors, an annual budget of $14M, and hundreds of partners in the field with whom we work to further our mission.
What You Will Do
The Chief People Officer (CPO) will be an organizational leader and integral member of NELP’s executive leadership team. The CPO will work across teams to integrate a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability, translating organizational goals into actionable people-centered strategies. This position will report to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and, in partnership with the executive leadership team, will shape and implement initiatives that strengthen NELP’s culture, leadership, and overall effectiveness. Your work will include:
People Strategy and Human Resources Leadership
Organizational Strategy, Culture, and Effectiveness
Labor-Management Relations Support
Who You Are
Start Date, Location, Compensation and Benefits: This position is based out of one of our three offices (Berkeley, New York City, or Washington D.C.). Staff may be located a commutable distance from one of the three offices. NELP has a hybrid model that requires staff to work in-person at least six days per month, with the option of in-person or remote work the remainder of the time. This hybrid model seeks to leverage both the benefits of working with colleagues in-person and the benefits of flexible remote arrangements. This position will require some travel, including for NELP internal meetings or conferences. The start date will be as soon as possible.
The salary for the Chief People Officer is $210,000.
Compensation also includes an excellent comprehensive benefits package, including full coverage of family health insurance, a medical reimbursement plan, generous vacation and sick leave, plus additional organization-wide holidays, significant contribution from employer to a retirement plan (both an unelected contribution and employer match); and for qualifying participants, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 12 weeks of paid medical leave, 6 weeks of paid family medical caregiving leave, childcare/eldercare reimbursement assistance, and student loan repayment assistance. Staff at NELP are members of Local 2320, UAW, excluding management and certain other categories. This position is in management.
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The National Employment Law Project (NELP) seeks a values-aligned, strategic, and highly relational leader who is energized by our mission to build a good-jobs economy—a just and inclusive economy where all workers have expansive rights and thrive in good jobs. The Chief People Officer will play a key role in creating people-centered strategies that support our highly talented team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability in service of our mission, which focuses on advancing transformative solutions that reflect the needs of all workers—including historically marginalized groups such as women, Black, immigrant, and low-wage workers, and workers with records. Join us!
About National Employment Law Project
Founded in 1969, the nonprofit National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a leading advocacy organization with the mission to build a just and inclusive…