The Brearley School seeks an experienced, strategic, and hands-on Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to guide and direct its Human Resources office, to ensure that its policies and systems support the School community, and to help build an organizational culture that reflects our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. This position will lead in the areas of employee relations and benefits plan design and selection, and participate in change management projects, and recruitment and retention strategy. In addition, the CHRO will play a key role in ensuring the School’s human resource policies and practices comply with applicable federal and state employment laws, are regularly benchmarked against peer organizations, and are aligned with the School’s mission and vision. This position will lead a significant line of work developing and implementing systems and processes to ensure compliance across all lines of Brearley’s work force and will play a key role in fostering a culture that helps to create an extraordinary environment in which to teach and learn.

Founded in 1884, The Brearley School is a center of intellectual exuberance, attracting students from across and beyond New York City. Our mission has long combined outstanding academics with an insistence on a larger purpose: to cultivate in our students a commitment to the greater good. In pursuit of this goal, we actively strive to build, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty and student body.

We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and antiracist school community.

Find out more: The Brearley School

Contact

DSG Storbeck l Diversified Search Group has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Ruth Shoemaker Wood and Staci Williams Seeley. Screening will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. Submit a compelling cover letter and resume by filling out our Talent Profile. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

The Brearley School is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek applications from people with disabilities; people of all gender identities and sexual orientations; people of color; and veterans.

Search Team Contact Information

Ruth Shoemaker Wood, Managing Director

Staci Williams Seeley, Managing Director

BrearleyCHRO@dsgco.com

DSG | Storbeck

DSG | Storbeck is the Education Practice of DSG Global, bringing together top-tier search professionals with decades of experience in the education sector. Formed through the merger of the education teams from Storbeck Search, Koya Partners, and Diversified Search, DSG | Storbeck provides unparalleled expertise in executive search for colleges, universities, K-12 institutions, and education-focused organizations.

The ideal candidate must possess:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or related field.

• At least fifteen years of strategic human resource leadership experience, including leading an HR team.

• Strong working knowledge of applicable federal and state employment laws and of best practices for risk mitigation.

• Demonstrated proficiency in the knowledge of Ceridian Dayforce or other human capital management system, (Workday, ADP, iCIMS, etc.) with an emphasis on maximizing its functionality and leading implementations.

• Demonstrated success in all areas in which Human Resources functions, within a collaborative, fast-paced, and diverse environment and an evolving culture.

• Outstanding interpersonal, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.

• Exceptional ability to meet individuals with empathy and maintain confidentiality.

• Demonstrated success in working with and gaining the trust and respect of multiple constituencies, including senior executives and staff at all levels, managing projects from idea to outcomes; strategic thinking; innovating; and navigating nimbly and effectively through changing and ambiguous situations.

• Demonstrated success centering equity and inclusion in human resources work, collaborating effectively with those leading these efforts to conduct comprehensive needs analyses, creating effective organizational structures and implementing change models – including intentional efforts to transform organizational culture – while proactively driving ongoing work.

• Track record of handling confidential and sensitive matters with discretion.

Additional preferred skills and knowledge:

• An understanding of and commitment to the mission and shared values of the School

• Senior Professional of Human Resources Certification (SPHR) or SHRM Certified Senior Professional (SHRM-SCP)

• Strong working knowledge of applicable federal and state employment laws and of best practices for risk mitigation.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish.