- Pay
- $138–158k
- Where
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Level
- Senior
Why Join JVS? JVS is a nonprofit working to close opportunity gaps in employment by supporting jobseekers with the skills and confidence to secure quality careers with family-sustaining wages. Grounded in core values of repairing the world and focused on helping our program participants achieve economic mobility, we believe everyone deserves access to training and the chance for a good job. JVS develops training programs in close partnership with employers in high growth sectors, offering high quality jobs.
Building on decades of experience and success, JVS is a data-driven organization that takes a whole systems approach to addressing employment and economic equity. Through our direct service programs, employer engagement and policy change, JVS is working toward a future where everyone has access to quality education and training programs that lead to high quality employment and economic mobility.
Job Summary:
The Director of Human Resources is responsible for leading a comprehensive HR strategy that ensures JVS Bay Area has the talent, leadership capacity, and organizational culture necessary to achieve its mission and strategic priorities. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role serves as the organization’s primary leader for talent development, organizational effectiveness, and culture by advancing multi-year leadership and management development initiatives, strengthening a high-performing and mission-aligned culture, and aligning HR systems and practices to support organizational growth, sustainability, and measurable performance outcomes.
The Director partners closely with the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Management Team to ensure workforce strategy, performance management, and employee experience are fully integrated with organizational goals. This role leads functional HR strategy and execution in alignment with enterprise priorities, ensuring that organizational design, staffing models, and performance systems enable effective program delivery and operational execution. The Director is accountable for building a strong leadership pipeline, strengthening management effectiveness, and fostering a values-driven workplace that supports staff performance and long-term organizational impact. Reporting in to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), this role will manage the Senior Human Resources Manager position and indirectly manage the Human Resources Assistant.
Responsibilities:
Leadership & Management Development
Design and implement a multi-year leadership and management development strategy aligned with organizational priorities and strategy
Develop training frameworks focused on JVS Competencies and the Advantage, including management effectiveness, communication, conflict resolution, and performance management
Build and sustain a leadership pipeline that supports internal talent progression and organizational scalability
Oversee implementation of agency-wide learning and development programs, including onboarding, training curriculum, and leadership development initiatives
Regularly assess organizational training needs and adjust programming to address skill gaps and evolving priorities
Performance Management
Expand and maintain a performance evaluation process which assists the agency’s adherence to employee growth and development and performance outcomes; ensure it is tied to the JVS competencies, individual performance metrics, and professional development
Provides ongoing training and guidance to supervisors in performance management throughout the year. Coach supervisors through difficult performance issues with their staff, including the creation of performance improvement plans when needed
Reviews, guides, and approves recommendations for employment terminations. Performs due diligence to protect the agency, consulting with legal counsel in circumstances that pose potential risks
Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy
In collaboration with the COO and Leadership Team, lead multi-year workforce…