Human Resources Director
Shelburne Farms
1611 Harbor Road
Shelburne, VT 05482
United States
Are you attentive to workplace culture, have a strategic mindset, are passionate about attracting, recruiting, and retaining employees for a diversity of roles, and enjoy hands-on involvement coaching managers and administering HR functions? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
This individual contributor role serves as a member of the management team and supports 200+ year-round and seasonal staff across the organization’s program and enterprise areas in roles ranging from educators to groundskeepers and hospitality staff to farmers. Important qualifications include exceptional interpersonal skills, solid technical and functional knowledge across HR disciplines, and the ability to help foster a nurturing, welcoming and respectful work environment.
Core responsibilities include:
- Management team skills development and performance improvement
- HR systems operations and administration
- Staff planning, recruitment and onboarding
- Compensation and benefits
- Employee relations
Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future through its programs, place, and products. Home to the Institute for Sustainable Schools, our historic campus is a 1,400-acre diversified farm located on the homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.
Base Salary: A salary commensurate with qualifications will be offered within a hiring range of $90,000.00 to $120,000.00.
Benefits: Shelburne Farms’ comprehensive benefits include:
- Health Insurance (Shelburne Farms covers up to 84% of the premium for employees) or a $3,000 opt-out payment in lieu of health insurance
- Health Savings Account (Shelburne Farms contributes $750 and $500 for employees on Silver and Gold plans, respectively) | Flexible Spending Account (Bronze plans) | Limited Purpose FSA (Gold and Silver plan participants) | Dependent Care Account
- Health Reimbursement Account (Bronze plan participants). Shelburne Farms provides 1st dollar funding of $2k for individual coverage and $4k for two-person and family.
- Dental and vision insurance (Voluntary plans offered at a discounted group rate.)
- Basic life insurance and long-term disability (provided at no cost to employees)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Plan
Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis and are asked to submit a cover letter and resume for consideration by the search committee, which expects to start interviews in June and have the new HRD on board by September. Click here to apply.
Prospective candidates seeking additional insights before applying may contact our executive search partner, Beth Gilpin Consulting, for a confidential exploratory call.
Shelburne Farms is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and we strongly stand against discrimination and harassment of any kind.