Associate Director, Talent and Workforce Operations

Leading Educators Careers

9h • $87,243 - $111,037 • Remote

About The Position

At Leading Educators, we believe that excellent teaching transforms student outcomes. Behind every exceptional educator is a well coordinated team, thoughtfully allocated resources, and systems that ensure the right people are in the right roles at the right time.
The Associate Director of Talent and Workforce Operations is a professional with deep roots in the K12 education sector or education focused nonprofit organizations and brings meaningful experience managing workforce planning, staffing allocation systems, and talent operations in mission driven environments. This leader understands the complexity of supporting a mission driven organization that serves schools and educators and knows that strong internal systems are essential for enabling our staff to deliver high quality partnership and meaningful impact for students. With this perspective, the Associate Director leads the operational systems that help ensure our teams are staffed effectively, resources are allocated thoughtfully, and leaders have the information they need to make smart hiring and workforce decisions.
In this role, you will lead the operational infrastructure that powers workforce planning and staff allocation across the organization. You will maintain workforce planning systems, monitor staffing capacity across teams and projects, and translate allocation data into insights that help leaders align talent with priorities and plan for future staffing needs.
Workforce planning is closely connected to how and when the organization hires. The Associate Director partners closely with the People Team and organizational leaders to translate staffing needs into hiring priorities, ensuring that workforce planning insights directly inform recruiting strategy and hiring decisions. This role prepares and facilitates allocation meetings with leadership, maintains workforce planning dashboards, and monitors shifts in staffing capacity as projects evolve. The Associate Director also serves as the primary owner of workforce planning and resource capacity tools and technology, ensuring these systems remain accurate, well maintained, and useful for leadership decision making.
The Associate Director also leads onboarding integration and internal transition planning, ensuring that new hires and employees stepping into new roles are successfully integrated into their teams and responsibilities. By connecting workforce planning, hiring readiness, onboarding systems, and internal transitions, this role helps ensure Leading Educators can deploy talent strategically and continue advancing our mission to support educators and the students they serve.

Requirements

• 5 to 7 or more years of experience in HR operations, talent operations, workforce planning, or program operations roles managing complex operational systems
• 3 to 5 years of experience executing workforce planning processes, staffing allocation management, or talent operations within a K12 education organization or education focused nonprofit environment
• Demonstrated experience managing workforce planning processes, staff allocation systems, resource planning tools, or operational capacity tracking across teams or projects
• Proven track record designing and executing large operational cycles such as onboarding programs, performance management processes, or organizational review cycles
• Strong experience building and maintaining operational dashboards, reports, or tracking systems that support leadership decision making
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex workflows involving multiple stakeholders, shifting priorities, and detailed operational coordination
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to maintain high levels of accuracy across multiple systems and operational processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present operational data and insights clearly to leadership and diverse audiences
• Proficiency using technology and AI tools to improve operational workflows, documentation, reporting, or internal process efficiency

Benefits

• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for individual employees. Additional premium costs are covered 60% by Leading Educators for partners and dependents on medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 4% matching 401k plan, Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, childcare and commuter expenses, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Benefits are valued at or above $9,000 for employees.
• First three years of employment, full time staff accrue 22 days a year.
• Five additional days are accrued after the third and sixth year of employment.
• Leading Educators also offer 16 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays staff may use at their discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed