Chief People Officer — Mission-Driven HR Leader

True North Goodwill; Duluth (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

True North Goodwill seeks an experienced Vice President of Human Resources to lead all HR functions for approximately 300 employees, reporting to the President & CEO, and overseeing an HR Generalist and Recruiter.

The role will develop and execute a comprehensive people strategy, lead talent acquisition, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness across the organization, including compensation, benefits, and HR analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive Human Resources experience, including at least five years in senior leadership roles with responsibility for enterprise strategy and workforce planning.
• Demonstrated experience leading Human Resources in a multi-site organization and supporting a substantial frontline workforce.
• Experience advising a CEO and executive team, coaching senior leaders, leading organizational change, and managing complex employee relations matters.
• Experience using workforce analytics and HR technology to improve decisions, services, and outcomes.
• Executive presence, sound judgment, discretion, business acumen, and the ability to translate complex workforce issues into clear recommendations and action.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an active member of the Executive Leadership Team and bring an enterprise perspective to strategy, growth, planning, and resource decisions.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive people strategy aligned with True North Goodwill’s mission, operating model, and future workforce needs.
• Lead talent acquisition, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness efforts.
• Strengthen manager capability, employee engagement, performance management, communication, retention, and culture.
• Provide executive oversight of complex employee relations matters, investigations, conflict resolution, and workplace concerns.
• Oversee compensation, benefits, total rewards, employment compliance, policies, HR systems, workforce analytics, and the Human Resources budget.
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable a high-performing, responsive, confidential, and service-oriented Human Resources team.
• Guide the people dimension of organizational change and help leaders build readiness, communicate effectively, and sustain adoption.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive advisory

Workforce planning

People management

HR analytics

Change management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR

Tools

HRIS

Job description

True North Goodwill seeks an experienced Vice President of Human Resources to lead all HR functions for approximately 300 employees, reporting to the President & CEO, and overseeing an HR Generalist and Recruiter.

The role will develop and execute a comprehensive people strategy, lead talent acquisition, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness across the organization, including compensation, benefits, and HR analytics.