Manager, Human Resources Partnerships

Earthjustice; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Earthjustice is seeking a Manager, Human Resources Partnerships to lead HR strategy, partner with senior leaders, and oversee employee relations, compliance, and organizational effectiveness. This role will drive workforce planning, culture-building, and talent development across the organization, with a focus on building leadership capability and data-driven decision making.

The position is full-time, with hybrid work options based in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience as a strategic business partner.
• Minimum of 2 years supervising a HR team.
• Active SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of employee

Responsibilities

• Build team capability through leadership, coaching, developing, mentoring, and support.
• Evaluate and strengthen the team’s operating model, strengthening functional excellence and consistency through use of data and dashboards.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance for employee relations matters, grounded in a strong understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws, regulatory requirements, and compliance standards.
• Partner with the Office of General Counsel to further advance the development and implementation of standards and best practices for investigations and documentation, promoting adherence and consistency across the organization.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior leaders on workforce planning, talent strategy, succession planning, team/manager effectiveness, and organizational health.
• Serve as an escalation point for highly complex employee, leadership, and organizational matters.
• Lead people strategy components of enterprise-wide initiatives, championing Earthjustice culture by visibly modeling its values and leading positive, sustainable change.
• Lead initiatives designed to evaluate and improve employee engagement, retention, inclusion, and culture, coaching senior leaders and managers on leadership effectiveness and talent management.
• Develop workforce insights and dashboards, using analytics to diagnose trends and assist in the implementation of targeted development and engagement strategies.
• Directly supervises Senior HR Partner(s), and HR Partner(s). Responsible for hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, career development, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Uphold Earthjustice's mission and values by fostering a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative work environment, providing clear direction and feedback, and promoting a culture of learning for all team members.
• Oversee relavant administrative, budgeting, and personnel management of direct reports, ensuring that all organizational policies and standards are met.
• Estimated 5-10% travel.
• Actively pursue professional development and contribute to a culture of learning by building skills and sharing knowledge.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Earthjustice is the nation's leading environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We are here because the Earth needs a good lawyer.

Driven by a passion for justice, inclusion, partnership, and excellence, our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected.

The Manager, Human Resources Partnerships serves as the leader of the HR Partnership function, providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and leadership while acting as a senior advisor to organizational leaders. The role reports to the Associate Vice President, Human Resources Partnership, Strategy & Operations.

The successful Manager is a strategic people leader who balances organizational priorities with employee experience, develops high‑performing HR professionals, strengthens leadership capability, and drives organizational effectiveness.

This is a supervisory position.

The Manager is expected to work a full‑time (37.5 hours/week) shedule. We prefer candidates who are based in or near one of our offices and able to work in a hybrid capacity, particularly in Washington, DC. We’re also open to remote candidates located within the contiguous United States.

What You'll Do

HR Partnership Function Leadership (35%)

• Build team capability through leadership, coaching, developing, mentoring, and support.
• Evaluate and strengthen the team’s operating model, strengthening functional excellence and consistency through use of data and dashboards.

Employee Relations, Compliance, and Risk Management (25%)

• Provide strategic oversight and guidance for employee relations matters, grounded in a strong understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws, regulatory requirements, and compliance standards.
• Partner with the Office of General Counsel to further advance the development and implementation of standards and best practices for investigations and documentation, promoting adherence and consistency across the organization.

Strategic Business Partnership and Organizational Effectiveness (20%)

• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior leaders on workforce planning, talent strategy, succession planning, team/manager effectiveness, and organizational health.
• Serve as an escalation point for highly complex employee, leadership, and organizational matters.

Culture Building and Change Leadership (20%)

• Lead people strategy components of enterprise‑wide initiatives, championing Earthjustice culture by visibly modeling its values and leading positive, sustainable change.
• Lead initiatives designed to evaluate and improve employee engagement, retention, inclusion, and culture, coaching senior leaders and managers on leadership effectiveness and talent management.
• Develop workforce insights and dashboards, using analytics to diagnose trends and assist in the implementation of targeted development and engagement strategies.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervises Senior HR Partner(s), and HR Partner(s). Responsible for hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, career development, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Uphold Earthjustice's mission and values by fostering a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative work environment, providing clear direction and feedback, and promoting a culture of learning for all team members.
• Oversee relavant administrative, budgeting, and personnel management of direct reports, ensuring that all organizational policies and standards are met.

Required Travel

• Estimated 5-10% travel.

Ongoing Learning

• Actively pursue professional development and contribute to a culture of learning by building skills and sharing knowledge.

Please note that the percentage breakdowns provided serve as a guideline and that other duties may be assigned as part of the job's requirements.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Minimum 10 years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience as a strategic business partner.
• Minimum of 2 years supervising a HR team.
• Active SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of employee