On-Site Employee Retention Coach — 6-Month Contract

Kids And Company; Ohio, United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Inspire Early Education in Ohio seeks an Employee Retention Specialist for a six-month contract to diagnose turnover drivers at high-need schools and coach School Directors on retention practices. This role spends significant time on-site, analyzes HR data, and develops a actionable playbook with improvements.

You will conduct on-site visits, benchmark findings, and collaborate with Directors, VP of HR, and Talent Acquisition to stabilize teams and accelerate openings.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in HR generalist, employee relations, talent management, or organizational development.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose root causes from qualitative and quantitative data.
• Experience conducting stay interviews, exit interview analysis, or similar diagnostic work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site visits, confidential staff interviews, and stay/exit interview reviews at each targeted school, and analyze school-level HR data to identify drivers of turnover and vacancy.
• Benchmark findings against company-wide and regional trends and document root causes for each school in a clear, prioritized findings summary.
• Partner one-on-one with School Directors at each targeted school to build a tailored corrective action plan and coach Directors on day-to-day people-management practices.
• Align action plans with the VP of Human Resources and Ohio District Manager(s), and provide practical tools and templates Directors can use to sustain improvements after the engagement ends.
• Check in regularly with each Director to track progress on action plan commitments, remove obstacles, and adjust plans based on what is and isn't moving the needle.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to accelerate filling open positions at the highest-vacancy schools, and elevate systemic or cross-functional barriers to the VP of Human Resources when a root cause falls outside a Director's control.
• Provide regular progress updates to the VP of Human Resources on turnover, vacancy, and action plan status for each targeted school.
• Document effective interventions in a retention playbook and deliver a final summary report with outcomes and recommendations at the conclusion of the engagement.

Skills

HR generalist

Employee relations

Talent management

Organizational development

Data analysis

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Job description

Inspire Early Education in Ohio seeks an Employee Retention Specialist for a six-month contract to diagnose turnover drivers at high-need schools and coach School Directors on retention practices. This role spends significant time on-site, analyzes HR data, and develops a actionable playbook with improvements.

You will conduct on-site visits, benchmark findings, and collaborate with Directors, VP of HR, and Talent Acquisition to stabilize teams and accelerate openings.