Part-Time HR Director for Impactful Nonprofits

Go Fractional; New Hampshire; Remote; USD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

The Water Project is seeking a Part-Time Director of Human Resources to lead the employee lifecycle, compliance, performance processes, and HR operations via a PEO. This senior HR practitioner role is hands-on and requires the ability to manage onboarding, policy development, and employee relations for a distributed US team.

You will partner with leadership to maintain fair HR practices, support a positive workplace, and ensure timely HR responses while balancing a flexible schedule (~15–20

Qualifications

• Typically seven or more years of hands-on HR experience with ownership of an HR function.
• Experience advising senior leadership on employee relations and compliance.
• Track record implementing HR processes in distributed or remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary HR contact for policies, benefits, leave, performance, workplace concerns, and other HR matters.
• Manage onboarding, job/status changes, leave coordination, and offboarding from an HR perspective.
• Maintain confidential personnel records and ensure documents are complete and retained.
• Administer and improve the employee handbook, HR policies, templates, and SOPs.
• Coordinate benefits and payroll information through a PEO; Finance handles payroll funding and reconciliation.
• Maintain an HR compliance calendar and ensure trainings and policy reviews are completed on schedule.

Skills

Employee relations

HR operations

Policy development

Onboarding

Communication

Resource planning

Tools

Justworks

HRIS

Job description

The Water Project is seeking a Part-Time Director of Human Resources to lead the employee lifecycle, compliance, performance processes, and HR operations via a PEO. This senior HR practitioner role is hands-on and requires the ability to manage onboarding, policy development, and employee relations for a distributed US team.

You will partner with leadership to maintain fair HR practices, support a positive workplace, and ensure timely HR responses while balancing a flexible schedule (~15–20