Retention Strategist: On-Site HR Coach (6-Month)

Inspire Early Education; Independence Township (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Early Education is seeking an Employee Retention Specialist for a six‑month on-site contract to diagnose turnover drivers across Ohio schools and equip Directors with coaching and action plans. The role focuses on staying interviews, data analysis, and targeted interventions to reduce turnover and vacancies.

The position requires strong HR generalist skills, coaching ability, and the capacity to work independently across multiple school sites, with travel within the greater Cleveland

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience 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.
• Strong coaching and business‑partnering skills, with the ability to influence and support frontline leaders without direct authority over them.
• Comfortable working independently on a focused, time‑bound assignment with a defined start and end date.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; able to manage multiple school sites and relationships at once.
• Based in or able to work from the greater Cleveland, OH area, with reliable transportation for regular travel to school sites.

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 to build tailored corrective action plans and coach day‑to‑day people‑management practices that affect retention.
• Align action plans with the VP of Human Resources and Ohio District Manager(s), providing practical tools and templates for sustained improvements.
• Check in regularly with each Director to track progress, remove obstacles, and adjust plans based on results.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to accelerate filling open positions at high‑vacancy schools and address systemic barriers.
• Provide regular progress updates to the VP of Human Resources on turnover and vacancy across schools.
• Document interventions in a retention playbook and deliver a final summary report with outcomes and recommendations.

Skills

HR generalist

Employee relations

Talent management

Organizational development

Data analysis

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Job description

Inspire Early Education is seeking an Employee Retention Specialist for a six‑month on-site contract to diagnose turnover drivers across Ohio schools and equip Directors with coaching and action plans. The role focuses on staying interviews, data analysis, and targeted interventions to reduce turnover and vacancies.

The position requires strong HR generalist skills, coaching ability, and the capacity to work independently across multiple school sites, with travel within the greater Cleveland