Why Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)

We come from humble beginnings — picture a one-person organization created in 1949 to advocate for excellence in public education on behalf of Texas school board members. Flash forward to today, and we have over 500 employees working together to provide 1,024 school districts with purposeful resources so they can focus on what matters most — excellent and equitable education for all 5.4 million Texas students. 

As TASBeans (our internal name for employees), we feel privileged to work alongside talented team-members who are passionate about education and enjoy learning from new and different perspectives. We believe what makes our organization highly successful is the rich diversity our employees collectively bring to TASB with different backgrounds, skillsets, cultures and ethnicities, gender identities, interests, abilities, and work styles. And our passion for education and learning doesn’t end there. Our culture has always encouraged employees to grow and become their best selves both professionally and personally through a variety of innovative and collaborative development opportunities. You’re likely beginning to see why we’ve been regularly named by Austin Business Journal as a Top Ten Best Places to Work! 

TASB offers competitive pay, rich benefits (including retirement matching of 2:1 up to 5% after one year. This means that if you contribute 5% to the plan, TASB will contribute 10%), onsite daycare, onsite gym, wellness program, tuition reimbursement, remote work options, flexible schedules, and more. 

Every role at TASB thoughtfully complements our mission and the educational impact being made in communities across Texas. If you consider your work exceptional and want to help drive our mission forward, keep reading!

About You

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) HR Partner will help foster a consultative relationship in developing proactive people and DEIB strategies that support the mission, values and strategic direction of the organization. 

A Typical Day

• Manage the annual DEIB calendar, including providing logistical planning, coordination, and support for DEIB events and initiatives, as well as stakeholder meetings and agendas. 
• Identify opportunities for improvement, implementing solutions, analyzing the results, and deciding to iterate, pivot, or stay the course. 
• Develops and implements with other team members complex initiatives where the impact is significant in supporting the customer's needs. initiatives include employee retention, talent assessment, compensation planning (equity, bonus, merit), and leadership development. 
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How You'll Make an Impact

• Create effective relationships and serve as a trusted people advisor to identify and achieve shared objectives, coach and support leaders with their talent and people plans. 
• Actively drive TASB's diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategy through an integrated approach across business units and touch points of the employee life cycle. 
• Serve as the chair of the association's Learning, Equity, Advocacy, and Diversity Advisory (LEAD) Council. 
• Be a part of a team to implement a revised HR operating model, including creating and managing project plans and timelines to build process efficiencies while leveraging technology and effective communications strategies. 

Skills for Success

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, communications, organizational development, or a related field from an accredited university. 
• 3 years of professional work experience and broad understanding and track record of coordinating organization wide DEIB initiatives and program implementation and experience as an HR Partner supporting achievement of business objectives. 
• PHR/PHR-CA, SPHR/SPHR-CA, SHRM-CP, or SHRC-SCP preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Ability to adapt, deal with ambiguity and learn quickly. 
• Ability to challenge the status quo, peak up and help others see things from other perspectives. 
• Experience with HRIS, Excel, PowerBI and/or other software in creating dashboards, analyzing, and monitoring data and trends to measure and report the effectiveness of programs in a way that brings value to the business. 
• Ability to create project plans, set milestones, delegate tasks, and track progress. 
• Highest level of integrity in managing confidential and sensitive information. 
• Excellent communication skills with high emotional intelligence. 
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations to a wide range of audiences. 

Work Environment

• This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and copiers.
• Position involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing in carrying out job duties.
• May be required to lift and move up to 10lbs. at a time. 
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. 
• Occasional travel for meetings or events with remote and hybrid employees. 

The TASB Difference

• Enjoy competitive pay and rich benefit offerings.
• Be part of a collaborative environment where every contribution impacts Texas public schoolchildren. 
• Thrive in a culture that promotes bringing your whole self to work every day and emphasizes healthy boundaries and work-life balance.
• Learn and grow individually and together through frequent professional development; diversity, equity, and inclusion panels; wellness seminars; and more. 
• Work alongside transparent leaders with an open and consistent feedback approach.
• Celebrate as a team with meaningful (and fun) events and tokens of appreciation throughout the year. 

Posting Notices

• The health and safety of our employees and members, is our top priority.
• TASB is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, color, disability, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other personal characteristic protected by law.
• This position does not qualify for visa sponsorship.
• Any job offer is contingent upon receipt of results of a satisfactory background check. 

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