Human Resources Specialist

HR Specialist (Employee Relations Focus)

Mountain Sage is seeking a thoughtful, experienced HR professional to support our staff and leadership team with a strong focus on employee relations and workplace culture. This role is ideal for someone who is grounded, fair, and skilled at navigating complex interpersonal dynamics while maintaining clarity, consistency, and compliance.

As a Waldorf-inspired public charter school, we value relationship-centered practices, restorative approaches to conflict, and a deep commitment to sustainability—both environmentally and within our workplace culture. This role plays an important part in helping those values show up in a consistent and practical way.

This is a mid-level HR role with an emphasis on people and process.

What You'll Do:

This role will serve as a consistent, in-person HR presence supporting staff across a range of employee relations and organizational needs:

• Support employee relations matters with a calm, impartial, and solutions-oriented approach
• Facilitate conflict resolution and mediation, incorporating restorative practices where appropriate while maintaining clear expectations and outcomes
• Lead and support workplace investigations, documentation, and follow-through
• Provide guidance and support around performance management and evaluations
• Partner with leadership on disciplinary processes and terminations, ensuring consistency and compliance
• Help develop, clarify, and maintain policies and procedures
• Support and help advance diversity-informed practices in a way that is practical, respectful, and grounded in daily operations.
• Assist with workplace culture initiatives, including staff surveys and feedback loops
• Support onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a consistent and thoughtful employee experience
• Help reinforce clear expectations and accountability, supporting staff in meeting established performance standards
• Serve as an embedded HR presence for staff—someone approachable, steady, and able to maintain confidentiality

What We're Looking For

• 3–7 years of HR experience, with a strong focus on employee relations
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Conflict resolution and mediation (experience with restorative approaches is a plus)
  • Workplace investigations
  • Performance management and coaching
  • Disciplinary processes and terminations
  • Policy interpretation and development
  • Workplace culture and staff engagement efforts (including surveys)
  • Onboarding and offboarding processes
• PHR or SPHR certification preferred
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field preferred
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism
• Ability to exercise sound, independent judgment grounded in facts and context
• Confidence in holding individuals accountable to clear expectations and performance standards
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in education, nonprofits, or mission-driven organizations is a plus
• Familiarity with or interest in Waldorf education, restorative practices, or sustainability is helpful, but not required

Position Details

• Summer 2026: Part-time hours focused on onboarding, training, and transition
• 2026–27 School Year:
  • Part-time, 20–25 hours per week
  • Onsite, Monday–Friday (4–5 hours per day)
  • Schedule generally follows the Poudre School District calendar
• Some summer work ongoing, but not substantial
• Hourly rate: $30-$38 hour commensurate on experience.

Ready to Make a Difference? If you're excited about supporting a thriving workplace and helping people do their best work, we invite you to apply! At Mountain Sage, you won’t just support staff—you’ll help cultivate a positive, respectful, and responsive work environment where staff feel valued and heard. Join a community that prioritizes collaboration and play a meaningful role in shaping a healthy and sustainable workplace culture.

Go to https://www.careers-page.com/mountainsage, select the position in which you're interested, and submit an online application.

No phone calls. We will accept applications until the positions is filled. You will be contacted by a member of the Hiring Committee if we are interested in pursuing your application.