Director of People Operations

Scion Nonprofit Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Director of People Operations & Compliance on behalf of a mission-driven behavioral health and housing organization based in Los Angeles County. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and hands-on HR leader to build, stabilize, and professionalize people operations across a growing multi-site organization serving high-needs populations.

This role is ideal for a highly operational HR professional with deep expertise in California employment law, employee relations, workplace investigations, accommodations and leave management, leadership coaching, and compliance-heavy environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as an internal subject matter expert on California employment law, including wage and hour compliance, leave management, accommodations, employee classifications, and disciplinary practices

• Audit and strengthen HR policies, procedures, and operational practices to minimize organizational risk and improve compliance

• Partner with legal counsel as needed on complex employee relations and compliance matters

• Proactively identify organizational vulnerabilities and implement preventative HR strategies

• Lead complex and sensitive employee relations matters, investigations, and conflict resolution processes with professionalism and objectivity

• Provide coaching and guidance to managers and supervisors on performance management, documentation, communication, accountability, and legal compliance

• Support organizational culture development efforts focused on professionalism, accountability, collaboration, and trauma-informed leadership practices

• Help establish scalable leadership development systems and management standards across multiple sites

• Build and improve HR systems, workflows, and operational processes for a growing organization

• Review and modernize employee handbooks, corrective action procedures, onboarding/offboarding processes, accommodations tracking, and performance management systems

• Partner closely with executive leadership to strengthen organizational communication, operational consistency, and workforce planning

• Support recruiting strategy and hiring efforts for leadership and critical operational positions

Qualifications

• 7 years of progressive HR leadership and employee relations experience required

• Deep knowledge of California employment law and HR compliance required

• Strong experience managing workplace investigations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and high-conflict employee relations matters

• Experience supporting multi-site organizations and developing operational HR infrastructure strongly preferred

• Demonstrated success coaching managers and supporting leadership development initiatives

• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred but not required

Compensation & Benefits

This position offers a competitive salary range of approximately $140,000–$170,000 DOE, along with a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a rapidly growing, mission-driven organization.

ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM

Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an award-winning national nonprofit recruitment and staffing specialist for nonprofit organizations, foundations, associations, and educational institutions! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals supporting incredible missions and programs. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire nonprofit recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing.

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