Position: Senior Director, HR

Status: Full-time, exempt

Location/Time zone: Anywhere in  the U.S convenient to travel

Deadline: Applications are due by April 24, 2026. Ideal start date is May 26, 2026.

Starting Salary Range: $115,000-130,000 annually

About Us

re:power is a national organization seeking to build a critical mass of social justice movements and their leaders who embody the ideology and practice of liberatory organizing, and organizing practice that is pro-Black and grounded in community, collective action and abundance. Our ultimate vision is a liberated, multiracial democracy, free from the oppressive systems of white supremacy and patriarchy. 

We work towards our vision of inclusive politics by offering training and strategic support to leaders and organizations across the progressive ecosystem, focusing on movements, civic engagement, and governance.  Our Movement Building Programs train community and labor organizers, activists, and those who are building power in the grassroots domain. Through our Civic Engagement Programs, we train electoral campaigners and candidates running for public office. And finally, our Governance Programs train and support progressive legislators who are newly elected to office. 

Formerly known as Wellstone Action, in 2018 we rebranded into re:power - maintaining the depth and breadth of our training curriculum, but explicitly centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Since 2019, re:power has been led by Karundi Williams, our first Black woman Executive Director, who has led our small but powerful organization to success.

In the last five years, re:power has trained and supported more than 10,000 organizers, candidates, campaigners, and leaders across our movement. Our alumni reflect the communities we center — 83% identify as BIPOC as do the majority of our trainers, 76% are women, 7% are trans and gender expansive, 37% are LGBTQIA, and 14% are youth (ages 18–24). We are proud of what we’ve accomplished together in such a short time, and also know that in order for our communities to continue winning and driving positive change, we must keep building our skills, capacities and networks. At re:power, we thrive in this transformational work. Our team is laser-focused on achieving our mission. Join us!

Position Overview

re:power is looking to add to our team a values-driven Sr. Director, Human Resources to lead, manage and grow the HR functions of re:power -  including hiring and onboarding, annual evaluations, compensation, benefits and payroll administration and HR compliance. This is a new role for re:power. The role is currently designed as an “HR Team of One”–a stand alone role that collaborates closely with our Executive Team.   We’re a smaller team, so this role includes both implementation and strategy.  We’re looking for someone who understands the importance of HR centering our people, and someone that is eager to lead new HR initiatives to help re:power improve and grow.  

Primary Responsibilities

HR Initiatives

• Serves as a thought partner to the Executive Team on staffing needs and structures.
• Supports all our staff through improving supervisors management practices.  
• Supports our culture through HR initiatives. 
• Refreshes/develops and implements plans for Executive Team consideration on all HR matters including HR policy development, compensation, evaluations, benefits and more.
• Evaluates re:power’s HR tech, makes recommendations for improvements, owns implementation, staff training, etc. as needed. 
• Leads all work with HR contractors. 

HR Compliance

• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local employment laws and regulations (we currently have staff in 15 states) as well as re:power’s policies while remaining grounded in a people-centered values-based approach to HR.
• Liaises with our payroll provider Justworks as well as some state DOLs and our Workers Compensation provider as needed to resolve problems.

Benefit and Payroll Administration

• Works closely with Justworks and our Finance Manager to administer payroll for ~20 employees.
• Manages re:power’s benefit programs–including driving annual renewals and ensuring our benefits meet organizational needs.  
• Serves as main contact for all re:power employees for payroll and benefit questions. 

Hiring and Onboarding/Offboarding

• Develops/improves and implements strong hiring and onboarding/offboarding practices that support re:power’s values.
• In close partnership with hiring managers oversee recruitment including job postings, candidate screenings, offers, negotiations and working with external hiring partners when required.
• Manages offboarding processes.

Compensation

• Drives work on re:power’s compensation philosophy to ensure it’s aligned with re:power’s values and goals.  This may require working with external values-aligned compensation experts.

Performance/Evaluations

• Leads a revamp of our annual evaluation process.
• Manages complex employee relations matters, including investigations and terminations.
• Supports managers in growing and developing their teams

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics. It’s okay if you don’t meet every single requirement!

• Has held primary responsibility for HR functions at an organization, ideally a nonprofit or values-aligned organization OR has held a high level of responsibility for HR functions (ex. HRBP, Deputy Dir of HR) at a large organization.
• Has a deep understanding of HR compliance, while remaining grounded in a people-centered, values-based approach to HR.
• Understands performance management including giving advice to managers.
• Has cultivated and upheld BIPOC and LGBTQ+  workplaces.  
• Experienced in assessing employee sentiment; proactively planning effective change management.  
• Experienced building relationships to move the work forward while maintaining confidentiality.

A note that this role will have some, but not extensive travel, up to 5 trips annually.  

Compensation and Benefits

Starting salary for this position ranges from $115,000-$130.000 annually with new staff typically coming in at the middle of this range. In an effort to counter pay inequality, the Senior Director, HR starting salary range is nonnegotiable and benchmarked to competitive markets in the nonprofit sector. re:power offers a comprehensive benefits package with excellent/health/life/disability insurance, including these and other employment-related benefits:

• 95% employer-paid health and 90% employer-paid dental insurance premiums for staff and their families;
• 100% employer-paid life and disability insurance;
• exceptionally generous and flexible paid time off;
• 401k retirement benefits with a 4% immediately vested employer match;
• FSA enrollment;
• 90 days of paid extended leave;
• 12 weeks of paid sabbatical leave after 5 years.  

Application Deadline and Instructions

Applications are due April 24, 2026. Applicants are encouraged to submit both a resume and a cover letter that highlights an HR initiative you designed and implemented that you’re proud of. Two rounds of interviews will be held between April 27, 2026 and May 6, 2026. Our ideal start is May 26, 2026. 

re:power is an equal opportunity employer. We eagerly invite people of color, Native American and Indigenous people, immigrants, women, genderqueer and nonbinary people, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and others to apply for all open positions at re:power. 

re:power offers a lively and highly rewarding professional environment. We are committed to creating a world where our lived experiences, perspectives and ideas are fully represented and that starts first within our organization. This position can be located anywhere in the United States convenient to regular travel, with a strong preference to Eastern time zones.

For more about our work, go to www.repower.org.