About Achievement First Achievement First (AF) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supporting 39 public charter schools across New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. For more than 25 years, AF has been recognized as one of the top tuition-free public charter school networks in the country. We are committed to creating schools of academic excellence within nurturing environments — schools that prepare students to be college-ready and to pursue and succeed in whatever paths they choose in life. The majority of AF students are Black and Latinx children from low-income families, many of whom will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Across our network, we employ more than 2,200 staff members — 64% of whom identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color — who collectively educate nearly 15,000 students in Brooklyn and Queens, NY; New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hartford, CT; and Providence and Cranston, RI. Our mission is to prepare every student to excel in college, career, and life; deepen their understanding of self and community; and lead lives of purpose. We believe in the limitless potential within our students and their power to shape a more just society. That belief drives our deep commitment to student achievement: we aim to set a high bar for learning and create warm, demanding classrooms where rigorous instruction is paired with the care, encouragement, and consistency every student deserves. We are looking for a strategic and dynamic Managing Director of People Partners to join our Talent team. Your Impact The Managing Director of People Partners is a key strategic and operational leader within AF's Talent Team, serving as a trusted partner and subject-matter expert to school and network leaders across all three regions (NY, CT & RI). Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this individual brings broad, high-quality HR generalist expertise to the full talent employee life cycle (attract, recruit, onboard, retain, develop, and offboard). The Managing Director bridges the gap between the People Team's specialized functions and the day-to-day people needs of AF's schools and network support offices, ensuring that every staff member experiences a consistent, equitable, and high-quality people experience. The Managing Director also leads a team of employee relations/people partners. As AF continues to evolve its regionalized model, this role plays a critical connective function — ensuring that people practices are responsive to local context while maintaining network-wide coherence. This position will serve as the go-to generalist resource for managers and leaders across the organization, advising on complex employee situations, driving key HR initiatives, and helping to assess what people management capability needs to be built for our leaders at all levels. Human Resources Strategy & Business Partnership <ul> <li>Serve as a strategic HR business partner to school and network leaders, providing expert counsel on workforce planning, organizational design, team structure, and people strategy.</li> <li>Advise leaders on people-related decisions, including role design, team restructuring, talent gaps, and change management and translate organizational goals into actionable people plans.</li> <li>Proactively identify trends across the organization (retention risks, engagement patterns, structural gaps) and bring data-driven recommendations to leadershi

Managing Director of People Partners

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