Opportunity

Head-Royce School is seeking a meticulous and organized Human Resources Coordinator to join our Business Office. This part-time role is essential to our hiring operations, providing administrative support that ensures our faculty and staff can focus on what they do best: educating students in support of our mission. You will work in the business office, partnering closely with the HR Director and Payroll Manager to provide a seamless experience for all employees throughout their lifecycle at the school.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Managing recruiting workflows and onboarding documentation

• Coordinating reference checks and pre-employment clearances (Live Scan, TB, SB 848 compliance)

• Maintaining electronic personnel files and HR recordsTracking and supporting required employee and volunteer trainings

• Assisting with HR projects, communications, and intranet updates

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum 2 years of HR or administrative experience (school or nonprofit preferred)

• Demonstrated knowledge of California employment law 

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and discretion

• Proficiency with HRIS systems (pref Paycom) and Google Workspace

• Demonstrated cultural competence and commitment to promoting equity and belonging in this community work

• A truly collaborative spirit marked by independence, consistency and flexibility 

• Ability to have fun and enjoy working in a school

Salary: $33 - $35 an hour

Paid hourly, non-exempt, hybrid 18 hours a week. Oppty to increase hours in 26-27 school year.

Click to apply: Preferred applications received by Janaury 31

Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of interest as well as a current resume. 

All candidates must be able to provide TB and background clearance before employment begins.

Application materials should be submitted through our website.

Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce School (HRS) is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 138-year history. Our mission is to develop students of character, intellect, and creativity. We deliver on our mission by living our values: 

* Students First: We prioritize student learning, development, and well-being.

* Academic Excellence: We pursue knowledge and assess our learning to better ourselves and our community.

* Diversity: We embrace our different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences and identities to expand and enrich what we can learn and do together.

* Belonging: We create the conditions in which everyone thrives and brings their authentic selves.

* Civic Engagement: We connect students to the local community and beyond to enhance their academic experiences and foster genuine engagement.

Head-Royce enrolls approximately 900 students in the three separate divisions—Lower, Middle and Upper—and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student. We envision a future where education unlocks the promise and purpose of every student to better the world.

HRS is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and be willing to undergo both Livescan background check and TB screening as part of the hiring process. Employment is also contingent upon successful completion of background checks and compliance with California SB 848, which requires prior educational institution employers to disclose credible complaints, substantiated investigations, or discipline involving egregious misconduct.

Head-Royce provides equal employment opportunities on the basis of merit, fitness, qualifications, and experience. The school’s commitment to equal employment opportunity extends to all job applicants and employees and to all aspects of employment. Head-Royce makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breastfeeding), reproductive health decision-making, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military or veteran status, age, or other categories defined by state law, federal law or local ordinance. Head-Royce prohibits discrimination or harassment based on these classifications. Discrimination and harassment based on a perception that anyone is in any of these protected classifications or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as being in any of these protected classifications, are also prohibited. Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitivity, courtesy and respect.