Director, People Partnering (Employee Relations)

Location: Fully remote, with at least 3 hours of overlap with an East Africa timezone and meaningful overlap with US Eastern hours. Employment is currently available in eligible countries; listed salary benchmarks are provided for the United States, United Kingdom, and Kenya.

Salary: Annual base salary of $134,400 in the United States, £94,695 in the United Kingdom, or $106,282 in Kenya. Country-specific benchmarks are provided during the hiring process for other eligible locations.

Company

hirify.global is a global nonprofit delivering direct cash transfers to people living in poverty across multiple countries.

What you will do

• Partner with Global Shared Services leaders on organization structure, workforce planning, talent, performance, compensation, succession, and leadership development.
• Lead organization design and workforce planning for global functions during significant organizational growth and transformation.
• Build global standards for behavior concerns, underperformance, case intake, escalation, decision-making, and documentation.
• Develop an employment decision framework and delegated authority matrix with Legal.
• Design enablement for managers, HR Managers, and staff, while coaching leaders through behavior and performance conversations.
• Monitor case outcomes across countries, identify inconsistencies, and serve as the technical escalation point for HR Managers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of HR business partner experience with executive and senior leaders.
• Experience in a scale-up or major transformation where people systems and frameworks had to be built while the organization was growing.
• Experience building employee-relations standards, policies, or frameworks across multiple countries or business units.
• Experience advising on disciplinary and capability decisions, including dismissals, in more than one jurisdiction.
• Experience influencing without formal authority in a matrixed organization, with strong judgment and leadership-coaching skills.
• Ability to work remotely with required East Africa and US Eastern timezone overlap; visa sponsorship is not available for the United States or United Kingdom.

Nice to have

• Experience operating in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience building a people function or a major part of one from the ground up.
• Formal training or practical experience in workplace investigations.
• Experience designing manager enablement content.

Culture & Benefits

• Candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical working culture.
• High ownership and opportunities for professional growth.
• Fully remote work with approximately 3–4 work trips per year, including travel to a country of operation and an in-person leadership event.
• Equitable compensation based on role, location, and cost of living, with no salary negotiation policy.
• Annual benefits stipends and performance bonus eligibility.

Hiring process

• Recruiter discussion should address country eligibility and location early.
• Hiring may include employment verification, misconduct disclosure checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, and sanctions screening.