Human Resource Director

Human Resource Director

Grand Canyon Trust

Location: Flagstaff, AZ (Hybrid, up to two days per week from home); candidates elsewhere in AZ, UT, CO, or NM considered with travel to Flagstaff at least monthly
Type: Full Time
Salary: $105,000 to $115,000
Sector: Environmental Conservation
Website: grandcanyontrust.org
Reports To: Ethan Aumack, Executive Director
Application Review: Initial review the week of September 28, 2026, then rolling
Anticipated Start: January 2027

 

About the Organization

 

The Grand Canyon Trust works to protect the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau, with programs spanning the Grand Canyon, national monuments, Native America, environmental justice, forests, and water. The Trust has more than 40 employees and a budget of $7.2 million.

 

Position Summary

 

The Human Resource Director excels at both hands-on administrative HR and strategic partnership. The role centers on operational excellence, compliance, benefits and compensation stewardship, and close collaboration with the finance team and others across the Trust.

 

The Director balances HR best practices with the day-to-day realities of payroll, benefits, insurance, and organizational processes. This person welcomes feedback and collaborative decision-making, serves as the go-to guide for staff navigating workplace questions, and helps staff feel heard and supported while ensuring compliance.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Policies, Procedures, and Operations (approximately 45%)

 

• Develop policies and procedures and lead the annual review and update of the employee handbook

• Oversee accurate payroll processing with the finance team, ensuring proper employee classification and wage and hour compliance

• Manage personnel files and HR administrative processes, communicating changes to finance

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment law, including multi-state considerations for remote staff, and retirement benefit requirements

• Administer medical leaves of absence and accommodations confidentially

• Direct safety programming, workers' compensation and unemployment claims, COBRA, and other compliance tasks

• Coordinate with finance on liability insurance

• Handle employee concerns, grievances, investigations, and improvement or disciplinary processes, and support staff in resolving conflicts

 

Benefits Administration (approximately 15%)

 

• Manage health insurance, retirement plans, and ancillary benefits such as life and disability

• Lead annual open enrollment and manage vendor and broker relationships

• Administer leave programs, including sabbaticals and parental leave

• Coordinate with finance on benefits budgeting and payroll deduction accuracy

• Partner with finance on annual budget development for personnel line items

 

Employee Experience (approximately 15%)

 

• Work with the Executive Director to develop and administer equitable, transparent, and competitive pay and benefits

• Support a culture of feedback through employee surveys and other opportunities, acting on and communicating results

• Connect employees and supervisors with professional development resources

 

Leadership and Strategy (approximately 10%)

 

• Create and manage HR programs that support a positive, inclusive, and collaborative workplace

• Build and maintain trusting relationships with employees and applicants

• Serve on the cross-functional organizational support team to lead organizational strategies

• Advise on the annual performance review process

 

Recruitment and Retention (approximately 10%)

 

• Create recruitment plans, assist with job advertisements, and facilitate recruitment and hiring

• Manage orientation, including new hire paperwork, benefits education, and workspace and equipment setup

• Facilitate offboarding and exit interviews

 

Other (approximately 5%)

 

• Stay current on HR trends and compliance and regulatory issues affecting the Trust

• Attend staff retreats and events

 

Qualifications

 

• Experience in HR or related work such as organizational development, leadership, supervision, or conflict resolution, with knowledge of state and federal compliance requirements

• Experience with conflict management and resolution

• Ability to center care for others and a commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion

• Ability to build trusting relationships, collaborate across perspectives and power dynamics, and guide staff on HR processes, conflict management, and supervision

• Attentiveness to the concerns and needs of a diverse staff

• Familiarity with the lands and peoples of the Colorado Plateau

• SPHR, PHR, SHRM-SCP, or SHRM-CP credential preferred

 

Experience includes lived experience, traditional knowledge, volunteer work, coursework, and professional work. No candidate will meet every requirement; if you are excited about the role, you are encouraged to apply.

 

Benefits

 

• Flexible scheduling

• 12 paid holidays

• Two weeks of paid vacation and two weeks of paid sick leave

• 12 to 14 weeks of paid parental leave

• Paid community service time and sabbatical leave

• 100% employer-paid employee medical and dental insurance, and 50% of qualified dependent premiums

• 4% automatic employer 401(k) contribution plus up to a 2% match

• Employer-paid long-term disability insurance

• Professional development opportunities

 

How to Apply

 

Send a resume and cover letter to careers@grandcanyontrust.org with the job title in the subject line. Include the job title and your name in file names (for example: Firstname_Lastname_HRdirector_resume.docx). For reasonable accommodations in the application or interview process, contact careers@grandcanyontrust.org.

 

Equal Opportunity

 

The Grand Canyon Trust is an equal opportunity employer committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in every aspect of its organization. Applicants of all identities are encouraged to apply.