Oak Meadow, based out of Putney, Vermont, is a nationally recognized and accredited K-12 distance learning school and homeschool curriculum provider. We seek resourceful, dynamic individuals to join our talented, inclusive group of educational professionals in supporting Oak Meadow’s growing community of distance learning families.
Our staff and faculty are deeply committed to providing an engaging, personalized education for our students. Administrative and warehouse staff members work together in Putney, Vermont. Faculty members work from home, and come together in person or on Zoom for faculty meetings devoted to the sharing and cultivation of best practices in distance learning.
Before applying for any positions, we recommend reading the mission and core values behind our award-winning curriculum and our unique distance learning model (Oak Meadow was the first distance program to earn accreditation by the prestigious New England Association of Schools and Colleges). You might also want to meet our faculty and staff, and browse our bookstore to familiarize yourself with our curriculum.
To apply, please send a letter of interest with your resume to hr@oakmeadow.com. In your letter, be sure to tell us how your experience could support the Oak Meadow mission.
Current Openings
Position opening: Administrator of People, Pay & Culture
Oak Meadow, for over 50 years, has been a small and agile family-owned business. We write secular curriculum for homeschoolers, offer accredited enrollment in our distance-learning K-12 school, and serve charter schools and states by providing options for learning. A core of employees work from Putney VT, with more employees plus our student, family and school communities spanning the globe. The Administrator of People, Pay & Culture, a human resource position, serves a key role, ensuring accurate and transparent support of employees’ payroll, benefits, and work environment, but even more being the primary point of contact for employees, ensuring that ‘each person is heard, valued and engaged.’
Primary responsibilities:
First and foremost, be a knowledgeable, compassionate and collaborative resource and advocate for:
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- your co-workers – listen to their concerns, respond to questions, work with them to find
solutions - the company – ensure compliance with employment laws and insurances for all states where employees reside
- the directors – seek to proactively mitigate sources of conflict/barriers to good work culture
- your co-workers – listen to their concerns, respond to questions, work with them to find
- Be impartial, evaluative and fair when providing assistance
- Be a good judge of when to resolve something independently and when to escalate/seek council from leadership
- Understand organizational structures, support them and offer suggestions to strengthen
- Report out essential summaries to executive teams with recommendations for potential action.
- Handle all elements of the payroll process
- Manage employee benefits
- Maintain a current and clear Employee Handbook
- Facilitate hiring of new employees and their onboarding
- Oversee on-going professional development opportunities for employees
- Uphold confidentiality
- Maintain and strengthen communication channels (ie encouraging employees to use their resources to resolve things when appropriate, etc.)
Required Skills:
- Superb interpersonal and communication skills (listening & speaking, verbal & written) , including follow-up.
- Proven record with resolving complex conflicts and improving employee performance and satisfaction.
- Depth of experience with diagnosing concerns, identifying issues, and effective, collaborative problem-solving
- Able to discern and shift between independent, autonomous tasks and team work
- 3-5 years of experience in Human Resources field, with increasing responsibilities.
We are seeking candidates for a 32 hour per week, benefited position with a pay range of $25 to $30 per hour.
This is an onsite position, in Putney, Vermont.
If you’ve ticked the boxes, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your resume along with a letter of interest (no AI please) telling us how your skills and experience would help Oak Meadow meet our mission to HR@Oakmeadow.com.
Oak Meadow provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Oak Meadow complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.Oak Meadow expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.