Manager, People Systems & Analytics

About the Opportunity:
The Manager, People Systems & Analytics will play a pivotal role in overseeing and managing all aspects of People & Culture Systems, data, and reporting. This role will develop and enhance capabilities to utilize people data, leveraging insights to drive actions that enhance key business metrics that resonate with the Academy's mission and people strategy for equity and inclusion. Additionally, the role is responsible for developing and maintaining the HR metrics and People Analytics dashboards specifically targeted at providing people insights into the organization. This role will also supervise the PACT Operations Associate on reporting, compliance, and the day-to-day processing of colleague changes and forms across the employee lifecycle.

Organizational Culture:
Join a team dedicated to the Academy’s mission, vision and values! Currently, the Academy's strategic plan includes three initiatives – Hope for Reefs, Thriving California, and Islands 2030 – that leverage biodiversity science, environmental learning, and collaborative engagement to regenerate fragile ecosystems around the world. Learn more at https://www.calacademy.org/about-us/major-initiatives.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are intrinsic to Academy culture and operations, from recruitment and retention to science and advocacy.

We hope you are inspired by what we do and are excited to contribute to our mission. The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. The Academy is looking for candidates who do great work, and we know they may come from a number of different backgrounds and experiences. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications for the position.

This position is based in San Francisco, California. This exempt, full-time position reports to the Chief People & Culture Officer. Staff are currently expected to work from the Academy offices at least 2-3 times per week, which may fluctuate based on business needs. Please do not apply if you are not able to work onsite. Candidates are required to have up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, absent qualifying exemptions in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals receiving a conditional offer of employment from the California Academy of Sciences will be provided the full text of the vaccination policy. The California Academy of Sciences is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace, to protect its employees, volunteers and guests.

About the People & Culture Team (PACT):
The People & Culture team collaborates across the Academy to: 1) build a thriving culture in which all staff members feel cared for and respected, with opportunities for growth: and 2) deeply connect employees to the Academy’s purpose of regenerating the natural world.

As Manager, People Systems & Analytics, you:

• Are passionate about scaling initiatives, leveraging your comprehensive knowledge of People systems and analytics to support Academy endeavors, and streamlining processes for enhanced efficiency and user-friendliness
• Approach challenges with a spirit of inquiry and collaborative problem-solving

PACT Systems

• Primary Administrator of PACT systems and responsible for overseeing the overall data accuracy and data integrity of all PACT-related data in the employee life cycle processes
• Lead system configurations, changes, ongoing maintenance, and make recommendations to improve and enhance Human Capital Management (HCM) and other PACT systems
• Collaborate with key P&C team stakeholders and divisions to understand their challenges, frame opportunities, and design analytics or research solutions to address their needs
• Serve as a Business Process Owner for PACT systems while assisting subject matter experts to ensure data integrity, testing system changes, report writing, and analyzing data flows for process improvement and opportunities
• Create and develop project plans, training and process documentation for PACT systems and data projects and ensuring the smooth rollouts of any system implementations, upgrades, implementation, and rollout for PACT systems and analytics
• Participate and lead testing efforts for all PACT system modules including the execution and documentation of test results
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