Senior Director of Human Resources

About You

You love Jesus. You love people. You lead with both conviction and care.

You see every interaction as an opportunity to serve, guide, and strengthen others, while also thinking at an organizational level. You bring clarity to complex and sensitive situations, provide wise counsel to leaders, and ensure employee relations are handled with consistency, integrity, and compassion. At the same time, you think strategically by building scalable processes, strengthening systems, and ensuring compliance in ways that support a growing ministry.

At the end of the day, you take ownership and follow through. You lead a team, partner closely with executive leadership, and ensure decisions are thoughtful, consistent, and mission aligned. Most importantly, you know this is more than a job. It is an opportunity to serve others and help advance a ministry that is making a life changing impact on students with the gospel.

About the Job

LifeWise is seeking a gospel centered, strategic, and people focused Senior Director of Human Resources to lead and scale our HR function. This role is responsible for providing organizational leadership across all areas of human resources, including employee relations, performance management, compliance, and HR operations, while building systems and processes that support a growing ministry.

The Senior Director of Human Resources is a full time leadership position based in Hilliard, OH. This role is responsible for developing and leading a high performing HR team and ensuring consistent, mission aligned practices across the organization. This position is key to shaping the employee experience at LifeWise by equipping leaders, supporting team members, and ensuring the organization operates with clarity, consistency, and care. The Senior Director of Human Resources plays a critical role in aligning people strategies with LifeWise’s mission and supporting a culture that advances its impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic HR leadership that advances the mission, values, and culture of LifeWise
• Lead, develop, and scale a high performing HR team to support a growing organization
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and managers on employee relations, performance, and organizational effectiveness
• Oversee and guide complex employee relations matters with sound judgment, consistency, and care
• Design, implement, and continuously improve HR processes, policies, and systems that support organizational health and compliance
• Ensure adherence to all applicable employment laws, reporting requirements, and internal standards
• Drive initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, retention, and alignment with LifeWise’s mission
• Oversee HR data, reporting, and metrics to inform decision making and ensure organizational accountability
• Collaborate cross functionally to align HR practices with broader organizational goals

Qualifications

• A mature personal Christian faith that is consistent with the LifeWise Statement of Faith
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8 or more years of progressive HR leadership experience
• Strong expertise in employee relations, performance management, and employment law
• Experience building and improving HR processes in a growing organization
• High level of discretion, integrity, and sound judgment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands on execution
• Experience with HR systems (ADP Lyric preferred) and data driven decision making 
• Professional HR certification (PHR, SPHR, or SHRM CP/SCP) preferred 

Salary and Benefits

• Starting at $90,000 per year
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for qualified employees 
• Retirement plan, including employer match 
• Unlimited PTO for qualified employees
• Job Type: Full time
• Work Location: In person, with limited opportunities for remote work

LifeWise Academy's hiring practices and EEO Statement are fully in compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" section of employment discrimination laws for religious organizations and permits them to give employment preference to members of their own religion. LifeWise Academy is in that category.