Human Resources Information System; HRIS Manager

Overview

Job Summary
The Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Manager role is an integral part of the information team, ensuring the effective use of Workday, KIPP DC’s HRIS, as a system administrator on the information team supporting the broader HR and overall talent team. The starting salary range for this role is $78,436-$85,256. This is a full-time, hybrid flexibility role based at HDQ with an anticipated March 2026 start date.

About KIPP DC
For 25 years, KIPP DC has partnered with students, families, and the community to create joyful, academically excellent schools across the nation’s capital. Today, our network of 22 schools educates more than 7,500 students in grades PreK3-12, supported by 1,500 dedicated teachers, leaders, and staff. Our work is grounded in five pillars—Academic Excellence, Joy & Sense of Belonging, Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders, Safe, Structured, and Nurturing Learning Environments, and Commitment to College Readiness—which ensure every student is equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue success in college, careers, and beyond.

About The Role
The HRIS Manager will serve as a systems administrator for Workday, KIPP DC’s HRIS, and will use this expertise to improve how Workday is being utilized to increase the efficiency of the HR team. In addition, the HRIS Manager will compile and analyze data for staffing initiatives, such as teacher retention. This exempt role will report to the Director of Enterprise Systems.

Location and Type of Work
This is an exempt position and will report to the Director of Enterprise Systems. As a headquarters team that is focused on being responsive to our schools and meeting the needs of our students and families, we approach our work in a way that reflects these priorities. This position will generally work independently and not regularly interface with students, families, or school teams.

This position will primarily work from our headquarters office to maintain a connection to their colleagues and foster a sense of cross-functional collaboration. Because of the nature of this position’s work, this role allows for hybrid flexibility and will be required to be onsite 3 days per week.

The percentages for each key responsibility are estimates, and other duties may be assigned. Flexibility and responsiveness are encouraged to accommodate organizational needs.

System and Report Administration (35% of time)

• Serve as the main point of contact for the maintenance, troubleshooting, design, and implementation of Workday for the HR and broader talent team, including (but not limited to):
• Configuring Workday security groups and business processes to reflect standard operating procedures
• Completing audits to ensure human capital data is accurate for our payroll and finance teams and updating fields when necessary
• Creating automated tasks and reports that provide our internal and external stakeholders with timely information
• Collaborate with the talent, information, payroll, and finance teams to explore additional functionality within Workday to optimize its use for the HR and talent teams
• Work with the payroll and finance teams to ensure upkeep and accuracy of critical business processes, like position management and mid-year hire updates
• Contribute to the Workday steering committee with insights and best practices
• Support payroll and finance in budget tracking and management within Workday
• Support the performance review process by coordinating setup, testing, auditing, and reporting in Workday
• Support other systems, such as our custom staffing tool and other talent-specific software, as needed

Data Governance & Integrity (35% of time)

• Conduct robust data analysis to help drive HR and broader talent priorities, including:
• Retention and attrition of our school based staff, including any sub-team analysis at the grade band level and our yearly intent-to-return survey
• Equity analysis towards our DEI goals across various compensation-related initiatives, including staff salaries and additional payments
• Serve as the point of contact in managing the completion of external employee data reportings, such as the DC OSSE Staffing…