NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK – Adapt Community Network, the leading not-for-profit agency and a pioneer in providing programs and services that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, has selected The Christopher Group to lead their Chief People Officer search. Managing Partner, Pam Noble and Recruiting Director, Carrie Longmire are leading the key HR search.
“We are proud to partner with Adapt Community Network in their search for a Chief People Officer. This role is essential in fostering a workplace culture that supports and empowers the organization’s incredible mission. Adapt is a leader in creating inclusive environments for individuals with disabilities, and we are excited to help find a forward-thinking HR leader who will drive innovation and align the people strategy with Adapt’s broader vision for growth and community impact,” shared Pam Noble, Managing Partner at The Christopher Group.
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief People Officer is responsible for leading all HR functions within Adapt Community Network. The Chief People Officer is a strategic business partner that leads the planning for and directs the organization’s Human Resources Management, including acquiring and managing talent, driving benefit practices, overseeing labor and employee relations matters, ensuring compliance, overseeing the organization’s training, development, and leadership programs, creating a work culture of inclusion and employee engagement, and working with Executive leadership team and program directors to develop people management strategies for the agency. The CPO is responsible for creating and fostering an HR function that advances the overall mission of Adapt Community Network. In addition to leading the HR staff, the CPO will provide thought leadership and forward-thinking practices to serve as an active member of the organization’s executive leadership team.
To learn more about this opportunity and/or The Christopher Group please contact Carrie Longmire at carrie@tcgco.com.
About Adapt Community Network
The mission of Adapt Community Network (formerly UCP of NYC) is to “Empower people through innovative solutions, one person at a time.” Adapt is the leading not-for-profit agency and a pioneer in providing programs and services that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. For over 70 years, Adapt Community Network has created a more inclusive world for New York City children and adults with a variety of challenges. Adapt Community Network’s breadth of over 100 comprehensive programs includes education, health, technology, residential, and recreational services for thousands of individuals and families annually. Adapt’s programs are delivered by 3,000 trained and dedicated staff, including a number of employees who have disabilities themselves. Adapt has a total of 217 sites throughout the 5 boroughs of New York City and served a total of 11,727 people in 2021.
ADAPT is something we all do. We adapt to life, to our environment, and to the circumstances, we find ourselves in at any given time.
COMMUNITY signals that we, and all to whom we provide services, are part of the fabric of the community in which we live.
NETWORK describes the alliances we will form to grow and expand our reach to guarantee the fullest possible lives for all those who look to us for support.
The tagline [We Change]. Whether it is the lives of those we support, the environments in which we operate, social attitudes or the services ADAPT provides, – changing and adapting is the most important thing we’ve learned over the last 70 years in operation.
About The Christopher Group
Through its award-winning, customized HR solutions, The Christopher Group (TCG) delivers critical human capital solutions in the area of executive HR search, interim HR leaders, fractional CHROs, and HR advisory and consulting. Since 1998, TCG has served clients across all industries, locations, company sizes, and verticals. Staffed by former HR professionals and highly trained search practitioners who have sat in the job, TCG has been named one of the Fastest-Growing, Best Non-Profit, Diversity, Private Equity, and Top 50 Executive Recruiting Firms by Hunt Scanlon as well as Forbes’ 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 list of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms.