Employment Resource Center - Current Opportunity

Under the direction of the Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources, the Director of Human Resources provides strategic leadership, direction, and coordination for District-wide Human Resources operations and services. Directs and promotes overall efficiency and effectiveness of Human Resources programs such as recruitment and selection, employee and labor relations, job classification and compensation, benefits, equal employment opportunities, Human Resources information systems, and staff development.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and evaluating the Human Resources Division’s operations and services, supporting the District’s priorities. 
• Establishes goals and standards, leads, manages, and evaluates Human Resources staff and department leads.
• Serves as a participating negotiator and contract administrator with the District’s collective bargaining units.  Ensures a productive employee/employer relations strategy based on collaborative bargaining and problem resolution. 
• Participates in the research and development of collective bargaining strategies.  Analyzes applicability of contractual language and provisions.  Proposes, revises, and updates contracts, memoranda of understanding, and side letters of agreement.
• Interprets the provisions of negotiated labor contracts and the intent of contractual language.  Provides direction to management and staff on contractual matters such as grievances, disciplinary and other adverse actions, and performance evaluations.   
• Enhances the District’s organizational effectiveness by designing, implementing, and facilitating collaborative processes with bargaining units, administrators, and staff.   Consults with administrators on identifying training, team building, decision-making, and problem solving needs and designs best practice interventions.  
• Plans, develops, and directs the District’s performance management systems and processes.  Ensures that administrators are trained in carrying out and reviewing work outcomes.
• Manages the District’s programs for job classification and compensation.   Facilitates and implements the District’s philosophies on pay equity, competitiveness, and job classification for administrators and staff. 
• Analyzes employee data to monitor employee hiring and retention trends.
• Plans, develops, directs, and monitors Human Resources services and systems for proactive recruitment and selection, diversity and equal employment opportunity, employee benefits, policies and procedures, and employee information systems.  
• Participates in directing programs for engaging and developing new teachers and staff to the District’s standards.  Plans and implements programs for recognizing and developing high potential staff members.
• Monitors the District’s compliance with applicable employment laws.  Directs and participates in development of personnel policies and regulations.
• Enforces fair and legally compliant employment practices by developing, overseeing, and conducting investigations, mediating disputes and grievances and otherwise responding to complaints and issues around the standards of personal conduct.
• Serves on leadership committees and in meetings, participating in strategic planning, program reviews, and administrative projects.
• Directs and initiates Board meeting agenda items and presentations to the Board of Education on a variety of Human Resources and labor relations action items.    
• Participates in the development and maintenance of budgets and expenditures for all Human Resources functions.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge and skills related to emerging trends and best Human Resources practices, legislation, and the District’s philosophies on leading its people. Regularly trains administrators in these areas. 
• Performs other related duties as assigned to support the objectives of the position.