Job Summary
The Executive Director of Human Resources provides strategic leadership and oversight of the school division’s human resource functions. This position ensures the recruitment, retention, and development of a diverse and highly effective workforce to support student achievement. This includes ensuring a competitive and equitable total compensation package for all staff. The Executive Director leads efforts to establish a positive, equitable, and professional workplace culture while safeguarding compliance with all applicable laws, policies, and collective bargaining agreements.
Essential Duties
- Serve as a key advisor to the Superintendent and School Board on all human resource matters, including staffing, labor relations, compensation, benefits, and policy development.
- Drive initiatives to improve workplace culture, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness across the division.
- Lead division-wide recruitment and retention efforts to attract and retain diverse, high-quality talent for instructional, administrative, and support roles.
- Oversee robust onboarding processes to ensure smooth integration of new employees into the school division.
- Promote a culture of trust, fairness, and accountability while ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations.
- Responsible for the implementation and monitoring of performance evaluation systems for all staff to ensure alignment with division goals.
- Facilitate professional development programs to promote employee growth, leadership development, and retention.
- Establish partnership with principals and supervisors to address performance concerns and create improvement plans as needed.
- Oversee development, maintenance, and implementation of competitive compensation structures, salary schedules, and employee benefits programs to ensure competitiveness and fiscal responsibility.
- Serves as a fiduciary for the school division making fiscally responsible recommendations for the School Board and employees with regard to compensation, benefits, and supplemental retirement plans.
- Directs the management of HR systems, payroll processing, leave administration, and employee records to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
- Collaborate with the finance department to forecast staffing costs and manage HR budgets effectively.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including EEO, FLSA, ADA, FMLA, Title IX, and other relevant legislation.
- Develop, update, and interpret human resource policies, procedures, and handbooks.
- Maintain confidentiality and ensure proper handling of personnel records and sensitive information.
- Oversee HR data systems to provide accurate and timely data for decision-making.
- Analyze key HR metrics, such as retention rates, staffing trends, and employee satisfaction, and recommend strategies for improvement.
- Prepare and present HR reports for the Superintendent, School Board, and other stakeholders.
- Identifies legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting the human resource’s function and directs the preparation of information required for
- Leads selection process for filling of vacancies in key leadership positions.
- Models’ nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)
Master’s degree from an accredited college/university or bachelor’s degree in human resources management, public administration, business administration or a related field required. HR Certification(s) are preferred. A combination of human resources leadership experience and K-12 building administrator experience.
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Salary commensurate with education, experience, and training.