Talent Coordinator 2

JOB SUMMARY

The Talent Coordinator plays a pivotal role in HISD’s mission to lead the most comprehensive public education transformation effort in the country. This position supports the transformational work of preparing students for a rapidly evolving world by ensuring that schools and instructional divisions are empowered with exceptional talent and human resources support. While not a supervisory role, the Talent Coordinator collaborates closely with the Human Resources team to deliver high-quality services in talent management, certification & hiring. 
As a critical partner to division leadership, the Talent Coordinator proactively advises and communicates across multiple human resources functions, ensuring alignment with HISD’s high-performance culture and transformational goals. By providing responsive, solutions-focused support, this role strengthens the District’s ability to close achievement gaps and prepare students for the Year 2035 workplace.
The Talent Coordinator is a general subject matter expert in retention strategies, position management, and other human resources functions. Whether supporting instructional divisions or central office departments, the Talent Coordinator serves as a strategic partner and trusted advisor, helping leaders implement innovative practices that advance HISD’s vision of excellent instruction in every classroom, every day.
 

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

List most important duties first
1.    Acts as a strategic partner in understanding the goals and objectives of assigned feeder pattern schools (or central office departments) and works toward providing effective human resource solutions in order to achieve transformational work as outlined in 2035.
2.    Advises school principals, division leaders, and central office managers through complex talent management issues and collaborates with legal and professional standards staff as needed.
3.    Serves as a general subject matter expert in multiple human resource areas and collaborates with specialized subject matter experts within the core Human Resources department to provide principals, division leaders, and central office department managers with direction, guidance, coaching, training, and support.
4.    Collaborates with the HRIS department to provide comprehensive human capital data and data analytical reports to school principals, division leaders, and central office managers to inform and facilitate effective position and personnel management decision making.
5.    Collaborates with budgeting department staff on position management, and participates in year-round school and department budget meetings, including during the annual budget development process.
6.    Collaborates with Talent Acquisition department staff in the recruitment of school and/or department staff through participation in job fairs and other related recruitment events. Recruitment job fairs and related events may take place any day and time, including weekends.
7.    Collaborates with other Talent Coordinators to identify human resource needs from across units and divisions; and design training and support plans for principals, division leaders, and central office departments.
8.    Establishes and maintains a strong, positive working relationship with school principals, division leaders, and central office managers to ensure satisfaction with the human resource support provided.
 

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES CONTINUED

9.    Provides consistent, timely, effective communication to school principals, division leaders and central office managers to ensure consistent application of policies, procedures, processes, and practices of human resource functions.
10.    Keeps abreast of changes in HISD policies and procedures as they relate to delivering quality human resource services.
11.    Travels to and from schools, departments, and central office to facilitate effective interpersonal communication, training, and in-person support.
12.    Regularly provides work guidance, technical advice, project management support, training, and mentoring to other members of the human resources team within each division unit and central office.
13.    Assists school principals, division leaders, and central office managers with HISD policies, regulations, procedures, guidelines, and practices related to human resources.
14.    Organizes and manages multiple priorities across a select number of feeder pattern schools and departments.
15.    Performs other duties as assigned.
 

EDUCATION