Director of Human Resources (54260)

SUMMARY: The Human Resource Director will plan, lead, direct, develop, and coordinate the policies, activities, and staff of the Human Resource department, ensuring legal compliance and implementation of the organization's mission and talent strategy.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

Core Responsibilities

• Provides vision, leadership, planning, project coordination and management for the development of a cost-effective department while concurrently facilitating efficient operations to meet current and future business needs within the organization.
• Ensures continuity and successful delivery of functional services to users throughout the organization.
• Analyzes and directs all function-related activities within the scope of the HRIS.
• Fosters and maintains positive relationships with HR constituents and customer base; serves as an interface between internal/external customers and functional team members to ensure effective definition of and delivery of HRIS/payroll applications.
• Provides overall prioritization of work assignments and management of functional team resources and their activities.
• Promotes proactive approaches using the company's HRIS to solve business needs/problems, while also enhancing the understanding and acceptance of the HRIS capabilities.
• Negotiates priorities and support requirements with the IT department for functional staff at the field locations and others as appropriate based on business and software/hardware needs.
• Builds and maintains a strong functional team through effective recruiting, training, coaching, team building and succession planning.
• Establishes procedures to ensure all internal customers are assisted appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Participates in the preparation of staff development plans for each functional associate. Assesses the skills and skill levels necessary to achieve work objectives.
• Maintains awareness of vendor plans and the potential impact of those plans on current and future functionality.
• Oversee organization benefit plans.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES (KSAs)

• Leadership
• Initiative
• Ethical Practices
• Judgment       
• Relationship Management
• Emotional Intelligence
• Professional Boundaries
• Global and Cultural Awareness
• Critical Evaluation
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Crisis Management
• Technical Capacity

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• A minimum of 8 years of human resource, HRIS or related experience with three to five years' supervisory experience.
• A bachelor's degree in business administration or human resources, or equivalent experience preferred.

REQUIRED LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS