Human Resources Director

Human Resources DirectorProvides executive-level leadership and strategic direction for the City's human resources, employee relations, labor relations, benefits, safety, risk management, and organizational development functions. Serves as the City's principal human resources advisor to the City Administrator, department directors, and other City officials. Develops and recommends policies, programs, systems, and strategies that support organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, legal compliance, workforce development, and the City's strategic goals.The Human Resources Director is a senior-level administrative position responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, and professional oversight of the City's human resources and related organizational programs. The position serves as the City's principal human resources advisor and provides counsel to the City Administrator, department directors, and City officials on personnel strategy, employee and labor relations, compensation, benefits, organizational development, employment law compliance, risk management, and workplace practices. The Director translates organizational goals and strategic priorities into effective workforce policies, programs, and practices and is accountable for the integrity, consistency, and effectiveness of the City's human resources systems. The position exercises substantial independent judgment and discretion in matters involving confidential personnel information, employee relations, investigations, labor relations, policy development, and organizational risk. The incumbent provides functional leadership and oversight of human resources activities and directs the work of staff performing HR functions, consultants, vendors, other service providers as necessary to accomplish the City's HR objectives.Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:The position requires in-depth knowledge of the mission, functions, policies, rules, regulations, and objectives of the City. Requires working knowledge of the strategies, techniques, and principles of public relations and external communications; public administration; Municipal Code, Oregon Ethics Commission, laws governing public meetings and strategic management practices; fair employment practices. Requires working knowledge of those activities associated with executive office staff administration, and confidential record keeping. Requires advanced professional-level knowledge of and skill at using proper English usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, sufficient math skills to administer budgets and understand reports containing financial and demographic information. Requires advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Office software. Requires specialized knowledge of human relations skills to prepare and make public presentations, facilitate group processes, resolve problems and confrontations, and convey technical or policy details to general audiences. Requires the ability to work with various people and personalities.Supervisory Responsibilities:Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and professional oversight for all City human resources functions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities. Serve as the principal advisor to the City Administrator, department directors, and City officials on human resources strategy, employment law, organizational development, labor relations, compensation, benefits, workplace culture, and risk management. Exercise independent judgment and discretion in handling confidential personnel matters, investigations, employee relations issues, labor relations topics, and organizational risk. Translate organizational goals into effective workforce policies, programs, and practices that support consistency, legal compliance, and operational effectiveness across the City. Lead the development and implementation of short- and long-range workforce plans based on workforce data, staffing needs, compensation trends, emerging issues, and organizational priorities.Minimum Qualifications:Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in public administration, human resources management or a closely related field and four or more years of progressively responsible experience administering human resource programs including policy development, training and development, classification, safety; experience in a position of comparable scope and size to the City of Madras highly desirable, or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.Preferred Qualifications:Experience in municipal government or public agency HR. Supervisory or leadership experience. Professional HR certification (SHRM?CP, SHRM?SCP, PHR, SPHR). IPMA-HR certification Equivalent professional HR certification Demonstrated experience in policy development, workforce planning, or HR program management.Work Environment:Typical office setting with occasional travel to City facilities. Requires ability to maintain confidentiality and work with sensitive information.Physical Requirements:Incumbent must be able to perform work of a sedentary nature. Requires ambulatory ability to sit for extended periods of time and relocate to multiple locations. Requires sufficient visual acuity to recognize letters and numbers and notice non-verbal behavior. Requires sufficient hand-eye-arm coordination to use a computer keyboard for communications and data analysis. Requires auditory ability to hear and respond to in-person and phone conversations and give presentations to large audiences.