Director, Human Resources/Employee Relations

Ann Arbor Public Schools; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 118,000 - 131,950; Full time

Job summary

Ann Arbor Public Schools is seeking a Director of Human Resources/Employee Relations to lead district HR functions, including recruitment, labor relations, and policy administration. The role requires senior management experience, strong negotiation skills, and strategic planning to support district goals.

The position reports to the Assistant Superintendent and oversees HR/Employee Relations operations, ensuring compliance with state and federal laws while advancing staff development and

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required; advanced degree preferred in education or human resources.
• Minimum senior management experience with labor relations exposure.
• Strong knowledge of HR policies, benefits, payroll, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates hiring of professional, office, and support staff.
• Manages grievances and arbitration/mediation processes.
• Maintains HRIS data and monitors FTEs; supports negotiations with unions.
• Ensures district policy compliance and facilitates teacher placement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Conflict resolution

Administrative skills

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor Degree required

Bachelor's in education or HR preferred

Master's degree or higher preferred

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

Director, Human Resources/Employee Relations JobID: 17820

POSITION TITLE: Director, Human Resources/Employee Relations

FTE: 1.0

POSITION LOCATION: Human Resource/Employee Relations

SALARY RANGE: $118,000-$131,950 (commensurate with experience)

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Assistant Superintendent Human Resources/Employee Relations

QUALIFICATIONS: The following is a list of qualifications for the position, any of which may be waived by the Board of Education in exercising its prerogative to determine qualifications.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor Degree required
• Bachelor's in education or Human Resources preferred
• Master's degree or higher with an emphasis in personnel and/or labor relations, school administration or comparable preferred
• At least 5 years of senior management experience; at least 2 years in Human Resource/Labor Relations is preferred, including managing an office of 6-10 employees.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of Human Resource policies, practices and procedures related to benefits and payroll; and familiarity with school accounting.
• Ability to work effectively with the executive staff and district administrative teams.
• A high level of administrative skills in leadership, planning, coordinating, implementing, and directing etc. to ensure compliance with all district policies and practices as well as state and federal employment statutes.
• Must be skilled in conflict resolution to bring about resolution to a myriad of issues that develop in a unionized environment and develop alternative and reasonable solutions to these issues.
• Must have an extensive knowledge of state and federal employment compliance and labor laws.
• Must have a demonstrated skill in collective bargaining with a variety of employee groups including both certified and non-certified.
• Must have successful experience with ongoing labor relations, contract administration, and grievance processing.
• Must possess a good understanding of technology and an ability to quickly learn a number of personnel technology processes that are used for day to day personnel/labor relations issues.
• Must have effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must have professional maturity and high levels of discretion, integrity, and organizational skills and, a clear understanding and acceptance of the heavy workload and substantial time commitment beyond a 'normal' work week.
• A solid understanding of process and procedures for recruitment, selection, hiring and assignment of employees.

A demonstrated ability to effectively anticipate, develop, communicate, and implement the strategic goals of the district.

Lead process for recruitment and selection of school teachers and office professionals

Working knowledge of employee evaluation processes, including teacher and office professionals

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates hiring of professional employees and office professionals.
• Coordinates hiring of support staff with other HR personnel. Assist in the hiring of administrators, supervisors . Coordinates the process of employee resignations, terminations and leaves.
• Manages grievances and cases which result in arbitration and mediation.
• Creating/updating position control data, monitoring full-time equivalents (FTEs), and ensuring data accuracy in the human resource information system (HRIS)
• Assists in negotiations with collective bargaining units to arrive at a mutually satisfactory agreement on wages, hours and working conditions of employees represented by the bargaining units.
• Coordinates contract administration with employee classifications.
• Maintains up-to-date District Policy and Procedure Manuals.
• Assists in screening and reviewing job applicants and identifies candidates. Schedules and conducts interviews.
• Assists in the teacher placement process
• Monitors and evaluates problems, conditions and needs of the Human Resources Department
• Attends School Board meetings as necessary and serves to actively improve communication, cooperation, and planning in the District.
• Ensures proper adherence to District Policy and procedures and ensures proper adherence to applicable contract language that is in effect for the District.
• Regular and consistent attendance/
• Other duties as assigned.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Read, analyze, and interpret financial statements, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Communicate effectively and present information both in oral and in written form.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Broad knowledge of technology applications.
• Knowledge of school software systems.
• Self starter and demonstrates initiative.
• Demonstrated experience in problem solving.
• Perform duties with awareness of all district mission, requirements and Board of Education goals and policies.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in this environment is usually quiet.