Chief Human Resources Officer

4 weeks ago

Evanston, Illinois, United States City of Evanston Full time
Job Summary

The City of Evanston seeks a highly skilled and experienced Chief Human Resources Officer to lead its human resources and payroll functions. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the supervision of human resources and payroll staff, as well as managing various HR functions, including workers' compensation, payroll, talent acquisition, classification and compensation, employee benefits, labor relations, Citywide training and development, OSHA compliance coordination, Accident Review Board, equal employment opportunity, performance management, human resource information systems (HRIS), wellness programming, and the Civil Service Commission.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage human resources and payroll staff, including assigning projects and evaluating performance.
  • Develop and implement a talent acquisition strategy to attract and retain highly qualified and diverse talent.
  • Manage the City's Performance Management System and train evaluators on effective methods of evaluation.
  • Initiate succession planning with organizational leaders to identify critical/key roles and develop action plans for individuals to assume those roles.
  • Ensure pay equity across all employee populations.
  • Develop and monitor division budgets and expenditures.
  • Ensure service delivery matches the needs of departments in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Work with HR division managers to develop strategic and action plans in human resources management.
  • Support the City Manager in human resource planning with Department Directors.
  • Provide support in re-organizations, restructuring, or reclassifications.
  • Provide assistance in the development of and adherence to policies, procedures, and union contracts.
  • Monitor the City's progress in meeting Equal Employment Opportunity goals and objectives.
  • Receive employee complaints and refer them to the appropriate forum or initiate investigations.
  • Train management employees in union contract management and interpret union contract language.
  • Assist departments in analyzing and responding to union grievances and participate in grievance meetings at the City Manager level.
  • Oversee the administration of the City's HRIS system and troubleshoot HR functions.
  • Maintain confidential information and administer the employee benefit package.
  • Support the discipline system and provide training to all departments in the requirements, provisions, and techniques of investigations, documentation, processes, and policies.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the human resources field and attend seminars, conferences, and meetings with professional groups and legal counsel.
  • Identify legal requirements and reporting regulations affecting the Human Resources function.
  • Serve as Secretary to the Civil Service Commission and recommend necessary changes to rules or City Code.
  • Participate in the development of the annual budget and perform other related duties as required or assigned.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in psychology, human resources, or a related field, preferably supplemented with a master's degree in human resources management, public administration, or a similar field.
  • Eight to ten years of increasingly responsible experience in human resources management, with at least five years of supervisory and leadership responsibility.
  • Substantial experience in leading and conducting the administrative and management functions of a human resources department.
  • Relevant experience in public sector human resources leadership and a thorough understanding of federal and state requirements and guidelines relating to human resources management.
  • Experience with labor relations, including administering union contracts, grievance, and arbitrations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships with employees, managers, City officials, unions, and outside vendors.
  • Experience as a team member in a diverse organization, including diversity in organization, ethnicity, culture, and social contexts.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to provide creative resolutions to human resources issues and organizational issues.
  • Ability to write policies, procedures, rules, regulations, memos, letters, reports, and analyses.
  • Ability to perform cost analyses for contract negotiations, budget development and monitoring, position budgeting, re-organizations, and the like.
  • Experience with interconnected financial/human resources enterprise computer systems.
  • Understanding of governmental budgeting.
Working Conditions

The Chief Human Resources Officer will work in a primarily sedentary position, with the ability to occasionally use force to exert up to 25 pounds. The employee is subject to inside environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from indoor temperature changes. The employee travels between various City worksites to accomplish position goals and may be required to visit field worksites to observe job performance, respond to, and/or investigate situations.

Supervision

The Chief Human Resources Officer reports to the City Manager and receives guidance via the City Code, the Rules of the Civil Service Commission, City human resources policies, union contracts, state statutes, federal laws and guidelines, and other related governmental or other agencies.

Public Contact

The employee has regular and frequent contact with City employees at all levels, union representatives, members of the public, and representatives of other agencies, including vendors and benefit providers.

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