HR - Director of Employee Relations - Gastonia, United States - Gaston County Schools

Description

Job Description

Definition

Under limited supervision, performs professional, investigative, and responsible personnel administration to carry out school system policies and procedures relating to employee relations.

Work involves interpreting existing personnel ordinances, policies and procedures; addressing employee complaints, concerns, and issues; and developing and/or coordinating programs and policies in employee relations.

Employee is responsible for investigating incidents that occur on GCS property that may be in violation of school board policy or criminal law and preparing written incident reports.

Employee is responsible for overseeing criminal record checks on all candidates recommended for employment with GCS.

Employee serves as a mediator in the district's employee grievance process and coordinates the Human Resource (HR) awards and recognitions programs for licensed and classified staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

Conducts investigations of incidents that occur on Gaston County Schools' property that may be in violation of school board policy and/or criminal law.

Investigates, analyzes, and makes decisions regarding personnel problems and/or issues.

Collects information regarding incidents and prepare accurate written reports.

Develops methods for interaction between employees and administrators concerning job responsibilities in order to enhance job satisfaction, solves job-related problems and improves organizational effectiveness; assists in creating a work environment that emphasizes a commitment to service as a means to achieving personal satisfaction.

Investigates, analyzes, and formulates methods for handling special projects; oversees projects to completion and evaluates final results; prepares and reviews various reports and performs special projects; serves as liaison with outside agencies on special work programs and special projects; advises and directs staff on a variety of non-routine matters.

Communicates questionable criminal records results with hiring managers and other staff regarding the findings.

Establishes and maintains a log on the record checks conducted.

Investigates facts and law of case to determine causes of action and to prepare case accordingly.

Prepares and presents training sessions with other GCS staff on legal issues, policies, and procedures to beginning teachers and new administrators.

Coordinates annual awards and recognition programs including but not limited to Teacher of the Year and Principal of the Year.

Serves as the mediator in the employee grievance process when assigned by the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Services.

Represents school district with designated employees in unemployment hearings.

Performs other related work as required.

Minimum Training and Experience

Master's degree in an education field, public administration, or human resources from regionally accredited college/university.

Six (6) to nine (9) years of progressively responsible experience in employee relations, human resource administration, or related area; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and experience and abilities.

Public school experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

Must be physically able to operate a variety of machinery and equipment including computers, copiers, facsimile machines, etc.

Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Physical demand requirements are for Light Work.

Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.

Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words


Hearing:
perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via a telephone.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of Public School Law.

Thorough knowledge of State and local policies and procedures regarding human resources activities.

Considerable knowledge of the ethical guidelines applicable to the position as outlined by professional organizations and/or federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.

Considerable knowledge of the principles of supervision, organization, and administration.

Considerable knowledge of state and local laws, rules and regulations governing investigations.

Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of modern interviewing techniques.

Some knowledge of public sector, education, and related fields of law at the federal and state levels and how they relate to a local school system.

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving and receiving instructions, assignments or directions.

Requires the ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, legal documents, correspondence, reports, manuals, professional journals, forms, charts, etc.

Requires the ability to prepare documents, correspondence, reports, forms, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.

Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.

Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including legal, personnel and governmental terminology.

Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract totals; to multiply and divide; to determine percentages and decimals.

Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.

Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress.

Ability to develop or interpret personnel policies and procedures.

Ability to use common office machines, including popular computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs.

Ability to conduct research, organize facts, and draft legal documents. Detail oriented.

Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing.

Ability to work with a variety of officials at different levels of government under differing managerial controls and at different physical locations.

Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in frequent contact with employees, agency representatives, and the general public.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide audience as necessitated by work assignments.


This Position reports to:
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resource Services


Classification:
Exempt


Salary:
Central Office Salary Schedule

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.

It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

If offered a position, prospective employee must pass a required health exam, criminal records check, and drug test.