Executive Director Human Resources – HigherEdJobs

General Responsibilities:

Reporting to the President, and serving as a member of the President’s Executive
team, the Executive Director of Human Resources is responsible for providing strategic leadership and management on all aspects of the human
resources function across the institution. The position will be responsible for leading the functional areas of employment and recruitment,
employee and labor relations, compensation, benefits, compliance, policy and procedure development, human resources information systems, and
performance management and training.

The Executive Director of Human Resources directly oversees a HR Generalist, HR Coordinator and
part-time HR Assistant.

Working collaboratively with leaders across the campus, the Executive Director develops strategic programs
and innovative practices in support of the College’s mission and long-term strategic goals. The Executive Director will promote a high
performing, positive, diverse, and productive culture with the goals of maintaining high levels of employee effectiveness and morale and
fostering an inclusive and collegial environment.

Due to the need of interaction with employees, students and the college community
this position requires in person presence. This position is eligible for telework up to 1 day a week.

Specific
Duties:

• Establish and implement human resources efforts that effectively communicate and support the College’s mission
  and strategic vision.
• Develop documents and implements human resource policies and procedures.
• Manages and addresses
  issues related to employee performance management including pre-disciplinary meetings with supervisors, investigations, investigative
  hearings, and progressive disciplinary processes.
• Develop comprehensive strategic recruiting and retention plans to meet the human
  resource needs of the College including developing strategies to recruit, train, motivate, promote, and retain a diversified, qualified
  staff. Oversee search committee process for full-time positions.
• Develop and implement comprehensive compensation and benefits
  plans that are competitive.
• Maintain an effective job evaluation, classification, and grading program for administrative and
  support staff positions in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant state and federal laws,
  while ensuring compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO),
  Title VII, Title IX
• Lead, coach and mentor direct reports. Responsible for assessing and monitoring the performance of direct
  reports. Builds the capability of direct reports by providing continuous and constructive feedback.
• Build and sustain robust
  programs for employee orientation, onboarding, talent retention, training and professional development, and performance management.
• Establish and implement internal controls for human resources.
• Manage the annual review process.
• Oversee benefit
  administration and serves as a member of the Cecil County Government’s Health Advisory Council (HAC) .
• Oversee employee
  engagement survey implementation and follow up with employees; implements initiatives based on survey feedback.
• Serve as Deputy
  Title IX Coordinator and trained as a hearing officer and decision making on Title IX cases.
• Serve as liaison for Diversity, Equity
  and Inclusion taskforce.
• Oversee President’s evaluation process working close with the Chair of the Board of Trustees.
• Maintain effective communication with administration, faculty, staff, students, and members of the College community about human
  resource issues such as organizational change.
• Ensure human resources records and information systems are maintained in a
  confidential and compliant manner.
• Maintain current knowledge of new trends and innovations in the field of human resources;
  attends and participates in professional group meetings; participates in professional development activities;
• Serve on college
  committees as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

The Executive Director will have the following experiences,
capabilities, and attributes:

• Lead a strong HR team who will offer the highest level of integrity and customer service
  to a high performing workforce;
• Apply experience and strategic Human Resources practitioner skills with a strong understanding of
  HR best practices;
• Ability to lead with both a decisive and consultative style, foster open communications, and proactively build
  positive relationships with administration, faculty, staff, and students;
• Articulate in written and oral communications and be able
  to relate to people at all levels of an organization;
• Serve as a change agent and an innovative and forward-thinking leader who can
  think strategically and translate strategies into actionable plans;
• Develop and/or enhance appropriate policies and programs for
  effective management of the people resources of the College;
• Work in collaboration with key campus decision makers, serving as a
  trusted advisor and expert on organizational issues, complex and sometimes sensitive employee relations matters;
• Establish and lead
  recruitment and hiring strategies necessary to recruit competitive and diverse talent;
• Continue to build technology-driven methods
  of managing human resources while not losing sight of the human aspect of human resource functions.
• Foster innovative and creative
  problem solving, have strong listening and communication skills, have a presence that engenders trust, confidence and respect, and have the
  ability to lead by influence and by example.

Requirements:

• Education: a Master’s degree
  required; Human Resources certification preferred (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP)
• Experience: a minimum of 10 years of progressive Human
  Resources experience required. Supervisory experience required.
• Preferred Experience: Higher education preferred. Title IX
  experience preferred. Experience working with collective bargaining units preferred.
• Proficiencies: Excellent Microsoft Office
  Software skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; capability to generate reports from a human resource information system and
  other spreadsheets as required.
• Skills/Training: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to multi-task, work
  independently, has attention to detail, able to think critically, problem solving ability, the ability to analyze data and able to adapt to
  changing priorities
• Physical Demands: Work is sedentary. May be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of light items. No
  physical demands are required to perform the work.

Position Posted Until Filled.

*We are committed to
ensuring equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all hiring and employment practices. Cecil College will not discriminate against any
individual by reason of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and
expression, genetic status, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local
law