Job Summary

The Executive Director of Human Resources provides strategic leadership and oversight of the school division’s human resource functions. This position ensures the recruitment, retention, and development of a diverse and highly effective workforce to support student achievement. This includes ensuring a competitive and equitable total compensation package for all staff. The Executive Director leads efforts to establish a positive, equitable, and professional workplace culture while safeguarding compliance with all applicable laws, policies, and collective bargaining agreements.

Essential Duties

1. Serve as a key advisor to the Superintendent and School Board on all human resource matters, including staffing, labor relations, compensation, benefits, and policy development.
2. Drive initiatives to improve workplace culture, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness across the division.
3. Lead division-wide recruitment and retention efforts to attract and retain diverse, high-quality talent for instructional, administrative, and support roles.
4. Oversee robust onboarding processes to ensure smooth integration of new employees into the school division.
5. Promote a culture of trust, fairness, and accountability while ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations.
6. Responsible for the implementation and monitoring of performance evaluation systems for all staff to ensure alignment with division goals.
7. Facilitate professional development programs to promote employee growth, leadership development, and retention.
8. Establish partnership with principals and supervisors to address performance concerns and create improvement plans as needed.
9. Oversee development, maintenance, and implementation of competitive compensation structures, salary schedules, and employee benefits programs to ensure competitiveness and fiscal responsibility.
10. Serves as a fiduciary for the school division making fiscally responsible recommendations for the School Board and employees with regard to compensation, benefits, and supplemental retirement plans.
11. Directs the management of HR systems, payroll processing, leave administration, and employee records to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
12. Collaborate with the finance department to forecast staffing costs and manage HR budgets effectively.
13. Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including EEO, FLSA, ADA, FMLA, Title IX, and other relevant legislation.
14. Develop, update, and interpret human resource policies, procedures, and handbooks.
15. Maintain confidentiality and ensure proper handling of personnel records and sensitive information.
16. Oversee HR data systems to provide accurate and timely data for decision-making.
17. Analyze key HR metrics, such as retention rates, staffing trends, and employee satisfaction, and recommend strategies for improvement.
18. Prepare and present HR reports for the Superintendent, School Board, and other stakeholders.
19. Identifies legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting the human resource’s function and directs the preparation of information required for
20. Leads selection process for filling of vacancies in key leadership Models’ nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

For more information and to view a complete job description, please visit https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/hr/jobs/descriptions/Exec_Director_Human_Resources.pdf.

Salary commensurate with education, experience, and training.