Director of Classified Human Resources

Position Type:
Administration/Director-Human Resources

Date Posted:
10/14/2024

Location:
100-Central Office

Date Available:
07/2025In-district residency required

INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT
JOB DESCRIPTION
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES - NON-CERTIFICATED STAFF

QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least ten years' successful experience in teaching and school administration preferred.
• A master's degree or higher.
• Appropriate certification or licensure.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO:

• Superintendent or designee.

SUPERVISES:
Human Resources Assistant
Human Resources District Secretary

JOB GOAL:

• To assist the superintendent substantially and effectively in the task of providing leadership in developing, achieving, and maintaining the best possible educational programs and services.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attends Board meetings and prepares such reports for the Board as the Superintendent may request.
• Assists in the determination of types of services needed by the schools and the district's ancillary programs, and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Reports on the status of district programs and services at the request of the superintendent.
• Prepares drafts of needed Board policies and administrative rules for the superintendent's review and action.
• Plays a significant leadership role in program development and in-service education for the professional staff in their program area.
• Serves upon assignment by the superintendent as a resource person to all professional staff in the district.
• Maintains liaison with social, professional, civic, volunteer, and other community agencies and groups having an interest in the schools.
• Establishes necessary procedures for referral and cooperative planning with other agencies, both local and state, that provide services to children.
• Communicates to the superintendent the requirements and needs of the district as perceived by staff members.
• Prepares state reports and claims as required.
• Plays a significant leadership role in fostering professional growth and building of staff morale throughout the district.

• Plans and directs a program for selection and assignment of the best qualified non-certificated staff members.
• Coordinates interviews, checks references, and makes recommendations to hire non-certificated personnel and substitute teachers.
• Approves all assignments, transfers, dismissals, and promotions for non-certificated staff.
• Certifies classifications and salaries to the business department.
• Maintains and audits appropriate records of non-certificated personnel.
• Administers appropriate state and federal laws, policies, procedures, and regulations, including the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family Medical Leave Act.
• Supervises and evaluates Human Resources staff.
• Confers with principals to determine needs for support staff within the schools.
• Provides necessary research for successful wage and salary administration.
• Plans, develops, and revises personnel management policies in accordance with state legislation for submission to the Board for adoption.

Annually creates employee handbooks for the various categories of non-certificated employees.

• Responds to questionnaires, surveys, and correspondence from research or professional organizations and state and federal agencies requesting information on the district's personnel program, and to requests of district personnel on matters not clearly covered by regulation, policy, or legislation.
• Engages in actively advocating, promoting, and securing the rights of persons, with particular reference to employees of the school system.
• Coordinates background checks for all district volunteers.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the superintendent may assign from time to time.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Twelve month year. Salary and work year to be established by the Board.

EVALUATION:

• Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.