Director of Human Resources

Director of Human Resources

About Cincinnati Public Schools:

Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) serves nearly 38000 students from preschool to 12th grade in 66 school communities across a 90-square-mile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the best-performing large urban district in Ohio and ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students learning and growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.

The districts innovative approach to education its investment in effective and caring educators and employees and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades - ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.

Our Vision: Cincinnati Public Schools will be a community that ensures equitable access to a world-class education unleashing the potential of every student.

Our Mission: We educate all students with rigor and care in a culture of excellence to develop engaged citizens who are prepared for life.

Who We Seek: Cincinnati Public is looking for innovative passionate culturally competent problem-solvers to join our team. We strive to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. If this is you we invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.

Role Summary

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer the Director of Human Resources provides visionary leadership direction and guidance for the strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations of the Human Resources and Talent department. The Director is responsible for leading the overall mission to find select strategically deploy and retain great talent for all positions in the organization in order to meet the Districts academic targets and mission of improved student learning.

Essential Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Talent Management

• Human Capital Strategy: Translate the organizations strategy to improve student achievement into an aligned human capital strategy with clear measurable outcomes.
• Talent Management: Facilitate the recruitment hiring and onboarding of premier talent for Certificated Civil Service and Administrative vacancies. Prioritize a smooth communicative and efficient hiring experience that directly supports the districts long-term strategic goals.
• Pipeline Development: Strengthen the quality and quantity of internal and external staff pipelinesespecially for teachers and principals.
• Diversity & Equity: Implement staffing processes and policies with a strong focus on diversity equity inclusion and anti-racism across the team and district.
• Continuous Improvement: Embody a results-oriented culture that relentlessly focuses on improving quality based on data research-based best practices and stakeholder feedback.

Operational Oversight & Compliance

• Departmental Supervision: Oversee staff in the Human Resources Department including prioritizing work plans evaluating performance and making hiring or termination recommendations.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all human resources programs and activities are in compliance with federal state and local laws regulations and Board policies.
• Budgetary Control: Establish and monitor the department budget approve expenditures and implement cost-reducing programs.
• Records Management: Oversee and ensure the maintenance of computerized employment records.

Labor Relations & Total Rewards

• Labor Strategy: Drive the organizations labor strategy and provide managerial oversight for the administration of collective bargaining agreements including grievance procedures and disciplinary hearings.
• Compensation: Design and implement competitive compensation and classification review systems to ensure the District can hire and retain excellent staff.
• Performance Management: Lead the design and implementation of valid and reliable performance appraisal systems for all staff aligned to the organizations vision.
• Customer Focus: Ensure the department provides helpful courteous and responsive customer service to principals and employees regarding all employment questions.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Human Resource Administration Business Administration or a related field is required. A Masters Degree is preferred.
• Experience: * Minimum of 7 years of experience leading talent functions such as recruitment professional development or performance management.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience building and managing high-performing teams towards ambitious outcomes.
• Demonstrated success translating organizational strategy into talent priorities and measurable outcomes.

Core Competencies

• Ownership: Leads by example modeling the highest level of personal accountability and holding the team accountable for results.
• Collaboration Across Boundaries: Deepens relationships and builds support for CPS Talent priorities with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Clear and Candid Communication: Serves as an organizational role model in providing clarity about roles and delivering direct constructive feedback.
• Planning & Executing: Translates strategy into actionable plans and drives the effective allocation of human and fiscal resources.

Contract Provisions

• Contract Type: Limited contract of 260 to 261 days.
• Salary: Salary is commensurate with education experience and background.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources.

All interested applicants are invited to submit an online application at / Apply online.

Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing non-discrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color sex age religion national origin disability sexual orientation or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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