Human Resources Manager

This individual demonstrates expert-level knowledge of pension and retirement programs including defined benefit and defined contribution plans and ensures regulatory compliance fiscal accuracy and operational integrity. They are experienced in supporting in-house pension administration and guiding employees through retirement processes with clarity and professionalism.

The ideal candidate is highly skilled in classification and compensation management including organizational design job analysis job description development and implementation of negotiated salary and career ladder changes. They work closely with payroll finance labor relations and leadership partners to maintain equitable compliant and transparent compensation structures.

As a people-first leader the successful candidate prioritizes employee wellbeing engagement and inclusion. They foster open communication invest in team development and create a supportive accountable team environment. Experience supporting wellness safety or health initiatives is highly desirable.

This role requires a leader comfortable navigating change in a collaborative setting including supporting ERP or HRIS implementations such as Workday or similar systems. Above all the ideal candidate is a calm credible leader who builds trust manages competing priorities and communicates complex information clearly in service of public mission and organizational excellence.

• Selects supervises trains motivates assigns evaluates counsels and disciplines staff;
• Plans assigns directs reviews and evaluates the work of staff programs and functions;
• Directs and manages the analysis and evaluation of positions for classification and compensation;
• Directs and manages employee and retiree benefit programs including cost control;
• Ensures compliance with laws rules and regulations pertaining to assigned program areas;
• Develops and interprets rules policies procedures and collective bargaining agreements;
• Confers with VTA supervisors and managers and provides technical assistance;
• Provides consultation and advice to executive management on human resources issues;
• Monitors legislative activity that impacts program areas in the department;
• Explains justifies and defends human resources policies procedures and activities;
• Prepares and presents staff reports and other documents and correspondence;
• Attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of trends and innovations in human resources;
• May serve as a member of the management team in meetings with collective bargaining groups;
• Develops and administers the departmental budget; approves the forecast of funds needed for staffing equipment materials and supplies; approves expenditures and implements budgetary adjustments as appropriate and necessary;
• Ensures the integrity of systems and processes of assigned program areas;
• Represents VTA on boards commissions and committees as required;
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Human resource systems techniques practices and functions including recruitment classification testing selection benefits administration and employee and retiree benefits management;
• Job analysis recruiting and examining strategies position classification position control and wage and salary administration;
• Standard office practices and procedures including automated human resource and word/data processing systems;
• Principles and practices of public personnel administration management analysis organization supervision and communication;
• State federal and local laws rules regulations and court decisions relevant to assigned program areas;
• Employee benefit programs including health plan administration and cost containment measures;
• Principles and practices of budget planning administration and control;
• Typical provisions of collective bargaining agreements and public employee labor laws;
• Principles of supervision training motivation performance evaluation and discipline;
• Collaborative problem solving.
  

• Use initiative and good judgment;
• Plan and assign workloads clearly and effectively;
• Select supervise train motivate assign evaluate counsel and discipline staff;
• Consistently apply concepts laws methods techniques and other guidelines of professional work in the human resources management field;
• Persuade justify and project the consequences of decisions and/or recommendations;
• Meet deadlines;
• Communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing;
• Collect interpret and evaluate data of a complex and specialized nature;
• Define problem areas and evaluate recommend and implement alternative solutions to complex issues and problems;
• Work effectively under stressful situations involving confrontation and conflict;
• Effectively manage subordinate supervisors and other staff;
• Organize and analyze varied and complex data;
• Develop policies procedures and guidelines consistent with VTA policies and interpret these to subordinate staff other agencies and the public;
• Interpret and apply federal state and local policies laws and regulations;
• Ensure compliance with VTA policies and procedures regarding equal employment opportunity discrimination and harassment prevention;
• Deal tactfully and persuasively with others in controversial situations;
• Reason logically and creatively and utilize a variety of analytical techniques to resolve complex and specialized human resources problems;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employee associations community groups and individuals at all levels of the organization.