NYC Public Schools · 14 hours ago
Human Resources Director, DSL (Internal Candidates Only) - 25635
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$102K/yr - $107K/yr
4+ years expNYC Public Schools is seeking a Human Resources Director for the Division of School Leadership (DSL). This role involves managing human resources specialists, providing strategic support to school leaders, and ensuring high-quality human resources practices across schools.
Primary/Secondary Education
Responsibilities
Provide guidance and resources to principals, school administrators, and school-based personnel within their DSL to increase the human resources capacity of each school. This includes frequent school visits to troubleshoot, strategize, and provide one-on-one support as necessary
Provide strategic coaching to principals and staff regarding human resource optimization, talent management, and alignment of human resources to student achievement/instructional goals
Serve as an advocate for schools, engaging leadership in potential human resource policy changes
Identify shared human resource challenges and advise accordingly regarding policy updates or changes
Implement human resource policies, advancing a service-oriented culture designed to attain high levels of principal satisfaction with the services and support the DSL provides
Manage one or more human resources specialists, ensuring the provision of high-quality service while building capacity in schools
Support principals’ work to capture and disseminate knowledge among DSL schools, including best practice-sharing related to human resources
Provide critical, technical operational information, including Central policy and process updates and changes
Assess schools’ human resource needs and develop strategic initiatives to recruit, retain, and cultivate talented schools’ staff
Identify areas in which schools need administrative and/or operational training and ensure that training opportunities are provided to each school
Design and deliver professional development for school-based professionals based on individual school needs
Provide transactional oversight related to human resources
Advocate/liaise with Central entities when necessary to ensure operational transactions are executed to meet compliance mandates and schools’ satisfaction
Liaise, as appropriate, with the Division of Human Capital and Central leadership to fulfill principal and school needs that must escalate beyond the DSL Field team
Identify complex and systemic needs of schools in the DSL and arrange for the provision of services to meet those needs; serve as an advisor to the other team members on business-related questions
Advise principals on when and how to seek additional resources and/or expertise from the system
Assume a leadership role in shaping the internal and external human resources markets, assisting the team in identifying services for schools
Work collaboratively with the other DSL Field team members to share best practices and foster the DSL’s cross-functionality
Qualification
Required
A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies, or a closely related field, or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience, for educational program(s) and/or institution(s) in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting economic or financial administration, fiscal or economic research; management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; educational, personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, fiscal management, or a related area, 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative, consultative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in '1' above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, consultative or supervisory experience described in '1' above
Education and/or experience equivalent to '1', or '2' above. Graduate education in areas other than those mentioned above, may be substituted for the professional experience, but not for the 18 months of managerial experience described in '1' above, at the rate of 15 graduate semester credits from an accredited college or university for 6 months up to a maximum of 1 year of professional experience. However, all candidates must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and 18 months executive, managerial, administrative, consultative or supervisory experience, as described in '1' above
Preferred
Advanced degree in business, public or education administration
Strong communication skills
Well-developed strategic thinking and planning skills
Track record of successful human resources management in the education sector
Proactively and strategically works to meet short- and long-term goals
Entrepreneurial, innovative leadership approach
Highly motivated, self-directed manager with a demonstrable history of success
Ability to build relationships with diverse constituencies
Familiar with NYCPS's human resources systems
Record of excellent performance in previously held positions
Benefits
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Company
NYC Public Schools
New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) is the largest public school system in the United States, serving approximately 1 million students across more than 1,600 schools in all five boroughs.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Christopher Groll
Chief Executive Officer
Harmon Unger
Deputy CEO for Safety and Security
Recent News
2022-04-12
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