Human Resources Director, Johns Hopkins Public Safety - 115717

Job Req ID: 115717

Position: Human Resources Director, Johns Hopkins Public Safety

We are seeking a Human Resources Director, Johns Hopkins Public Safety . The Human Resources Director will manage, plan, and implement a full range of HR programs and policies for JHPS. Identifies broad objectives, directs significant programs and functions with a very high degree of autonomy. Oversees comprehensive human resources support for the enterprise, including employee relations consultation, performance management and coaching, onboarding support, retention and succession planning, and HR records administration, ensuring all procedures and activities comply with legal regulations and relevant policies and practices.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Act as strategic HR partner and advisor to the JHPS leadership team, managers, and staff. Partner with JHU/JHM HR leadership team for legal, compliance, and other direction.
• Manage JHPS employee relations issues and advise management on performance management, coaching, termination, and disciplinary processes. Make recommendations to resolve complex employment-related matters and know when to escalate or engage others.
• Implement solutions and meet goals around attracting, engaging, retaining, and developing talent.
• Partner with various functions within JHU/JHM Human Resources (i.e. Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Organizational Development) to execute deliverables and enterprise-specific HR strategies.
• Manage and support internal projects and programs, including enterprise-wide HR communications, engagement activities, onboarding activities, and recognition efforts.
• Actively evaluate existing programs and engage in continuous improvement of systems and processes or creation of new programs.
• Collect and analyze relevant data to support recommendations for decision-making.
• Conduct exit interviews and maintain exit procedures for employees leaving JHPS.
• Process relevant data changes on behalf of employees within the appropriate HR systems.
• In consultation with Compensation teams of JHU and JHM, provide guidance and make recommendations on appropriate starting salaries and promotional salaries for staff to ensure maintaining balance of equity. Develop career paths with position descriptions to foster opportunities for high performing staff.
• Administer human resources policies and procedures that may cover a variety of human resources functional areas.
• Provide coaching and development feedback to managers and employees.
• Oversee the HR related activities done by others in the JPHS unit.
• Demonstrate excellence in discipline and understand the implications of decisions and actions on segments of the organization outside one’s immediate area of responsibility.

Competencies

• Customer Service Orientation: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Collaboration: Works effectively and constructively with others; shares time, energy, and knowledge with others to ensure they can succeed.
• Time Management: Ability to manage competing, high priority demands, prioritizing workload, managing projects, and multiple responsibilities against strict deadlines.
• Relationship Building: Maintains and fosters relationships within, across, and external to organizational boundaries.
• Conflict Resolution: Strong persuasion and conflict resolution skills. Ability to remain calm and professional under stress and during emotionally difficult employee matters.
• Inclusion: Demonstrates awareness and respect of cultural and individual values; appreciates and leverages the strengths of others to accomplish goals.
• Problem Solving: Applies critical-thinking skills to solve problems by generating, evaluating, and implementing positive solutions.
• Organization Knowledge: Understands the vision, mission, and values of an organization in order to achieve success.
• Effective Communicator: Provides regular, consistent, and meaningful information; listens carefully to others and ensures messages are understood.
• Management Capabilities: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and technology systems and workplace terminology.
• Lead with Integrity: Instills mutual trust and confidence, creates a culture that fosters high standards of ethics, behaves in a fair and ethical manner towards others.
• Other Competencies: Independence and Decision Making; Complexity and Problem Solving; Performs related duties, as assigned.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• This role routinely requires operation of a computer and other office productivity machinery.
• Successfully complete a physical/health screening examination by the Office of Occupational Health and Safety, which includes a drug screening.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or relevant field.
• Eight (8) plus years of progressively increasing leadership experience in human resources management, including employee relations experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Classified Title: Director Human Resources - Public Safety

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Human Resources Director, Johns Hopkins Public Safety

Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PH

Starting Salary Range: $116,600 - $204,000 Annually (Commensurate with experience)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F/8:30-5:00

Exempt Status: Exempt

Location: Eastern High Campus

Department name: VP for Public Safety Office of

Personnel area: University Administration

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career, and retirement.

Education and Experience Equivalency

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position.

Applicants Completing Studies

Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity, and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Accommodation Information

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida.