Human Resources Director

In order to be considered for any vacancy within the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, an application must be completed. If you are among the qualified candidates, you will receive a call or email from one of our coordinators to schedule an interview. Once your application is completed, please send it to the Human Resources Department at HR.

Human Resources Director

Human Resources Executive Director

Tribal Administration

Human Resources

Plans, organizes and directs a variety of complex administrative, technical and professional work of the human resources functions of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. Provides leadership to the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas in designing systems and developing policies for organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction, including compensation and benefit systems, classification structures, recruitment, employee development and training, performance management, policy administration/compliance, and labor/employee relations.

Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
• Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
• Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
• Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
• Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.
• Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
• Determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization’s personnel policies and practices.
• Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.
• Oversee the evaluation, classification, and rating of occupations and job positions.
• Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training, and health and safety programs.
• Develop or administer special projects.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of Tribal personnel policies and procedures.
• Provides Department Managers and Supervisors information and assistance regarding HR procedures.
• Ensures the hiring process is conducted according to the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe Hiring practices as outlined in the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Responsible for reviewing all terminations and disciplinary actions to ensure consistency of policies and reduce liability to tribe.
• Responsible for reviewing salary scale and wage system consistent with administration approved job descriptions.
• Conducts employment appeals and response according to policy/handbook.
• Sets evaluations schedule with administration for all departments. Reviews employee evaluations to ensure they are performed properly.
• Manage and supervise human resource department to achieve goals within available resources; plan and organize workloads and staff assignments; train, motivate and evaluate assigned staff; review progress and direct changes as needed.
• Provide leadership and direction in the development of short and long range plans; gather, interpret, and prepare data for studies, reports and recommendations; coordinate department activities with other departments and agencies needed.
• Facilitate discussions of employee and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas interests in meetings, committees, taskforces, stakeholder groups and other public settings on issues related to human resources policies and practices; develop and lead appropriate forums for collaborative policy development.
• Provide professional advice to Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas officials; participate in meetings with councils, boards, commissions, administration, civic groups and the general public.
• Communicate official plans, policies and procedures to staff.
• Assure assigned areas of responsibility are performed within budget; perform cost control activities; monitor revenues and expenditures in assigned area to assure sound fiscal control; assure effective and efficient use of budgeted funds, personal, materials, facilitates and time.
• Present departmental and Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas human resources issues and recommendations requiring policy direction to appropriate advisory bodies.
• Perform such other tasks as may be assigned from time to time by…