Assistant Director of Human Resources, Office of Human Resources (Posting N129-2627

POSITION: Assistant Director of Human Resources, Office of Human Resources

REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Human Resources

POSITION SUMMARY: The Assistant Director of Human Resources provides operational leadership for the daily administration of the Human Resources Department. Working under the direction of the Executive Director of Human Resources, the Assistant Director oversees district wide human resources operations, including staffing, recruitment, onboarding, certification, employee records, HR compliance, customer service, human resources information systems, personnel transactions, and continuous process improvement.

The Assistant Director serves as the Executive Director's chief operational partner, ensuring Human Resources delivers timely, accurate, equitable, and customer-focused services to employees, applicants, school leaders, and district departments. The position also assists with strategic initiatives, workforce planning, organizational development, and implementation of the district's human capital priorities. This role is intentionally operational, enabling the Executive Director to focus on strategic leadership, labor relations, organizational development, Cabinet initiatives, and Board-level responsibilities.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the daily administration of the Human Resources Department, ensuring that all operational functions are executed efficiently, accurately, and in alignment with district priorities, Board policies, collective bargaining agreements, and applicable federal and state employment laws.
• Oversee the complete lifecycle of personnel administration, including recruitment, selection, onboarding, appointments, transfers, promotions, reassignments, leaves of absence, separations, retirements, and other employment actions, while ensuring timely processing, regulatory compliance, and exceptional customer service to schools and departments.
• Develop, implement, and continuously evaluate department-wide operational systems, standard operating procedures, workflow processes, and internal controls that improve efficiency, strengthen accountability, reduce processing time, and ensure consistency across all Human Resources functions.
• Monitor departmental performance indicators, workload distribution, response times, and service delivery standards while proactively identifying operational challenges, implementing corrective actions, and recommending process improvements that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Coordinate the work of assigned Human Resources staff by establishing priorities, assigning responsibilities, monitoring progress toward established goals, and ensuring that projects and personnel actions are completed accurately and within established timelines.

• Provide leadership for the district's certification and employment compliance functions by ensuring that all employees meet Connecticut certification requirements and that personnel actions comply with applicable federal and state employment laws, Board policies, negotiated agreements, and district procedures.
• Oversee certification monitoring systems, permit and waiver applications, licensure renewals, personnel file maintenance, audit preparation, and compliance reporting while ensuring the district maintains accurate employment records and meets all statutory reporting obligations.
• Develop internal procedures that minimize compliance risk, improve documentation standards, and strengthen accountability for certification monitoring, employment eligibility verification, record retention, and regulatory compliance.

• Provide executive oversight for the district's Human Resources Information Systems and workforce data management practices to ensure the integrity, accuracy, security, and effective utilization of employee information.
• Develop and maintain workforce dashboards, staffing reports, vacancy analyses, demographic reports, turnover metrics, recruitment analytics, and organizational workforce data that support informed decision-making by the Superintendent, Cabinet, Board of Education, Finance Department, and district leadership.
• Analyze workforce trends, staffing patterns, retirement projections, hiring outcomes, and operational performance measures to identify emerging workforce needs and recommend strategic improvements.
• Lead initiatives that improve data governance, reporting accuracy, system functionality, and integration between HRIS, applicant tracking systems, payroll, and other district technologies.

• Assist the Executive Director in developing, administering, and monitoring the Human Resources operating budget while ensuring responsible stewardship of district resources.
• Monitor expenditures related to staffing, recruitment, employee stipends, professional development,…