Director of Talent Acquisition and Management

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Directs the acquisition and management (recruitment, selection, placement, development, advancement and retention) of talent (instructional and support staff) for Arlington Public Schools (APS). In collaboration with senior leadership and key managers, conceives, designs, develops, implements, manages, advocates for, promotes, evaluates and refines employment programs, operations and initiatives that support acquisition and management of a well-qualified, diverse and highly effective workforce. Recommends improvements in workforce planning, employer branding/marketing/outreach, and applicant sourcing/screening/processing, new hire orientation and success, and employee development-career progression-retention;

develops new guidelines, or recommends changes to existing guides, for application, APS-wide, concerning recruitment-selection-placement-advancement-etc. Proposes employment-related diversity and inclusion initiatives and serves as change manager. Identifies quantitative and non-quantitative measures of effectiveness for assigned functions; implements and reports on approved status/progress. Identifies labor market supply-demand trends and provides guidance on ways and means to overcome shortfalls in applicant supply/quality/diversity. Supervises the APS Talent and Acquisition Management Team and helps ensure that employment programs/operations comply with Federal, State and local employment regulations, School Board-APS vision and generally-accepted merit system requirements/standards.

Serves as a member of the Department’s management leadership team. Performs related functions. Impact of the work is realized in the development, implementation, coordination and execution of strategies and tactics, APS-wide, to facilitate success and continuous improvement in talent acquisition and management.

Reports to the Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources. Most work flows to the incumbent consistent with functional responsibilities; incumbent plans and manages the work program independently in consultation with the supervisor. Work is expected to meet Federal, State and APS requirements/guidelines (including APS management objectives) as well as talent management and related HR management norms and ‘best practices.’ Work is evaluated in terms of effectiveness in meeting these guidelines, quality, quantity, timeliness, teamwork, customer service and other factors such as skill and ingenuity in guiding implementation of improvements in strategic direction, systems, processes and procedures as well as teamwork or coordination problems.

The incumbent plans, assigns and reviews work of, and directly supervises, a small team of talent acquisition and management specialists and support personnel, works in partnership with other HR teams and guides, coaches and supports senior leadership in APS and managers over related HR functional areas in managing change in talent acquisition and management strategies and tactics. The incumbent has no student supervisory responsibilities.

This is a single position class in the Department of Human Resources; serves as the top manager in the talent acquisition and management domain.

Guidelines include, but are not limited to, Federal and Virginia [including Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)] requirements/standards/initiatives on employment matters such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, the Code of Virginia regarding employment of teachers, bus drivers and others and VDOE Licensure Regulations for School Personnel;
Arlington School Board Policies (SBPs) and priorities, APS policy implementation procedures (PIPs) on…