Director of Human Resources

Company: Johns Hopkins University
Location: Bowie
Posted on: May 9, 2022

Job Description:

Johns Hopkins University is hiring a Director of Human Resources for their Baltimore and DC locations. The primary responsibility for Director of Human Resources is ensuring the achievement of human capital goals of the school and the larger university and will be both a strategic thought partner for divisional leadership and will oversee the daily functioning of the division's human resources office. This person will envision, update, communicate and execute the school's comprehensive HR strategic strategy for its leadership, faculty and staff. This HR leader will report directly to the Divisional Business Officer (DBO), with an additional dotted line reporting relationship to the University's Vice President for Human Resources. The ideal candidate will also collaborate with appropriate Central HR resources to provide a wide range of support and consulting services, including employee relations, diversity, equity and inclusion, salary and compensation administration, recruitment, onboarding, talent management/development, organizational design, performance management, HR compliance, and payroll/benefits administration. This HR leader will foster innovative HR practices that produce enhanced recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented individuals and will promote actions that maintain an environment that integrates diversity, differences, and fairness. They will also develop and deliver efforts geared toward overall employee engagement, productivity, and effectiveness, and will ensure that human resources activities, services and counsel are impactful and consistent with, and supportive of, established central university HR and divisional vision, mission and plans. The role provides critical leadership and consultation on highly sensitive/critical issues. They will help to ensure that human resources practices across the university are effective, relevant, support the needs of the schools, consistently applied; and, are legally compliant. Reporting to this position will be a combination of HR professionals engaged in the various aspects of HR programming and operations within the division. The candidate will also work closely with the division's leadership team and JHU's central HR organization, as well as peers in other academic divisions. The HR Director will collaborate with Central HR counterparts in the development and implementation of policies, programming, and initiatives bringing their divisional perspective to ensure best possible outcomes. Minimum qualifications (mandatory): Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or other related field Eight (8) plus of progressively increasing leadership experience in human resources management, including employee relations experience, preferably in a university setting. Equivalency formula for exempt roles: Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree in related field Eight (8) plus years of progressively responsible experience in leadership and management, with relevant human resources management experience. Three (3) plus years of experience of working with a senior executive team as a thought leader Experience working in higher education is strongly preferred. Knowledge and understanding of the university, its history, culture, organizational structure and units, decision-making process, policies and programs. Technical qualifications or specialized certifications: Society of Human Resource Management certification or similar preferred

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