The Director of Human Resources – Nutrition Services provides strategic and operational human resources support for the school district’s Nutrition Services Department. This position partners closely with Nutrition leadership to recruit, retain, develop, and support a large, diverse workforce responsible for delivering compliant and high quality meal programs to students.
Requirements
- Serve as the primary Human Resources advisor to the Nutrition Services Department.
- Acts as a strategic partner in understanding the goals and objectives for Nutrition Services and works toward providing effective human resource solutions.
- Advises Nutrition Services Leadership and managers through complex talent management issues and collaborates with legal and professional standards staff as needed.
- Serves as a general subject matter expert in multiple human resource areas and collaborates with specialized subject matter experts within the core Human Resources department to provide Nutrition Services department managers with direction, guidance, coaching, training, and support.
- Collaborate with the HRIS department to provide comprehensive human capital data and data analytical reports to Nutrition Services Leadership and managers to inform and facilitate effective position and personnel management decision making.
- Collaborates with the Finance department staff on position management, and participates in year-round school and department budget meetings, including during the annual budget development process.
- Collaborates with Talent Acquisition department staff in the recruitment of school and/or department staff through participation in job fairs and other related recruitment events.
- Establishes and maintains a strong, positive working relationship with the Nutrition Services Unit to ensure satisfaction with the human resource support provided.
- Provides consistent, timely, effective communication to Nutrition Services Management to ensure consistent application of policies, procedures, processes, and practices of human resource functions.
- Keeps abreast of changes in HISD policies and procedures as they relate to delivering quality human resource services.
- Support strategies to improve recruitment, retention, attendance, and employee engagement within the Child Nutrition workforce.
- Travels to and from schools, departments, and central office to facilitate effective interpersonal communication, training, and in-person support.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
