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Posted: 27-Feb-24
Location: Sumter, South Carolina
Type: Full Time
Salary: 98,600 - 157,700
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Required Education:
JOB SUMMARY:
Under limited direction, works with schools and divisions across the district to ensure that resources are allocated effectively and efficiently; implements and applies personnel policies for all employees of the School District, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state and local regulations; assists and directs all human resource functions, including but not limited to employee recruitment and selection, employee relations, benefits administration, compensation and classification, employee relations and related functions; and serves as a member of the Superintendent’s Executive Leadership Team. .
JOB DUTIES:
- Oversees the operation of the Department of Human Resources in such a way as to enhance the morale of school district personnel, promotes the overall efficiency of school personnel, and maximizes the educational opportunities and benefits available to each individual child.
- Ensures implementation of strategic recruitment and staffing plan for all levels and classifications of employees.
- Recommends to the Superintendent employee promotions, transfers, reassignments, leaves of absence and terminations.
- Oversees employee performance evaluation processes.
- Meets with all certified staff regarding contract non-renewals and/or placement on summative evaluations, in accordance with state regulations for contract notification and the Teacher Dismissal Act.
- Provides leadership for managers and supervisors in human relations skills, conflict resolution, sexual harassment issues, drug awareness and human diversity issues, and other issues pertaining to employee management.
- Oversees a system for personnel record-keeping, processing of new employees and preparation of contracts for all personnel in a timely manner.
- Serves as the District Superintendent’s designee for grievances, both community and employees.
- Implements the policies of the Board of Education, and appropriate administrative regulations, at the District level.
- Oversees goals and established policies, procedures and standards for administering the accountability and assessment program for the school district.
- Provides leadership to ensure that initiatives related to administration are results-oriented and aligned with the District’s purpose and strategic goals.
- Develops forecasts, reports, and recommendations that support the district’s short- and long-range planning decisions.
- Creates annual school and district enrollment forecasts and determines school allocations.
- Advises school and district administration on personnel matters.
- Oversees the evaluation of school-level administrative personnel.
- Serves as the state liaison to the South Carolina Department of Education for the principal evaluation process.
- Develops the annual budget for the operation of the division and takes responsibility for the administration of the budget.
- Interprets all administrative district policies and programs to the faculties, students, and to the general public, and conveys to the Superintendent concerns of these groups.
- Interacts and communicates effectively with various groups such as administrators, teachers and staff, Board Members, State Department of Education personnel, elected officials, personnel of other school districts, and attorneys.
- Participates in the District’s public relations program to keep the public informed of the activities, needs and successes of the schools.
- Verifies all termination procedures and documentations.
- Attends all scheduled and called Board Meetings.
- Researches, gathers, summarizes and analyzes data to provide accurate information for briefs, reports, contracts, grant proposals, correspondence and presentations; to develop, evaluate and project program goals and/or strategic plans; and to develop and propose recommendations. Coordinates, directs, and reviews the works of others, internal and/or external, in order to ensure that assigned tasks are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Supervises employees to resolve complaints and other personnel matters in accordance with state and district policies, procedures, laws and regulations.
- Develops and ensures compliance with administrative regulations.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and school board policies and procedures.
- Ensures appropriate staffing in relation to student population growth, long-range and short-range personnel needs.
- Monitors legal actions, maintains appropriate files and apprises Superintendent.
- Attends training seminars and conferences, and conducts research to stay current in trends in human resources and educational administration.
- Coordinates the development, maintenance, updating, and distribution of School Board policies and ensures compliance with Board rules and applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
- Performs other duties as may be assigned by the Superintendent
STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Physical Requirements: Requires sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a recurring basis or routine keyboard operations. Requires mobility.
- Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
- Interpersonal Communications: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving assignments and/or directions to subordinates and receiving assignments and/or direction from supervisor.
- Language Ability: Requires ability to read a variety of laws, policies and procedures, technical and professional studies, reference books and publications, etc. Requires the ability to prepare performance appraisals, policies, strategic plans, complex reports, schedules, correspondence, etc. with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control and confidence.
- Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical, schedule or diagrammatic form; deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Requires the ability to apply influence systems in managing a diverse staff; learn and understand complex principles and techniques; make independent judgments in absence of supervision; acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information.
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, follow and give verbal and written instructions; counsel and teach employees; teach, discipline and counsel students. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational backgrounds and in a variety of technical and/or professional languages including education administration, curriculum development, budgeting, personnel, building maintenance, grant administration, public relations, etc.
- Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform mathematical operations and formulas, determine percentages and decimals and to determine time. Must be able to use practical applications of algebra and statistics.
- Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape, and visually read various information.
- Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes using office machinery; to operate motor vehicles.
- Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, keyboards, office equipment, control knobs, buttons, switches, catches, etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
- Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate colors and shades of color.
- Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency situations, volatile situations or tight deadlines. Worker may be subject to danger or risk to a slight degree and to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
- Physical Communications: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear).
TERMS: 233 days.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in compliance with the Board’s policy on evaluation and professional personnel.
Doctorate preferred, Master’s Degree required from an accredited college or university in education administration, business or personnel management. Minimum of five to seven years of successful school administrative experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in supervision or upper-level management, preferably in the area of personnel or human resources. Knowledge of laws, standards, regulations, methods, procedures, and policies in the area of personnel or human resource services. Professional certifications as required by law. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and the Sumter District Board of Trustees may find appropriate and acceptable.
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