St. Petersburg College

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Vice President of Human Resources and Public Affairs

DEPARTMENT: Human Resources SITE: DO

SALARY SCHEDULE: A&P - GRADE: G

BASIC FUNCTION:

Plans, organizes, staffs, directs and controls Human Resources and Payroll functions of the college. Provides oversight for the direction of the Office of Institutional Advancement.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administers and directs the Human Resources functions, including such activities as insurance and benefits, unemployment compensation, employment and onboarding, classification and compensation, personnel processing, staff & professional development, employee communications, wellness and labor/employee relations.
• Serves as a member of the President's Cabinet and provides leadership for overall administration of Human Resources and Institutional Advancement activities within the College’s strategic plan.
• Leads, guides, articulates and provides oversight of the College’s Human Resources functions with the President and President’s Cabinet, including reporting to the Board of Trustees, the State of Florida and other government entities.
• Administers and directs Payroll functions, including preparation and processing of college payrolls.
• Administers the college’s self-insurance medical and dental programs, as well as voluntary employee benefits.
• Administers the college’s 403b investment program.
• Develops, maintains, reviews and interprets personnel and employee relations practices, rules and procedures for the college.
• Administers ongoing professional development to college employees through multi-modal offerings, including in-classroom training, online tutorials, webinars and other electronic resources.
• Manages the college-wide Staff & Professional Development budget, which includes allocations to all campuses.
• Provides oversight to HR-directed employee relations activities, which include ongoing consulting services to supervisors while ensuring the college remains compliant with Board of Trustees rules as well as state and federal law.
• Works closely with the General Counsel and Office of EA/EO on internal investigations.
• In close consultation with the General Counsel, oversees compliance with and regular updates to the college’s Affirmative Action Plan.
• Administers an ongoing Wellness Program designed to encourage healthy behaviors/lifestyles as well as reduce long-term health care costs for the college and employees.
• Administers and directs the Flex Team (internal “temporary” workers in full-time, budgeted positions who are deployed to various high-need areas of the college).
• Provides oversight for the Office of Institutional Advancement, including direction, planning, supervision and implementation of programs of public information, media relations, marketing and recruiting, advertising, printing, and internal/external communications for the College.
• Leads cross-departmental collaboration of Institutional Advancement, Enrollment Management and others with direct accountability for communication and marketing/advertising related to student recruitment and retention.
• Recommends hiring, trains, evaluates and directs all personnel under immediate supervision.
• Handles grievances.
• Participates as a member of various college committees.
• Develops, modifies, maintains and interprets procedures necessary to administer the functions assigned.
• Responsible for establishing procedures as needed.
• Directs review of faculty credentials, completion of required courses and administration of contracts (budgeted) or Instructional Agreement Letters (non-budgeted).
• Directs the regular review of Administrative & Professional contracts.
• Reviews, monitors and approves all travel over $1,000 by college employees.
• Responsible for coordinating legal matters that pertain to unemployment compensation and labor/employee relations.
• Responsible for conducting studies (statistical, etc.) that relate to improvement of the Human Resources functions.
• Reviews all personnel actions and recommendations that go to the Board of Trustees from the President.
• Performs related duties as required.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Master’s degree, preferably in Human Resources or related area, or Bachelor’s degree plus either professional HRCI certification or the equivalent in documented experience.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Five (5) years experience in Human Resources Management or educational administration.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge of modern Human Resources Management and Institutional Advancement practices and procedures. Knowledge of laws relating to labor relations and personnel administration. Knowledge of current practices regarding marketing/advertising and corporate communications. Strong, creative analytical and leadership skills and ability to work effectively at all levels of the college community. Strong verbal and written communications skills. Ability to effectively supervise a staff of Human Resources employees. Ability to deal effectively with postsecondary education colleagues.  Ability to deal effectively with business community.  Ability to deal effectively with the general public.  Ability to communicate effectively in public speaking engagements and within areas of supervision. 

Revised: 11/2009