Deputy General Services Director

About the role

The current vacancy is in the Personnel/Risk Management Division.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, maintain and supervise the administration of effective personnel policies, practices, and procedures to ensure employment of competent personnel, fair and nondiscriminatory application of policies, practices and procedures, timely and cost effective utilization of resources, and advising management and employees in their interpretation when necessary;
• Maintain, supervise, and administer the classification, compensation, benefits and self-insurance plans, recruitment and selection, safety and training, and employee evaluation programs;
• Develop and coordinate the implementation of policies, rules, and practices for carrying out personnel programs seeking appropriate authorization for policy and rule changes when required;
• Participate in and coordinate the negotiations process with employee organizations as lead negotiator and/or as a member of the management team;
• Perform needed research, maintain records, and prepare, process and implement memoranda of understanding as they pertain to personnel matters;
• Advise management and employees regarding grievance procedures and monitor the grievance process;
• Maintain the City's personnel files and other records in conformance with law and professional personnel management practices;
• Cookordination personnel activities with other City departments and Personnel Commission;
• Supervise and participate in the preparation of various personnel and risk management reports;
• Prepare and administer the personnel and risk management budgets as well as the employee benefits and property/liability internal service funds;
• Supervise, train and evaluate employees;
• Recommend and take disciplinary actions;
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Possession of a valid appropriate California Driver's License and a good driving record.
• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Business, Human Resources, Public Administration, Recreation, Public Transportation, or a closely related field.
• A Masters degree is desirable.
• Five (5) years of professional-level experience in one or more of the primary areas of responsibility (i.e., personnel, risk management, public transit, senior services, community recreation) with at least two (2) years of supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of: Principles and practices of public personnel administration, including methods and techniques used in recruitment and selection, classification, salary administration, training and safety, and benefits design and administration;
• Principles and practices of public risk management including administration of self-insured programs, workers’ compensation, public property an liability, and safety and loss control;
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, ordinances and policies;
• Principles and practices of organization, administration, budget and management;
• Applicable employer-employee relations’ laws, methods and practices.

Skills

• To Plan, organize and implement comprehensive city-wide programs;
• Negotiate service contracts and memoranda of understanding;
• Exercise independent judgement in the solution of personnel problems;
• Understand, interpret, and apply personnel rules and regulations;
• Read, understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, and regulations to specific situations;
• Plan, schedule, make work assignments, set priorities, develop goals, train, evaluate, select and conduct discipline of subordinates;
• Perform advanced research and develop sound recommendations;
• Develop and administer budgets;
• Communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing;
• Exercise independent judgement in the solution of challenges;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with officials, employees, organizations, and the general public;
• Operate a vehicle observing legal and defensive driving practices.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.