2013-07-17 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Position Description Director of Human Resources Job Purpose The director of human resources is the County's principal human resource officer, serving as the administrative head of the department of human resources. Pursuant to §76-75, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Merit Appeals Board "shall appoint and may at pleasure remove" the director of human resources. The department of human resources is comprised of 28 positions, including the director's and deputy director's positions, and has an operating budget of approximately$4.5 million dollars. Pursuant to Article V of the Hawaii County Charter, the department is supervised by the mayor through the managing director. As the chief administrative officer of the department of human resources, the director is responsible for administering a human resource management system in compliance with applicable laws and rules promulgated thereunder and in compliance also with various collective bargaining agreements. The director is responsible for the strategic human resource planning to provide the County with a human resource management program in line with the County's overall goals and objectives. The director works with the mayor and other members of the mayor's cabinet to ensure the County's compliance with laws,rules,and administrative rulings of governmental organizations and other regulatory and advisory authorities relative to human resource management and equal opportunity. As a cabinet level position,the director may be called upon by the mayor or managing director to serve in various capacities outside the realm of human resource management. As an example,the director may be assigned to County-or state-wide ad hoc committees or other entities.The director is fifth in line in the order of succession to the mayor, following the managing director, finance director, planning director, and the director of research and development. Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Plans, develops, organizes, directs, and evaluates the County's human resource management program and promulgates policy and procedures with respect to, but not limited to,the following human resource functional areas: • recruitment and examination of applicants/employees to fill County positions with qualified and competent individuals; ATT. "B"