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Talent Partner
Title: Talent Partner
Union Affiliation: Not Represented by a union
Vacancies: Multiple
Salary Range: $67,273 - $87,219
The School District of Philadelphia is the cornerstone provider of public education in Philadelphia. For forward-thinking administrators and educators, opportunities abound. Over 131,000 students entrusted to the District arrive at school every day with an extraordinary range of needs and aspirations. We are committed to delivering on their right to an excellent public school education, and we are particularly focused on ensuring every student has access to exceptional educational opportunities. Equity is our mandate. Will you join us?
Job Summary
Provides effective delivery of talent services to District leaders to ensure they work as effective talent managers. Works closely with principals, hiring managers and other academic and administrative leaders in the District to anticipate hiring needs. For the school-based resource support specialty, manages the budget and personnel allocations. Fills positions with diverse, highly qualified individuals and ensures that internal resources are properly aligned to hire personnel for school-based, network and centrally allocated school based positions. Works in conjunction with other areas in Talent to ensure that leaders are receiving the necessary support to develop their talent to ensure improved outcomes for students or staff their teams effectively. Builds, develops and maintains positive and productive working relationships with District employees at all levels of the organization. Supports leaders in achieving the District’s goals for all children having a great school close to where they live.
Essential Functions All Specialties
• Supports academic and administrative leaders in meeting their organizational objectives by providing expertise and support; develops and maintains effective working relationships; builds an in-depth understanding of the needs and priorities of the leaders in the assigned networks and central offices; works with other functional experts to solve talent issues and implement strategic talent programs.
• Leads weekly meetings with Talent Specialists and Recruitment and Selection Specialists on the status of openings and trends with the assigned network of schools and/or central office departments.
• Manages all allotments and vacancy lists for departments and/or schools, including creating and closing vacancies; works closely with school/department leaders and the Office of Management and Budget; develops the vacancy reports and the allocation & organization records for schools in the assigned network for both instructional and support staff positions or for centrally allocated school based positions.
• Collaborates with other functional leaders within the Office of Talent on talent issues within assigned departments or networks as necessary.
• Works with principals and other District leaders to ensure employee and hiring issues are resolved and is accountable for ensuring that staff openings are filled strategically; ensures cross-functional alignment within the Office of Talent.
• Uses data to identify and support trends; develops a plan of action to support managers with filling positions quickly with talented, high performing, qualified and diverse staff members; ensures that schools/departments are organized and staffed based on the needs of each location/office and according to applicable contractual provisions, state and federal regulations, and District policy.
Centrally Allocated – School Based Specialty
• Prepares slips and vacancy lists for the bids for the upcoming school year.
• Works with the offices of Food Services, Transportation, Specialized Services and Facilities & Maintenance to keep abreast of all vacancies due to retirements or resignations.
• Send individual centrally allocated school based position allotment summaries to supervisors notifying them of retentions honored, posted vacancies and forced transfers from their location.
Additional functions for School-Based Resource Support Specialty
• Works with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Talent, and other District offices to coordinate budget and personnel allocations as well as facilitate budget and personnel changes.
• Completes allocation changes upon the request of principals, administrators, hiring managers, and central office personnel.
• Plans, develops and conducts training for principals, administrators and hiring managers on the alignment of budgets and personnel with school and department plans.
• Provides data to administrative offices upon request on students and staff as it pertains to school-based resource support activities.
• Provides support in monthly and quarterly reporting; collects and verifies data, formats reports and manages deadlines and tasks related to reporting.
• Maps and integrates data and prepares analytical data reports.
Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five years of full-time, paid, professional experience in human resources which has included serving as a resource to administrators and providing guidance and support to effectively solve problems and support leaders by utilizing human resources practices effectively in such areas as staffing, recruitment and employee relations.
OR
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.
School-Based Resource Support Specialty
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five years of full-time, paid, professional experience in human resources or finance which has included serving as a resource to administrators and providing guidance and support to effectively solve problems and support leaders by utilizing human resources or financial practices to manage the budget and personnel allocations.
OR
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
School-Based and Centrally Allocated-School Based Specialties
Demonstrated knowledge of:
o human resources practices, policies and procedures used in a large organization to recruit, develop and retain a diversified workforce.
Demonstrated skill in:
o exceptional customer service orientation
o strong results-orientation.
Demonstrated ability to:
o develop and maintain positive and productive relationships with functional, academic and administrative leaders.
o exhibit purposeful urgency when faced with pressing human resources needs.
o develop appropriate solutions to resolve urgent human resources needs.
o exhibit high level of integrity and personal responsibility for ensuring that problems are solved and hiring needs are met at any given point in time.
o effectively manage & prioritize a high volume of work, from a multitude of work streams, in a fast-paced environment.
School-Based Resource Support Specialty
Demonstrated knowledge of:
o the principles, practices and procedures to facilitate budget and personnel changes.
Demonstrated ability to:
o plan, organize and conduct training for principals on the alignment of budgets and personnel with school plans and the creative and prudent use of budgeted dollars.
o gather and analyze information.
o identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
o exercise sound judgment in the delivery of service and support to organizational leaders.
o track and monitor information and link data sets across multiple sources.
o use and be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Nondiscrimination
The School District of Philadelphia provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, or genetic information. Please refer to Board Policy 348 for further information regarding the District's commitment to Nondiscrimination in Employment Practices.