Human Resources Manager

Job Opening Available
Job Classification: Grade V

  • Starting rate is $20.33 – $30.82 hourly plus benefits! (Salary is commensurate with experience)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Accounting or a Business-related field
  • Preferred 3-5 years supervisory, management or fiscal experience
  • Ability to obtain a Public Official Bond
  • Ability to become an Ohio Notary Public

Summary: The Human Resources Manager, under the direction of the Director, is a Leadership team member who is responsible for providing guidance regarding personnel policy and human resources system-wide. The Human Resources Manager handles all facets of human resources and is responsible for managing and ensuring compliance with Federal and State of Ohio employment laws and regulations. This position also assists the library’s Fiscal Officer as needed in coordinating the Library’s financial operations, which may include payroll, purchasing, accounts payable, receipts, and developing and maintaining a system of internal controls.

Minimum Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Accounting or a Business-related field preferred
  • 3-5 years of supervisory, management and/or fiscal experience preferably in the public sector
  • Ability to attain Public Official Bond
  • Ability to become an Ohio Notary Public
  • The ability to meet scheduled hours with rare absences; includes evenings and weekends
  • Driver’s License, car insurance, and access to reliable transportation / vehicle
  • Commitment to excellence in customer service and representing the library in a positive manner
  • Exceptional communication skills; both verbally and in writing
  • The ability to effectively use Microsoft Office Suite and use new software and technology

Essential Functions

  • Coordinate hiring process including recruitment, interviewing, orientation, and training processes
  • Construct and interpret personnel policies in a legal, consistent, and non-discriminatory manner and communicate these policies to others in both written and oral formats
  • Employee relations including personnel policy issues/questions
  • Refers complaint & discipline issues to the responsible supervisor up to and including the Deputy Director and Director
  • Maintains personnel files as required by a public entity
  • Oversees the employee evaluation process
  • Performs benefits administration, change reporting, and communicating benefit information to employees
  • Maintains compliance with federal and state regulations concerning all aspects of human resources and employment
  • Maintains timecards and assists the Fiscal Officer with payroll processing
  • Assists as needed in processing invoices, deduction checks, debit memos
  • Record daily deposits for all facilities
  • Oversees the financial operations of the library system in the absence of the Fiscal Officer
  • Assists in the preparation of board packets, attends board meetings, and prepares board minutes
  • Monitors sick and vacation time
  • Assists with processing purchase orders as needed
  • Trains new employees to use the time clocking system
  • Regularly updates and re-evaluates personnel policies

Additional Functions

  • Assist other Departments as needed
  • Other Duties as Assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Considerable knowledge and understanding of library operations
  • The ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment
  • The ability to handle and maintain confidential and sensitive information
  • Knowledge of and compliance with library policies and procedures
  • The ability to work cooperatively and effectively with other staff members and library departments
  • Knowledge of and compliance with emergency and safety policies and procedures
  • The ability to deal with frequent interruptions in work and move among various tasks effectively
  • The ability to learn and implement current and emerging technologies

Special Requirements

  • Update job-related knowledge and skills through continuing education workshops, webinars, conferences and staff development activities

Physical Requirements

  • Considerable manual dexterity for use of keyboard and standard office equipment
  • Requires ability to manipulate library materials, such as books, magazines, and DVDs
  • Requires a combination of sitting, standing, walking, kneeling, squatting, and some driving
  • Requires regularly lifting items weighing up to fifty pounds; sometimes loading and unloading materials
  • Abilities of reaching, bending, climbing, and twisting
  • The ability to push full book carts for considerable distances
  • Some outdoor activity; majority of time in climate-controlled environment. Regularly required to talk and/or hear within normal ranges
  • The ability to respond to alarms and communicate safety information to patrons and staff
  • Visual acuity for sustained use of computer monitor

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive or as an employment agreement between the employer and employee. It is intended to identify the essential functions and requirements of this job and is subject to change as the needs of the employer and the requirements of the job change. Incumbents may be required to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this document. Any essential functions of this position will be evaluated as necessary should an applicant be unable to perform the function or requirement due to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodation for the specific disability will be made for the incumbent/applicant when possible.

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