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In order to be successful, you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree and five years relevant experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.
- Knowledge and demonstrated experience as a consultant and advisor to management in at least four human resources areas, from among: employee relations, employment and labor law, compensation, staffing and employment, training and development, performance coaching and management, and organizational development.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and understanding of group dynamics.
- Demonstrated leadership in promoting and supporting an environment of diversity and inclusion.
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with people from a diversity of cultures, races and ethnicities, genders, political and religious beliefs, physical and learning differences, sexual orientations and identities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Successful track record of establishing credibility and trust with a diverse client group.
- Demonstrated experience in employee relations.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, judgment, negotiating, influencing, and decision-making skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy.
- Excellent facilitation and oral and written communication skills; ability to prepare clear and concise reports and deliver formal presentations or training to senior management and other audiences.
- Demonstrated strong supervision/management and staff development experience.
- Demonstrated proficiency with business applications, such as Microsoft Office suite and human resource information systems.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At the Vice Presidency for the Arts, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Let us know in your cover letter how your experience makes you a good fit for us. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.
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