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Location: Hattie Mae White
Department: Talent Management - West
Area:District Wide
Contract Months:12
Salary Range: $85,000.00 - $105,000.00
Academic Year: 26-27
JOB SUMMARY
The Talent Coordinator plays a pivotal role in HISD's mission to lead the most comprehensive public education transformation effort in the country. This position supports the transformational work of preparing students for a rapidly evolving world by ensuring that schools and instructional divisions are empowered with exceptional talent and human resources support. While not a supervisory role, the Talent Coordinator collaborates closely with the Human Resources team to deliver high-quality services in talent management, certification & hiring.
As a critical partner to division leadership, the Talent Coordinator proactively advises and communicates across multiple human resources functions, ensuring alignment with HISD's high-performance culture and transformational goals. By providing responsive, solutions-focused support, this role strengthens the District's ability to close achievement gaps and prepare students for the Year 2035 workplace.
The Talent Coordinator is a general subject matter expert in retention strategies, position management, and other human resources functions. Whether supporting instructional divisions or central office departments, the Talent Coordinator serves as a strategic partner and trusted advisor, helping leaders implement innovative practices that advance HISD's vision of excellent instruction in every classroom, every day.
MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
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1. Acts as a strategic partner in understanding the goals and objectives of assigned feeder pattern schools (or central office departments) and works toward providing effective human resource solutions in order to achieve transformational work as outlined in 2035.
2. Advises school principals, division leaders, and central office managers through complex talent management issues and collaborates with legal and professional standards staff as needed.
3. Serves as a general subject matter expert in multiple human resource areas and collaborates with specialized subject matter experts within the core Human Resources department to provide principals, division leaders, and central office department managers with direction, guidance, coaching, training, and support.
4. Collaborates with the HRIS department to provide comprehensive human capital data and data analytical reports to school principals, division leaders, and central office managers to inform and facilitate effective position and personnel management decision making.
5. Collaborates with budgeting department staff on position management, and participates in year-round school and department budget meetings, including during the annual budget development process.
6. Collaborates with Talent Acquisition department staff in the recruitment of school and/or department staff through participation in job fairs and other related recruitment events. Recruitment job fairs and related events may take place any day and time, including weekends.
7. Collaborates with other Talent Coordinators to identify human resource needs from across units and divisions; and design training and support plans for principals, division leaders, and central office departments.
8. Establishes and maintains a strong, positive working relationship with school principals, division leaders, and central office managers to ensure satisfaction with the human resource support provided.
MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES CONTINUED
9. Provides consistent, timely, effective communication to school principals, division leaders and central office managers to ensure consistent application of policies, procedures, processes, and practices of human resource functions.
10. Keeps abreast of changes in HISD policies and procedures as they relate to delivering quality human resource services.
11. Travels to and from schools, departments, and central office to facilitate effective interpersonal communication, training, and in-person support.
12. Regularly provides work guidance, technical advice, project management support, training, and mentoring to other members of the human resources team within each division unit and central office.
13. Assists school principals, division leaders, and central office managers with HISD policies, regulations, procedures, guidelines, and practices related to human resources.
14. Organizes and manages multiple priorities across a select number of feeder pattern schools and departments.
15. Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required in the following human resource functions: human resource management, human resource development, business administration, organizational leadership, or education. Candidates with a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university not related to one of the fields listed may substitute one additional year of experience in place of a degree in a field listed.*
*Applicants who do not meet these education qualifications may be considered if they have a unique combination of education and work experiences that indicate potential for success in this role.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Candidate must meet one of the work experience requirements listed below.*
3 years of minimum experience required in one or more human resource functional areas, if candidate holds a bachelor's degree related to the fields listed in the education section above.
4 years of minimum experience required in one or more human resource functional areas, if candidate holds a bachelor's degree not related to the fields listed in the education section above.
*Applicants who do not meet these work experience qualifications may be considered if they have a unique combination of education and work experience that indicate potential for success in this role.
SKILL AND/OR REQUIRED LICENSING/CERTIFICATION
Intermediate or advanced skills in the use of the Windows environment and applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and TEAMS.
Intermediate or advanced skills of HR Information Systems, SAP (preferred), PeopleSoft, applicant tracking systems, SharePoint, databases, Google docs, web site creation and management.
PHR/SPHR, SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP certification preferred.
Ability to objectively analyze data and make recommendations on a variety of issues.
Office equipment (e.g., computer, laptop, copier).
LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
Work Leadership. Regularly provides project management or team leadership to a group of three or more employees but does not have formal supervisory responsibility. Leading and directing is restricted to monitoring work and providing guidance on escalated issues. Most of the work time is spent performing many of the same duties they are leading.
WORK COMPLEXITY/INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT
Work is substantially complex, varied and regularly requires the selection and application of technical and detailed guidelines. Independent judgment is required to identify, select, and apply the most appropriate methods as well as interpret precedent. Position regularly makes recommendations to management on areas of significance to the department. Supervision received typically consists of providing direction on the more complex projects and new job duties and priorities.
BUDGET AUTHORITY
May provide feedback on resources needed during the budget development process.
May participate in a group plan and/or budget development committee.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Decisions are made with greater freedom and discretion, including recommendations that are subject to approval on matters that may affect multiple departments across HISD. Job is frequently expected to recommend new solutions to problems, to improve existing methods/procedures/services and generate new ideas. May also review decisions made by other individuals on more routine matters.
IMPACT OF DECISIONS
Decisions have considerable impact to multiple divisions or the organization causing risks or improvements to relationships, significant efficiencies, or delays in operations, and/or significant financial gains or expenses. Errors are serious and difficult to discover, normally involve decisions not subject to detailed review and will result in excessive costs and/or significant project delays.
COMMUNICATION/INTERACTIONS
Collaborate and solve problems - works with others to resolve problems, clarify, or interpret complex information/policies, and provide initial screening/negotiations without approval authority. Interactions are typically with principals, senior level professional staff, and managers.
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
Leads others in the resolution of highly sensitive and confidential issues on behalf of the department. Acts as a trusted advisor and becomes involved in the customer's decision-making process including presenting alternatives and information and applying persuasion and negotiation skills in the resolution of problems. Monitors customer service standards.
WORKING/ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements.
Ability to travel to schools and departments throughout the district.
Valid Texas driver's license with applicable insurance coverage.
Ability to lift and carry up to 15 pounds, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, climb stairs, drive, and/or be mobile.
Houston Independent School District is an equal opportunity employer.