Human Resources Manager

Do you want to be a part of something BIG? Do you have a passion for people? Do you want to work in a team setting? PSI, an ESS company, is always seeking educational and school health staff who are passionate about their profession and value innovation and creativity. For over 45 years, PSI and ESS have been proud to continually develop new and exciting services for schools and for our staff.

As leaders in the education staffing space since 2000, ESS specializes in placing qualified staff in daily, long-term, and permanent K-12 school district positions including substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school support staff. Over the last 24 years, we have innovated education staffing to provide dynamic solutions to school districts and professional opportunities to passionate educators. Our team serves over 5 million students with a pool of 100,000 substitute and permanent employees throughout 34 states. Internally, the ESS team is comprised of 750 individuals with a passion for education working together to ensure our 900 partner districts experience valuable education every day.

At ESS our motto is, "Every day counts!" We take opportunities every day to grow and better our company as well as our employees.

OVERVIEW: The Human Resources Manager manages the overall daily operations, activities, and staff. Acting as a liaison between ESS and PSI staff members, school district administrators, and the corporate office to ensure the delivery of quality services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute human resources strategies to support organizational goals and objectives.
• Provide guidance and support to managers and employees on employee relations issues, including disciplinary actions and performance management.
• Determine financial insights and analysis to senior management to support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Manage records related to workers' compensation claims, ensuring that information is accurate and up to date and communicated with ESS staff and insurance carriers.
• Apply proven methods to identify, attract, and facilitate the hiring of qualified and diverse education professionals.
• Measure and analyze HR metrics, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing process enhancements.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintaining effective communications with staff, corporate employees, and management staff
• Exercising appropriate judgment in addressing specific situations and responding with immediate, effective solutions and/or promptly notifying program management
• Maintain effective verbal and written communication with colleagues, direct reports, and school district employees as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of three years' experience in HR.
• Recruitment experience.
• Worker's compensation experience.
• High ethical standards, integrity and confidentiality.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills, and problem-solving skills.

ESS ADVANTAGES:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays
• Vacation time
• Sick time
• Volunteer time off
• Mental health day

PHYSICAL DEMANDS - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with arms and hands, talk or hear.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.

VISION REQUIREMENTS:

Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less) to work on the computer.

WORK ENVIRONMENT - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

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