Human Resources Director

Job Summary

About the Position: The Human Resources Director for the Division of Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) is a mission driven, strategic leader at the heart of one of campus’s most essential operations. FP&M is the team that builds, maintains, and keeps the UW–Madison campus running 24/7 so that world class teaching, research, and student life can thrive. As HR Director, you will shape and support the incredible workforce behind this mission: more than 1,300 employees across eight departments, all working together to keep campus moving forward.

FP&M is the division responsible for planning, building, operating, and sustaining the UW‑Madison campus. Bringing together planning, design, construction, operations, safety, transportation, sustainability, and administrative services, FP&M supports the full life of the campus- from long‑range and capital planning to the daily work that keeps spaces safe, functional, and welcoming. This breadth makes FP&M uniquely complex and people‑focused, with a workforce that includes many different types of roles across the division. The Human Resources Director plays a critical role in supporting this division by partnering with leaders and employees to strengthen workforce planning, labor and employee relations, talent development, and a respectful and supportive workplace culture that enables FP&M’s people to do their best work in service of the university.

In this role, you’ll lead HR strategy for a diverse, multi shift, multilingual workforce and collaborate closely with leadership to design thoughtful, forward-looking solutions in recruitment, labor and employee relations, staff development, performance management, compensation, and compliance. You’ll help build a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and engaged, and where inclusion is part of our everyday work.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Facilities Officer for FP&M, the HR Director is a trusted advisor to managers and supervisors and a strong partner to campus HR leadership. You’ll also collaborate with campus partners to ensure shared services are delivered smoothly and effectively to support employees and daily operations.

This is a meaningful opportunity for a collaborative, people centered HR leader who wants to make a lasting impact guiding the HR vision for a division that keeps UW–Madison safe, welcoming, and fully operational every single day.

Ongoing/Renewable. Full-Time: 100% FTE. Hours generally scheduled varied, typically Monday-Friday, 7:45am-4:30pm. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Develops resolution strategies regarding HR matters such as workforce performance and competency gaps, organizational structures, and compensation, and develops training plans and mitigation strategies as needed
• Plans, directs, implements, and manages strategic initiatives for multiple human resources functions
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• Oversees HR activities such as recruitment, pay administration programs, new hire orientations, employee benefits, and health and safety plans through managerial HR staff
• Develops, recommends, and implements policies and procedures to comply with laws, regulations, institutional policies, and divisional objectives
• Develops and monitors the division's HR budget
• Serves as Divisional Representative for all Trades/Union related matters
• Serves as an advisor and liaison to internal and external stakeholders providing organization information and interpretation of human resources policies and procedures and represents the interests of the division