"UMN Crookston - Director of Human Resources"

The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMN Crookston) welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Director of Human Resources (Job 9351GT) to begin September 15, 2025 or as soon thereafter as possible. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the director of HR works closely with the Chancellor and Sr. Vice Chancellor, academic administrators and program directors, supervisors, faculty, and other university employees. The director additionally works with consultants and administrators on the Twin Cities campus, union and civil service representatives, and multiple campus vendors. The director is responsible for managing the work of UMN Crookston’s human resource functions including arranging for the provision of services relating to diversity and inclusion, recruitment, orientation, reassignment, promotion, termination, layoff, compensation administration, processing of grievances, employee/union relations, employee benefits, compliance with human resource policies, and supervision of human resource support staff. The director additionally provides consultation using analytical and technical skills, and oversees the professional development of faculty and staff.

This position is in-person on the UMN Crookston Campus in Crookston, MN. The salary for this position is $92,000 - $115,000 annually. Relocation assistance is offered. Both a resume and cover letter are required for consideration. The priority application deadline is July 18, 2025.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and oversight of employee lifecycle activities, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, off-boarding, benefits, and compensation.
• Develop appropriate systems to direct, coordinate, and supervise all human resource functions/activities affecting faculty, professional and administrative staff, civil service, and bargaining unit employees
• Work closely with the Office of Academic Affairs to facilitate advertising, screening, and selection of faculty; participate in negotiating the University Education Association-Crookston (UEA) contract; serve on the meet and confer committee; and participate in grievance proceedings/contract interpretation
• Facilitate the development of a campus employment culture that recognizes, affirms, and helps all employees draw upon cultural, communal, and identity-based ways of knowing, being, and doing to achieve performance outcomes.
• Serve as internal consultant and resource to supervisors to promote a diverse and talented workforce. Ensure EEO/AA and ADA policies are followed in hiring, promotion and employment practices.
• Interpret civil service rules, negotiated bargaining agreements, professional and administrative policies, employment law, and government regulations.
• Coordinate compensation policies, job classification processes, job reclassification, and disciplinary action processes in consultation with the Office of Human Resources in the Twin Cities.
• Function as a resource person to search committees to provide or arrange for training, including implicit bias training, to committee members and advising search committees
• Develop and lead talent management functions such as succession planning, supervisor training, and performance management.
• Facilitate and encourage participation by personnel in professional development programs and opportunities to increase skills, knowledge base, and competencies.
• Perform employee relation functions such as coordinate the grievance process and serve on labor management committees.
• Assist employees with questions regarding retirement, health benefits, dental benefits, disability insurance, life insurance, pre-tax deductions, and other employee benefits, and refer to University of Minnesota Employee Benefits as needed.
• Serve as HRMS Key Contact person for the UMN Crookston campus
• Serve as Designated Key Administrator (DKA) for the UMN Crookston campus regarding financial and operational misconduct.
• Perform committee and work group assignments as assigned by the Director of Finance
• Actively engage campus, local, and regional communities and stakeholders as an agent and representative of the University.

Minimum Qualifications:

Earned bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field plus six years of professional human resource work experience.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in management, human resource management, business management or related field.
• Six years of professional experience directing human resource functions in a government or educational institution.
• Experience facilitating training programs and/or directing workshops.
• Excellent interpersonal, teambuilding and communication skills.

About University of Minnesota Crookston

The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMN Crookston) is one of five campuses comprising the University of Minnesota system. UMN Crookston is a four-year public university with an enrollment of 1,800 students, approximately half on campus and half in online degrees. The student body is diverse and comes from over 40 states and over 30 countries. Thirty-four baccalaureate degrees are offered, 15 of which are also offered online. UMN Crookston proudly carries on a tradition of over a century of educational service to northwestern Minnesota, beginning in 1906 as a regional residential high school, changing to a two-year college in 1966 and to a four-year college in 1993. UMN Crookston is a small student-centered community of learning and scholars known for providing personal attention to every student. UMN Crookston makes a commitment to each individual student’s achievements and offers a hands-on approach and experiential learning that put students ahead of the competition. Integral to the university's statewide land-grant mission, UMN Crookston provides applied, career-oriented learning programs including internships and connects its teaching, research, and outreach to local, community, and regional economic development agencies in support of the global economy. UMN Crookston delivers world‐class University of Minnesota degrees in an affordable, close‐knit campus setting where faculty and staff personally invest in the success of each student. UMN Crookston has been recognized for its quality programs by such organizations as U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the campus as #1 in the category Top Public Regional Colleges–Midwest for 2020. U.S. News has ranked UMN Crookston among the top four in this category for the past 23 consecutive years.