§ 2-458. Duties of director.

The director of human resource management shall:

(1)

Manage departmental operations and supervise staff persons of human resource management, safety division, benefits division and training division;

(2)

Provide policy guidance to the parish president in the areas of human resource management, training and development, occupational health and benefits administration, and safety administration;

(3)

Prepare reports on departmental operations evaluating performance against established objectives, and special reports on operating problems or plans as required for review by the parish president;

(4)

Provide technical advice and assistance to the administration, appointing authorities and their supervisors in the areas of discipline, civil service appeals and classification; leave usage; equal employment opportunity; performance evaluation; changes in federal, state and local employment laws; human resource planning and staffing; job study and analysis; and case preparation in conjunction with appeals, legal and court actions;

(5)

Recommend to the parish president regarding changes in the parish organizational structure, creation of new job classes and reallocation of positions and/or incumbents requested by parish departments;

(6)

Identify the parish's training and development needs, develop programs of instruction, promote and conduct training for employees of all operating departments and evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction presented;

(7)

Manage occupational health programs, and an occupational nurse program for all departments of parish government;

(8)

Formulate and evaluate operating policies and programs relating to human resource administration and training;

(9)

Administer employee benefits program including preparation of bid specifications, analysis of submitted bids and preparation of reports/recommendations to advise the administration and insurance advisory and coordinating committee as to final selections; investigate complaints and claim handling problems; prepare reports for the administration;

(10)

Administer the parish grievance program and formulate policies, procedures, regulations and guidelines to promote consistency concerning grievances throughout parish departments;

(11)

Educate and inform employees through letters, memos, meetings, employee newsletter and orientation programs about the benefits offered employees through parish government;

(12)

Write, prepare and distribute an employee news publication;

(13)

Administer employee recognition programs and employee community service programs;

(14)

Provide administrative management for the safety division and all safety matters and all practices of the safety division to prevent and/or reduce employee job-related accidents and injuries and loss of parish property and to provide for corrective action.

(Code 1961, § 2-341; Ord. No. 17444, § 2, 2-10-88; Ord. No. 17731, § 2, 4-19-89; Ord. No. 18381, § 1, 10-2-91; Ord. No. 21410, § 2, 10-10-01; Ord. No. 21526, § 2, 2-27-02; Ord. No. 24600, § 2, 10-16-13)