medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, parental leave, vacation time, paid holidays, sick time, retirement plan, pension
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Position Description
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**This position is only open to City of Minneapolis employees that currently work in the Human Resources Department.**
Responsible for coordinating and implementing a comprehensive approach to total compensation that supports recruiting and retention of well-qualified and performing employees. In addition, the director reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer and serves as a member of the Human Resources Senior Leadership Team which provides strategic direction and oversight across all City human resources functions. The position leads of team of four managers.
Work Location:
This position may be eligible for flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work with some days working remotely and some days working in the office.
The City of Minneapolis does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
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Job Duties and Responsibilities
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- Work collaboratively within the organization to develop cost-effective programs and ensure the City's competitive position in its defined market.
- Direct the City's employee benefits, HRIS, compensation, and classification functions in a manner that leads and mentors the team to optimize performance.
- Develop long-term compensation strategies to achieve City pay philosophy goals, including approaches to pay, performance recognition, benefits offerings, job requirements, and rewards and inducements that serve to pay for performance.
- Build and optimize an enterprise-wide compensation and benefits infrastructure, including key processes, relevant technology and communication vehicles.
- Develop strong partnerships with City departments and develop credibility and expertise of the total compensation function.
- Direct evaluations, selection processes, and negotiations with benefits consulting, administration and insurance firms to obtain favorable pricing, terms, and quality of service.
- Provide ongoing evaluation of total compensation programs and make recommendations for adjustments, continuation, or elimination of total rewards elements based on data driven measures.
- Participate in evaluation, classification and grade decisions challenged in the civil service appeal process.
- In conjunction with the Labor Relations Director, lead and coordinate employee benefit strategies related to negotiations with the City's labor unions.
- Chair and lead labor-management committees related to aspects of total compensation and employee benefits.
- Emphasize customer focus in delivering total compensation services.
- Optimize performance of the City's self-insured employee benefits program.
- Collaborate with appointed, elected, and labor leaders on issues of enterprise-wide importance.
- Recognize the value of labor as a strong partner in the City's work.
- Work with department heads to develop and invest in people.
- Co-lead a multi-year process to select and move to a new HRIS platform.
Working Conditions: Normal office environment
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Required Qualifications
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Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Public or Business Administration, Human Resources, Industrial Relations, or equivalent
Minimum Experience: Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience to include at least two (2) years in a government-related position, which involved consulting, administrative, or management experience. (A Master's Degree with a human resources or compensation focus can reduce the experience requirement by two years.)
Preferred Qualifications: Master's Degree Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience closely related to the duties of the position MAY be considered.
Selection Process
The selection process will consist of one or more of the following steps: a rating of relevant education and experience 100%. It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. This information will be used to determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions. The City of Minneapolis Human Resources Department reserves the right to limit the number in any phase of the selection process.
Background Check
The City has determined that a criminal background check and/or qualifications check may be necessary for certain positions with this job title. Applicants may be required to sign an informed consent form allowing the City to obtain their criminal history and/or verify their qualifications in connection with the position sought. Applicants who do not sign the informed consent form will not be further considered for the position.
Union Representation
This position is not represented by a collective bargaining agreement. Please see the Civil Service Rules
for the terms and conditions of employment.
Interview Selection
The hiring authority reserves the right to determine the maximum number of candidates to interview from the established eligible list. If the hiring authority decides to interview other than by exam score order, they may select additional people to interview based on a candidate's education or experience related to the field, work history, or skills uniquely related to the operational needs of the position.
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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- Respectful, accomplished leader familiar with best practices in total compensation, including employee benefits.
- Excellent interpersonal and managerial skills.
- Ability to provide proactive leadership to address concurrent City priorities.
- Ability to readily develop trusted relationships at all levels of the organization and interact comfortably with elected and appointed officials and with diverse teams and individuals who have differing levels of education, language and cultural backgrounds.
- Consistently exhibit exemplary customer service skills and a strong commitment to the citizens of Minneapolis.
- Proven team builder.
- Demonstrate strong and effective communication skills to make a point, listen to feedback, and incorporate other points of view.
- Ability to have an enterprise-wide vision of total compensation as a pathway to recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing workforce.
- In addition, the City has adopted the following four competencies for all leadership positions:
- Strategic leadership: ensuring alignment around overall direction priorities, objectives and plans;
- People leadership: ensuring the division has the talent needed to achieve desired results and reflect the diversity of the community;
- Results leadership: driving a high level of performance in the division; and
- Stakeholder leadership: effectively managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
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As the largest and most vibrant city in the state, Minneapolis depends on purposeful, dedicated and innovative employees. Minneapolis has a large variety of careers for people of all experiences and backgrounds who come together for a singular purpose-serving the residents, businesses and visitors of Minneapolis.
The City of Minneapolis is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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City of Minneapolis
$156,003.00 - $184,931.00 Annually
Mar 25, 2026