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Working Title: Human Resources Director

Job Class: Human Resources Supervisor 3

Agency: Public Employees Retire Assoc

+ **Job ID** : 88785

+ **Location** : St. Paul

+ **Telework Eligible** : Yes

+ **Full/Part Time** : Full-Time

+ **Regular/Temporary** : Unlimited

+ **Who May Apply** : Open to all qualified job seekers

+ **Date Posted** : 09/10/2025

+ **Closing Date** : 09/23/2025

+ **Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit** : Public Employees Retire Assoc / PERA-Confidential

+ **Division/Unit** : Payroll / Executive Staff

+ **Work Shift/Work Hours** : Day Shift

+ **Days of Work** : Monday - Friday

+ **Travel Required** : No

+ **Salary Range:** $33.61 - $48.66 / hourly; $70,177 - $101,602 / annually

+ **Classified Status** : Classified

+ **Bargaining Unit/Union** : 217 - Confidential/Unrep

+ **FLSA Status** : Exempt - Executive

+ Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

The Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) administers retirement plans for employees of Minnesota’s local governments. Our mission is to promote sustainable retirement plans and provide services that our members value. PERA is located in St. Paul and offers parking in an attached ramp at no cost to employees.

As Human Resources Director, you will lead, direct, and perform Human Resource (HR) strategic and professional work by ensuring the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) is an employer of choice, with a welcoming, inclusive, respectful, and collaborative culture. As a strategic partner, you will develop and execute strategies that improve talent management including diversity, retention, and succession planning. You will provide agency wide human resources management leadership by managing the staffing and transactions functions so that candidate and employee experience is positive, and the important work of the agency is completed by productive and engaged employees.

As a state agency, this position oversees a broad range of human resources activities and provides professional human resources consulting, analysis, project leadership and training services to senior leadership, managers and supervisors and employees, with a high level of independence and exercises a high degree of initiative, influence and judgement. This position reports to and advises PERA's Executive Director and the PERA Board of Trustees, when necessary, as PERA leadership considers HR related issues and structure.

+ This position is telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) eligible and offers a hybrid work schedule which may include telework up to 50% of the scheduled workdays each month, based on agency and department needs and other dependencies. Scheduled in-office work days are at PERA’s office building in St. Paul, Minnesota.

+ Candidates located outside the state of Minnesota and more than 50 miles from PERA’s St. Paul office are not eligible to telework and would be required to report to the office full-time.

Minimum Qualifications

*Only applicants whose application and resume clearly demonstrates fulfillment of each minimum qualification listed below will be considered for this position. Ensure your resume contains descriptions of your work experience sufficient for comparison against the requirements stated below. Also indicate the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.

This position requires a minimum of three (3) years of Human Resources experience and leadership experience, which can include experience as a supervisor, lead worker, team lead, project lead OR completion of a State of Minnesota leadership program such as Emerging Leaders Institute.

*A bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, Organizational Development, or a closely related field substitutes for one (1) year of Human Resources experience.

Human Resources experience must include:

+ Full-cycle recruitment and selection which may include administering examinations and assessments.

+ Classification structures and job evaluation/analysis techniques applied to allocate positions to their proper classification level.

+ Knowledge of personnel related laws and policies (e.g., Fair Labor Standards Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Workers Compensation, Equal Employment Opportunity, or Affirmative Action).

+ Experience analyzing, interpreting and applying employment laws and labor agreements; handling grievances and discipline; and creating and maintaining effective labor-management relationships.

+ Ability to obtain and maintain delegation of authority for selection, classification, compensation, and labor relations from MMB.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience providing lead work or supervision to HR staff.

+ Experience interpreting current employment laws, regulations, and policies related to classification, recruitment, selection, hiring, promotion, and/or retention of employees.

+ Experience developing and managing Affirmative Action plans.

+ Experience with compensation program administration.

+ Experience with Human Resources Information system (HRIS) administration and HR processing and using spreadsheets and reporting software to provide reports for HR and for agency management.

+ Experience in a unionized environment.

Physical Requirements

Requires occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as file folders, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of movement is often necessary in carrying out job duties.

Additional Requirements

It is the policy of the Retirement Systems of MN that all employees submit to a background investigation prior to employment. The background check may consist of the following components:

+ SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past State employees only)

+ Criminal History Check

+ Employment Reference Check

+ Social Security and Address Verification

+ Education Verification

+ Driver's License Check

**The Retirement Systems will not sponsor applicants for work visas. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email [email protected] . Please indicate what assistance is needed.