MTAS is hiring a Human Resources Consultant to provide professional subject matter expertise; technical assistance; research; training development and delivery; recruitment and selection assistance; publication and timely maintenance of articles, bulletins, technical reports; and related human resource management activities to cities, city officials (elected and appointed), and their staffs in assigned cities within the state of Tennessee.
Additionally, the position provides human resources technical assistance to Tennessee professional organizations such as the Tennessee Chapter of the International Personnel Management Association (TPMA), Tennessee City Management Association (TCMA), Tennessee Association of Municipal Clerks and Recorders (TAMCAR), Tennessee Municipal League (TML), and Public Entity Partners and others. Serves as an in-house expert to MTAS staff in that area.
This position requires extensive overnight travel and is based out of our Knoxville, Johnson City, or Chattanooga MTAS offices. Performs other duties and special projects as assigned by the Technical Consulting Program Manager or the MTAS Executive Director.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field
- At least seven years of progressively responsible exempt-level human resource leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field
- Prefer senior level municipal experience.
- Prefer at least one of the following certifications: IPMA SCP, IPMA CP, HRCI SPHR, HRCI PHR, SHRM SCP and/or SHRM CP.
- Strongly prefer 1-2 years of experience organizing, developing, and delivering consultative projects to internal and/or external customers related to human resource outcomes.
- Prefer classroom facilitation/teaching experience. Tennessee municipal experience preferred.
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