The Workforce Director (Download PDF reader) is the Minneapolis Health Department’s culture and workforce strategist. Their work is directional and strategic in nature, impacting all areas of agency and its employees. The Workforce Director ’s mission is to attend to cultural health and workforce well-being. Through trusted relationships, partnerships, and careful listening (to people and to data), the Workforce Director designs and leads/facilitates culture strategies that help the organization live into its core values, including racial equity and reducing health disparities.

• Support the Health Department in vision and strategy development in the areas of responsibility. Help us succeed through idea development, organizational consultation, facilitation, and leading innovation.
• Work with the City’s Chief Human Resources Office (CHRO) on vision and strategy development. Help establish HR as a driver of culture and workforce health, equity, and well-being.
• Develop and implement agency culture strategies that increase alignment between our culture and core values and enhance the department business and community relationships.
• Develop and implement workforce strategies that increase the health, equity, and well-being of department employees.
• Develop and oversee a career pathways program that helps the department to attract and retain a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve and assures an equitable workplace.
• Develop and launch an employee experience program that will elevate employee experiences with a focus on equity, human-centered design thinking, and data to move us toward innovation and engagement.
• Assess skills and gaps in the workforce to develop continuous learning and professional development plans for staff.
• Lead the development of workforce analytics to support decision-making on people matters across the organization and ensure a model exists to maintain the workforce in a scalable, sustainable, and equitable manner.
• Provide organizational consultation, coaching, mentoring, and executive facilitation as needed.
• Use analytics to highlight workforce culture and employee health, equity, and wellbeing.
• Help the department to clarify and implement its mission, vision, and values and embed those, especially equity, innovation, and engagement in all of our work.

• Understanding and practice in the principles and tools for workforce engagement.
• Proficiency in the development and implementation of workforce development strategies such as recruitment and hiring; onboarding; learning and growth; leader development; and engagement and retention.
• Proficiency in co-creating organizational strategies and building shared commitments with executive-level leaders.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to:
• Interact effectively with others across a broad spectrum of managerial, administrative, and professional staff, especially executive level leaders.
• Write clearly and effectively for a variety of audiences.

Benefits Summary
Our employees enjoy competitive salaries and generous benefits. We pride ourselves on a comprehensive benefits program that supports employees' health and financial well-being.

Programs, resources, and benefit eligibility varies based on position, average hours worked, location and length of service. For detailed benefits information, please visit the benefits page.

New 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave.
City employees are eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in the event of a birth or placement for adoption of a child.

Insurance
Health insurance
Eligibility for benefits begins the first of the month following employment date. The City of Minneapolis offers eligible employees one plan design with a choice of six provider networks, allowing you to select the best option for you. Available plans include Medica Choice Passport, Medica Elect, VantagePlus with Medica, Park Nicollet First with Medica, Ridgeview Community Network powered by Medica, and Clear Value with Medica.

Dental insurance
The City of Minneapolis offers dental insurance through Delta Dental of Minnesota and pays 100% of the monthly premium for eligible employees.

Benefits
Paid time off
Our generous leave package includes vacation, holidays and paid sick leave, which gives employees the opportunity to enhance their quality of life outside work. Amounts and accrual rates are based on years of experience and collective bargaining agreements.

Retirement
City employees earn a pension and may choose to participate in additional retirement savings programs.

• Pension: The City of Minneapolis participates in the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA). Employees and the City both contribute a percentage of your pay to fund future benefits.
• Deferred compensation: Employees may choose to participate in pre-tax or after-tax savings plans through the Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS).

• Metropass: The Metropass program allows eligible employees to enroll in a pass for unlimited bus or light rail rides at a discounted price.
• Parking or Van Pool: The City of Minneapolis Transportation Benefits Plan gives you options to pay certain commuting costs-such as qualified parking and van pool expenses-with pre-tax dollars