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City of Norfolk Department of Human Resources

 Vision

To be a business partner through:

  • Aggressively implementing our strategic role in delivering and developing our city's human capital
  • Becoming a professional HR department by moving beyond "paper pushing," to making value added business contributions
  • We will accomplish our vision through:
    • Leveraging technology
    • Alignment of HR systems
    • Development of HR staff

 

Mission

Human Resources fosters partnerships to attract, develop, and retain a highly qualified, diverse, workforce and creates a culture that promotes excellence throughout the organization

 

Strategic Goals and Overall Objectives

2003 - 2004

Understanding, setting and consistently delivering superior customer service

·         Understand customers needs and values; develop and implement plans to achieve superior customer service; and build effective communication strategies

Continuing to lead and improve the quality of the work culture

·         Identify, develop and implement policies & procedures,  interventions, training to improve quality of work life and the “culture” of the organization

·         Identify & effectively resolve disability mgt. cases through effective implementation of disability mgt. policy

·         Develop & maintain a safe working environment

·         Provide leadership of continuous improvement strategies to improve the work environment

·         Value organizational diversity

·         Maintain a proactive employee relations process

·         Promote work/family balance

·         Recognize and reward individual & team contributions

Attract highly qualified & diverse candidates

·         Streamline, improve & communicate effectiveness of the recruitment process

·         Identify & implement aggressive strategies for successfully recruiting for key positions  

·         Apply technology to recruitment process

·         Enhance the diversity in the workforce

·         Facilitate effective recruitment processes for ensuring executive and senior level positions are filled

Develop people to be their best in order to meet the needs of the organization

·         Build & maintain an effective overall performance management system (includes department, team & individual business objectives, personal development plans, performance appraisal, career planning/mapping, etc.)

·         Provide appropriate and timely training to meet the needs of customers and demands of the organization

·         Provide organizational development services that will facilitate change and continuous improvement in the organization

Align the best Management & Total Compensation Philosophy to attract & retain the most qualified employees

·         Maintain a current Total Compensation & Classification Process  to effectively attract & retain employees

·         Evaluate and address employee retention issues

Develop continuous effective professional relationships

·         Establish & strengthen relationships & initiatives w/ shared resources to serve customers & community partners

Administer HR policy, procedures & programs in order to align personnel law and City policies with continuous improvement principles

·         Develop and/or revise HR policies & procedures

·         Communicate new and/or changed HR policies & procedures

·         Implement & improve technical capability to ensure the most effective processes

 


 
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