Description

The City of Portland is seeking its next Workforce Recruitment & Training Manager to lead the strategy behind how the city finds, hires, and grows its people. 

The Workforce Recruitment & Training Manager plays a key role in building a diverse, skilled, and engaged workforce. This position oversees all aspects of recruitment, selection, onboarding, and training, ensuring alignment with city values, legal obligations, and best practices in public-sector human resources. This role delivers strategic, consultative support to the city, grounded in data-informed insights, centered on people, and focused on measurable results.

Requirements

Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the following minimum qualifications is acceptable:

• Education/Training: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, public administration, or field related to human resources management.
• Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience developing, implementing, and managing recruitment and training programs, projects and/or personnel functions related to human resources management, including a minimum of three (3) years in a supervisory role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a public-sector or unionized environment.
• Experience with modern applicant tracking systems and learning management systems.

A successful candidate may possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Ability to develop and execute strategic recruitment plans and talent acquisition models; align training programs with organizational goals and workforce priorities
• Experience effectively applying and integrating federal, state, and local laws, human resources rules, and labor contract provisions into business processes and technical design of recruitment and training programs to ensure legal compliance.
• Experience managing projects, including developing work plans, setting priorities, managing resources, and delivering and measuring results within specific time constraints.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate business needs, exercise independent judgement within policies and guidelines, and recommend and implement appropriate solutions.
• Experience developing and implementing performance metrics and indicators for assigned program areas, with a focus on customer service, quality assurance, and continuous process improvement.
• Experience effectively managing assigned program areas, including organizing, directing, motivating, engaging, and evaluating employees; monitoring and controlling budget and financial resources.