This role calls for a public-sector HR leader who can strengthen day-to-day operations, support effective labor and employee relations, enhance service delivery to departments and employees, advance process modernization, and guide a consistent, compliant, and responsive HR function within the realities of city government, civil service rules, and shared decision-making. Oversees the City's recruiting and civil-service-related processes, including coordination with departments, hiring workflows, candidate communication, appropriate use of panels and structured processes, and navigation of title, classification, and County civil service requirements.