Job Description
Summary:
The Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, shaping and executing a comprehensive human capital strategy that enables the Authority to achieve its mission of delivering reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality water and sewer services.
Posting Period: Aug. 25 to Sept. 2
Location: Deer Island (Winthrop)
Salary: $175,000.00 – $191,700.00 Annually
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Strategic Responsibilities:
- Enterprise HR Strategy and Leadership
- Develop and execute a forward-looking human capital strategy aligned with organizational priorities, operational demands, and regulatory requirements.
- Organizational Effectiveness and Workforce Planning
- Lead organizational design initiatives, change management efforts, and workforce transformation to improve efficiency and agility.
- Talent Management and Culture
- Oversee integrated talent management strategies including recruitment, leadership development, performance management, and retention.
- Labor Relations and Risk Management
- Provide executive oversight of collective bargaining strategy, labor negotiations, and contract administration across multiple unions.
- Total Rewards and Employee Experience
- Ensure compensation, benefits, and classification systems are competitive, equitable, and aligned with organizational goals.
- Operational Excellence and Governance
- Manage HR operations through disciplined budgeting, resource allocation, and performance management.
Required Qualifications:
- Proven executive-level leadership in human resources, with a track record of aligning HR strategy to organizational outcomes.
- Thorough understanding of human resources administration and management as acquired through at least ten (10) years’ relevant work experience of which at least five years are in a supervisory and/or managerial capacity and at least three years are in the public sector; or any equivalent combination of education or experience.
- Valid Class D Driver’s License
- Flexibility to respond to urgent business needs outside of standard working hours
- This position has been designated as essential in instances where the MWRA Executive Director requires essential personnel to report to work such as inclement weather or other emergencies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree or graduate certificate in human resources, public administration, business, law or a related field
- Experience working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and/or a Massachusetts municipality
- Professional HR certification such as SPHR or PHR (SHRM), or SCP or CP (IPMA-HR)
- Willingness to participate in a weekly on-call rotation with HR leadership
Core Competencies and Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence and collaborate at all organizational levels
- Skilled in negotiation, conflict resolution, and strategic planning
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with senior leadership and key stakeholders
