Human Resources

Emmett Hibson
Acting Director
165 Church Street
(203) 946-8252

It is the responsibility of the Department of Human Resources to advertise all City job postings and to ensure that these postings reach New Haven's many diverse communities. Requests to fill positions are sent to the Director from department heads and processed immediately after funding is approved. The Director of Human Resources oversees all functions specified in the City Charter. Among these are the merit exam process and employee training, the application and hiring process, revising current job descriptions, overseeing the creation and upgrading of personnel records and preparing personnel policies.

The Department of Human Resources works closely with Civil Service and Affirmative Action on a regular basis in order to establish new procedures and to revise current procedures. Civil Service conducts job analyses and screens applications to determine the eligibility of applicants to test for positions and, in that process, shares and gathers information from both Human Resources and the Affirmative Action Officer. The priority of Civil Service is to develop and administer valid examinations for classified positions in the City and is responsible for all aspects of testing including: job description review and revision; conducting job analyses; screening candidates; developing exams both written and oral; notifying candidates; scheduling and proctoring exams; preparing lists of scores and notifying candidates of their individual test results.

The Affirmative Action Officer works closely with the Director on developing a citywide recruitment strategy as well as policies and procedures for the internal reporting and investigation of sexual harassment complaints.

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