Interim HR Director – Consultant

AlphaHire

. Serve as interim HR lead, covering HR administration, employee and labor relations, leave and accommodation, recruitment, and onboarding .

Posted 10/4/2026contractMassachusetts • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in municipal HR leadership, including employee relations, recruitment, and public-sector labor law compliance. Proficient in administering collective bargaining agreements and enhancing HR policies and procedures.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Municipal HR LeadershipPublic-Sector Labor RelationsCollective Bargaining KnowledgeSHRM-SCP CertificationHRIS Experience

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Hard Skills

Employee RelationsPerformance ManagementRecruitmentOnboardingPolicy AssessmentSupervisor TrainingGrievance ProcessesDiscipline ProcessesClassification and CompensationPublic-Sector Employment Law

Soft Skills

Advisory SkillsCollaborationCommunication

Certifications & Qualifications

SHRM-SCPSPHRIPMA-SCP

Industry Keywords

Massachusetts Civil ServicePaid Family and Medical LeaveEqual Pay ActPublic-Sector UnionsInterim HR Director

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as interim HR lead, covering HR administration, employee and labor relations, leave and accommodation, recruitment, and onboarding
Advise town managers, department heads, and supervisors on personnel matters, discipline, and performance management
Administer collective bargaining agreements and support public-sector labor relations
Assess HR functions and update personnel policies, procedures, and forms
Deliver supervisor training
Support recruitment of permanent HR leaders and hand off knowledge at transition
Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when permissioned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience as a municipal HR director or senior HR leader for a town, city, county, or school district
Working knowledge of Massachusetts or New England public-sector employment law, including collective bargaining (for example M.G.L. c.150E)
Experience with public-sector unions and grievance and discipline processes
Ability to provide regular on-site availability in Massachusetts or elsewhere in New England
Comfortable as a 1099 / project-based collaborator
Prior interim or fractional HR director engagements for municipalities (nice to have)
Massachusetts civil service (c.31), Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Equal Pay Act experience (nice to have)
SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or IPMA-SCP certification (nice to have)
Classification and compensation or HRIS experience (nice to have)