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WHAT WE DO: CORE SERVICES

Human Resources supports the City’s ability to deliver exceptional service by attracting,
developing, engaging, and retaining a high-performing workforce aligned with The
Southlake Way. HR serves as both an operational support department and a strategic
partner to organizational leadership by aligning workforce strategy with long-term
organizational goals. City Department Overview

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01 Workforce Recruitment & Talent 02 Compensation & Benefits
Strategy
HR recruits and hires the talented workforce needed to HR administers competitive compensation, employee
deliver City services. The department manages recruitment, benefits, retirement programs, leave administration, and
candidate experience, onboarding, workforce planning, and employer-of-choice initiatives that help attract and retain
employment branding while processing more than 3,700 exceptional employees. The department maintains the City’s
employment applications annually and supporting hiring market-based compensation philosophy and supports
across every City department. employees throughout every stage of their careers.

03 Workforce Operations & 04 Employee Experience &
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Compliance Engagement
HR manages payroll administration, HR information systems, HR leads organization-wide efforts to strengthen employee
personnel records, employee relations, leave administration, engagement, workplace culture, performance management,
workplace compliance, and employment policies. HR recognition, and internal communication. Through Gallup
also administers FMLA, ADA accommodations, workers’ engagement strategies, manager development, and
compensation coordination, and personnel processes continuous performance conversations, HR helps build a
citywide. workplace where employees can perform at their best.

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05 Volunteer Management 06 Leadership & Organizational
Development
HR manages Volunteer Southlake by recruiting, onboarding, HR partners with City leadership to develop managers,
training, scheduling, and recognizing more than 1,000 strengthen organizational effectiveness, and prepare the
volunteers serving across City departments. Volunteers workforce for future challenges. This includes leadership
contribute thousands of service hours each year, extending development, succession planning, workforce analytics,
the City’s capacity while strengthening community organizational planning, strategic initiatives, and continuous
engagement. improvement efforts that help departments achieve their
business objectives.

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