Functional Statement for the Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resource Management

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resource Management is responsible for providing technical services and deep specialty skill needs to support the Department's mission, and Department-wide initiatives, and for providing policies, guidance, and innovative strategic planning in the area of human capital management. This function is supported by three offices, which have overall responsibility for providing technical services in their organizational specialty areas.

• HR Management Information Enterprise Resource Management Planning Systems Staff serves as the Office of Administration point of contact that delivers and provides quality products and services to Administration customers. This Office is responsible for guiding the development of integrated Department systems that enable workforce empowerment and support program office execution of the Department's objectives. The HR Management Information and Enterprise Resource Management Planning Systems Staff creates and provides quality control to ensure that all contracting efforts are in compliance and conform to established HUD contracting policy.
  

• Office of Human Resources (OHR) is responsible for human capital management, workforce planning, policy development, human capital accountability and assessment, HR advisory services for the Department, and personnel operations services. Operational responsibilities include staffing/recruitment, position classification and management, pay administration, benefits counseling, and employee relations. OHR administers the Drug-Free Workplace Program, the Employee Assistance Program, the Performance Management System, and the contracts between HUD and its Labor Unions (American Federation of Government Employees and National Federation of Federal Employees). In addition, OHR oversees the payroll processing services provided to HUD by the National Finance Center of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Director, OHR, oversees the following divisions: Human Capital Management Staff; Headquarters Stafing and Classification Division; Field Staffing and Classification Division; HR Systems and Payroll Support Division; Headquarters Labor and Employee Relations Division; Field Labor and Employee Relations Division; Executive Personnel Management Division; Employee Service Center; and Human Resources Policy, Research and Development Division.
  
  
• Training Services is responsible for providing a cost-effective and coordinated strategy for the delivery of training and employee development programs, which support the objectives, and goals of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Training Services is the center for HUD staff training, provides mission and occupational training in support of Departmental priorities, provides for individual training needs through internal training programs and partnerships established with colleges and universities, provides needs assessments and evaluations for its programs and activities, and delivers training to field locations using innovative technology-based training such as computer/web/satellite and video conference systems. The Training Services Administrator oversees a Training Policy and Services Operations staff and three institutes: (1) Program Technical Training Institute; (2) Leadership and Management Institute; and, (3) Employee and Career Development Institute.