South Milwaukee seeks to change structure of HR jobs following resignation of HR coordinator
Longtime South Milwaukee employee Jennifer Maciejewski is resigning as HR coordinator. The city looks to change her old position and add a new one.
South Milwaukee seeks to change structure of HR jobs following resignation of HR coordinator Longtime South Milwaukee employee Jennifer Maciejewski is resigning as HR coordinator. The city looks to change her old position and add a new one. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2M3i3Tb
Bob Dohr, Now News Group Published 3:23 p.m. CT June 6, 2018
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SOUTH MILWAUKEE – The city's human-resources coordinator, Jennifer Maciejewski, a South Milwaukee employee for more than 18 years, is leaving to take another position.
In her wake, the city is looking at restructuring Maciejewski's old job and creating a new position, a part-time one, to better divvy up the city's administrative and human resources functions.
Maciejewski submitted her letter of resignation May 28.
City Administrator Tami Mayzik said Maciejewski has accepted a position with Parkcrest Housing, a housing authority created in 2016 by the South Milwaukee Common Council.
Maciejewski's last full day as HR coordinator was June 1, but she will continue to work part-time in her old role while she also trains for her new job, Mayzik said.
In her resignation letter, Maciejewski said her final day of employment with the city will be July 6, but could stay on beyond that date if necessary to help train her replacement.
Her replacement will have a slightly different role, according to a proposal passed June 4 by the city's four-member Human Resources Committee and approved the following day by the common council. Both votes were unanimous.
For one, the job would have a new name: assistant administrator. It would still be HR-heavy, Mayzik said, but would encompass some other duties.
"A big portion of their time would still be human resources, but then also taking on some other, higher-level roles, including the IT management, special projects, things like that," Mayzik said.
The assistant administrator's job would pay in the range of $25.17 to $37.46 an hour, the same range for the current human resources coordinator job.
A newly created part-time job of human resources assistant would help the assistant administrator and handle duties like posting positions, reviewing applications and making sure applicants for jobs meet the qualifications, Mayzik said.
The HR assistant would work 16 to 20 hours per week and earn between $19.24 and $24.72 an hour, Mayzik said.
Human Resources Committee Chairwoman Peggy Clark said over the years changes have required the HR department to take on a heavier workload.
"Originally, they didn't do the hiring for police, for fire, for library, so now they do the prescreens for that and the testing," Clark said. "So it's just kind of a shift from maybe an antiquated position that we needed to reinvent."
Of her 18-plus years with the city, Maciejewski spent 11 with the administration department and several more as HR coordinator, Mayzik said.
In her resignation letter, Maciejewski thanked Mayzik and the common council for the opportunities she'd been given.
"I have enjoyed working with many wonderful people during my 18-plus years of employment," Maciejewski said. "I am thankful for the hard-working employees that strive to make South Milwaukee a wonderful place."
Clark said she'll be missed.
"We wish her all the luck," Clark said. "She's an amazing employee."
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