Assistant Director of Human Resources
San Bernardino, CAFull-time$160–229K/yrPosted 6 days agoStill listed today
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San Bernardino County seeks an Assistant Director of Human Resources to serve as the department’s second-in-command, reporting to the Director. The role oversees daily operations across HR divisions and provides leadership across major HR functions. The successful candidate will help shape workforce strategy, support budget administration and program improvement, build relationships with County departments and employee associations, and represent the Director as needed.
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APPLY BY DECEMBER 2, 2026 FOR PRIORITY CONSIDERATION
Please use the links below to View the job profile: https://online.flipbuilder.com/kper/azfi/ Apply here: San Bernardino County – Assistant Director of Human Resources – CPS HR Consulting
San Bernardino County is seeking an Assistant Director of Human Resources. This key leadership position offers the opportunity to help shape workforce strategy for California’s largest geographic county. The County seeks a collaborative leader who is passionate about public service, organizational excellence, and developing innovative solutions to complex workforce challenges. Reporting directly to the Director of Human Resources, the Assistant Director serves as the department’s second-in-command and plays a critical role in overseeing daily operations through coordination of the activities of the department’s divisions. This position will direct through subordinate managers, daily operation and delivery of human resources services that includes providing leadership across a broad range of human resources functions, and may include, recruitment, classification and compensation, personnel administration, policy development, employee relations, labor contract interpretation, organizational effectiveness, and compliance with applicable personnel rules and legal mandates. The Assistant Director will assist with the development and administration of the department’s budget, evaluate programs and services for continuous improvement, build productive relationships with County departments and employee associations, and represent the Director as needed. Success in this role will require a leader who can foster accountability, inspire high-performing teams, navigate complex organizational issues, and ensure the delivery of responsive, customer-focused human resources services throughout the County. The ideal candidate is a seasoned and forward-thinking human resources leader with broad experience across all major HR disciplines, including recruitment, classification and compensation, employee and labor relations, employee benefits, organizational development, and workforce planning. Experience in large, complex public-sector organizations, particularly within unionized environments involving multiple bargaining units and diverse operational departments. This individual will be a trusted operational leader who can manage day-to-day HR functions while serving as a strategic partner to the Human Resources Director. Equally comfortable addressing immediate operational needs and long-term organizational objectives, the successful candidate will demonstrate strong business acumen, political savvy, sound judgment, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service across a large and decentralized organization.
HOW TO APPLY: Please apply on-line by December 2, 2026 at San Bernardino County – Assistant Director of Human Resources – CPS HR Consulting For questions, inquiries or candidate recommendations, please contact: Erich WonSavage Principal Executive Recruiter [email protected] 916-471-3115 EEO/ADA
How this job compares
Set against the 5,923 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–229K/yr
- California median$127–185K/yr409 salary ranges
- US median$95–138K/yr2,891 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $195K, is 22% above the California median midpoint ($160K) — in the middle half of Human Resources salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 586 open Human Resources jobs in California and 5,923 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (4,197 postings).
- Education
- 1,564 of the 5,923 open Human Resources jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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