Human Resources

Responsibilities

The Department of Human Resources plays a critical role in promoting effective and efficient municipal government operations. It supports departments in recruiting, hiring, retaining, and developing a high quality workforce capable of delivering the services that the citizens of Whitehall need and deserve. Human Resources recognizes that its employees are the City’s most important resource and strives to ensure that they are treated fairly and are recognized for their contributions to the City of Whitehall. The City of Whitehall is an equal opportunity employer and is always interested in identifying highly qualified candidates to help better serve the community. 

Other areas of responsibility include:

  • Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws
  • Manage workers compensation
  • Promote safety awareness in the workplace
  • Facilitate employee and labor relations
  • New employee orientation
  • Performance management
  • Training and development
  • Benefits administration
  • Other employment related functions

For more information, please view City of Whitehall job openings. 

Employee Benefits

The City of Whitehall offers comprehensive benefit packages including vacation, holiday, personal and sick leave, as well as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and retirement benefits. In addition, the City offers college tuition reimbursement, an annual service credit, wellness incentive, a flexible spending account option, supplemental life insurance, and deferred compensation programs.*

*Subject to change with collective bargaining agreement and/or administrative code changes.

Machine-Readable Files

By way of the City's health insurance provider, UMR, UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of the City of Whitehall. To access the Machine-Readable Files, please visit transparency-in-coverage.uhc.com.

Vision Statement 

The City of Whitehall is committed to being an innovative, diverse, and vibrant community of thriving neighborhoods that are home to exceptional recreational opportunities and flourishing businesses.

Core Values

The City of Whitehall’s culture is built on our core values of: leadership, quality service, professionalism, accountability, and teamwork. Each employee is seen as a key resource that is valued and recognized for their role in assisting the City to fulfill its vision of serving the community.

We seek diverse and talented people to help develop and operate in a manner that provides the public, businesses, and our community the highest level of service, safety, satisfaction, and economic benefit.