Human Resources (HR)

Our mission . . .

To provide professional, proactive and practical Human Resource services to faculty and staff, their families, prospective employees, and the communities we serve.

Our goals include . . .

• Administering benefits.
• Advocacy for the fair and equitable treatment of all employees.
• Developing and implementing sound and practical Human Resource policies.
• Inspiring a high level of employee morale.
• Keeping accurate records.
• Maintaining a competitive salary benefits package.
• Maintaining legal compliance with employment laws.
• Managing HR costs.
• Promoting a safe and healthy workplace.
• Recognition of employees.
• Sustaining the processes that effectively recruit, select, develop, promote and assist growth and development of all faculty and staff.

We will do this by . . .

• Proactively and collaboratively working with our clients, marketing our services that balance employee and college needs.
• Supporting each other by promoting teamwork and developing and maintaining strong, positive relationships with each other and our clients.
• Maintaining a balance between professionalism and the ability to have fun.
• Being lifelong learners – continually increasing our HR skills and knowledge.
• Modeling, inspiring, and supporting NMC’s Mission, Vision and Values in our work.
• Maintaining healthy, positive perspective in times of transition.
• Maintaining the highest standards of professional and personal conduct.
• Instilling in faculty, staff, and the public a sense of confidence about the conduct and intentions of the college.
• Maintaining loyalty to the college and pursuing its objectives in ways that are consistent with the public interest.
• Upholding all laws and regulations relating to NMC's activities.
• Refraining from using our official positions, either regular or volunteer, to secure special privilege, gain, or benefit.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of privileged information.

We will do all of this because we believe in . . .

• Student learning and education.
• NMC's value to our community.
• Employees' need to reach their full potential.
• Customer expectations must be met and exceeded when possible.
• Employees' need to feel personally successful.
• Employees' merited treated as NMC’s most valuable asset.
• Work and life balance.
• The importance of having a people-focused team.
• Recognition, respect, and fair treatment of people as critical to our success as a college.