Department of Human Resources and Management (DHRM)
Overview
The Department of Human Resources and Management (DHRM) delivers executive and operational leadership through corporate governance for the agency. This includes:
- Corporate budgeting and prudent fiscal planning
- Human resources administration and programs that ensure equal employment opportunities and fair practices
- Organizational standards, promoting public accountability, organizational effectiveness, and a preferred workplace
The Executive Director oversees the work of the department and carries out specific executive functions for the agency. Under the leadership of the Executive Director, the Department of Human Resources and Management includes 4 divisions:
- Corporate Human Resources
- Corporate Policy and Management Operations
- Corporate Budget Office
- Corporate Communications
- Corporate Human Resources
- Corporate Policy and Management Operations
- Corporate Budget Office
- Corporate Communications
Corporate Human Resources Overview
Corporate Human Resources is responsible for the management of agency-wide human resources programs. The Division ensures fair and equitable treatment of all employees and administers a personnel system to create and maintain a diverse, qualified, healthy, and motivated workforce.
Programs
The Division develops and administers programs that promote:
- Affordable, responsive, and attractive benefits and health programs
- Effective service delivery
- Employee recognition and compensation that reflect performance
- Fair employment and equal opportunity
Director
The Division is led by the Human Resources Director. The Human Resources Director provides expert guidance and advice on human resources matters for the agency. The Human Resources Director also provides oversight of all programs and activities relating to employment and working conditions. Services include training coordination, employment for disabled persons, personnel management reviews along with programs carried out by the following cross-functional teams:
- Employee Health and Benefits
- Classifications and Compensation
- Employee and Labor Relations
- Employee Records/HRIS
- Recruitment and Selection Services
- Learning and Organizational Development
Employee Health and Benefits
Classification and Compensation
The Classification and Compensation Team is responsible for the development, implementation, administration, and maintenance of equitable classification and pay plans for all Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) employees.
Responsibilities
- Administers the agency’s compensation plans
- Administers a classification system that analyzes and evaluates positions based upon duties, responsibilities, and minimum qualifications. This includes analysis of individual request for reclassification and administration of the Reclassification Certification Program
- Conducts and participates in salary surveys to determine the M-NCPPC’s position relative to the market for classified positions
- Creates and maintains classification specifications
- Develops and publishes the Personnel Management Review annually
- Maintains all salary schedules
- Maintains forms and documents pertaining to classification and compensation
- Manages the Apprenticeship Program
- Manages the Internship Program
- Reviews and assists departments in reorganizations
- Updates and maintains the agency’s position management system
Employee and Labor Relations Office
The M-NCPPC Employee and Labor Relations Office offers resources to strengthen management-employee relations and resolution of employment concerns and grievances.
Efforts include:
- Counseling supervisors and employees on work-related matters
- Employee/supervisory training on employment matters
- Providing assistance with questions and concerns
Employee / Labor Relations Office
6611 Kenilworth Avenue
East Riverdale, MD
20737
Sumita Ganguly
Principal Employee & Labor Relations Specialist
Recruitment and Selection Services
Recruitment and Selection Services supports the M-NCPPC’s efforts to attract and maintain a diverse, skilled, and effective workforce. Staff provides lifecycle recruitment activities to the agency from advertising, testing, application processing, selection, and employment/promotion offers. This team manages an outsourced online applicant tracking system. Related tasks involve administration of background/ reference checks, language proficiency testing, and Park Police entry, lateral, and advancement testing.
Learning and Organizational Development
The Learning and Organizational Development team takes pride in supporting the agency’s greatest asset—our employees! We take this responsibility very seriously and welcome the opportunity to collaborate with you! Learn more about our work program and the resources that we provide below:
Our Vision Statement: Striving to recognize and eliminate personal and professional obstacles, granting employees access to resources and cultivating a flourishing work environment.
Our Mission Statement: To empower our employees to become their best selves.
Our Core Values:
- Respect through Acknowledgment
- Allowing people the space to explore “what they’re good at”
- Honoring employees by connecting their natural abilities to their role and business imperatives
- Addressing people by their preferred name and/or pronouns
- Being aware of your personal biases and actively choosing to manage them
- Collaboration through Inclusivity
- Keeping representation at the forefront when considering decisions and initiatives
- Actively seeking and encouraging feedback from other departments to inform our work
- Positioning ourselves as a partner perform our work
- Innovation through Creativity
- Being unapologetic and unafraid to respectfully challenge the status quo
- Encouraging and welcoming varying perspectives
- Seeking the most up-to-date practices and solutions to enhance the work environment
- Credibility through Excellence
- Setting ourselves apart as thought leaders and trailblazers for our focus areas
- Performing our due diligence in a thoughtful and thorough manner develop premium work products
- Encouraging a continuous learning mindset to the work culture
- Facing and overcoming workplace challenges with perseverance and precision
- Accountability through Transparency
- Taking personal ownership for our words and actions, our safety, and the success of our work
- Accepting responsibility for our actions and owning our mistakes
- Earning trust by doing the right thing
Corporate Policy and Management Operations Overview
The Corporate Policy and Management Operations Division is responsible for managing the system of agency-wide policies, implementing programs which safeguard employees, patrons and the agency assets; and administering corporate programs which support the mission of the agency and best practices.
Division Functions
- Communicates agency-wide guidance
- Conducts management studies, research and analysis to promote public accountability, transparency, and workplace efficiency
- Develops and administers workplace safety and risk management programs
- Recommends and develops programs and standards for best practices, and preferred workplace initiatives
The Division houses 6 cross-functional teams:
- Corporate Policy
- Corporate Records and Archives
- Management Operations and Internal Services
- Risk Management and Workplace Safety
- Supplier Diversity and Inclusion
- Facility Management
Corporate Policy
The Corporate Policy Office conducts research and analysis of organizational needs, regulatory mandates, and best practices for greater efficiency, cost containment, and effective programs. The Office develops recommendations for agency-wide policies in areas such as organizational functions, employment regulations, workplace standards, and internal controls. Policies are developed through a collaborative review with input from departments, the Merit System Board, union representatives, and other stakeholders.
Corporate Records and Archives
The Corporate Records function includes the M-NCPPC Archives Office and records of corporate meetings of the agency. The Archives Office maintains the historical and corporate records of the agency, in compliance with State laws.
Questions regarding the Archives Program may be referred to:
Requests to inspect or receive copies of a public record of the M-NCPPC should be directed to:
Management Operations and Internal Services
Management Operations and Internal Services is responsible for departmental budget administration, Commission-wide programs, and training initiatives. The unit is also responsible for management of the M-NCPPC Executive Office Building at:
Risk Management and Workplace Safety
The Risk Management and Workplace Safety Office develops and implements programs that
protect employees and patrons, protect and secure the agency’s assets, and mitigate losses.
The Office achieves these goals through programs and initiatives such as:
- Conducting training on workplace safety, regulatory compliance, and accident prevention
- Developing and administering safety and loss control programs
- Ensuring compliance with Federal/State safety regulations such as those issued by Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH), Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Transportation (DOT), etc.
- Managing the workers’ compensation program, and the liability program (including, but not limited to, insurance portfolios and property/auto/general liability issues) for the Policy and Management Operations Division, within the Department of Human Resources and Management
- Performing risk analysis, inspections, and accident investigations
- Providing expertise and advice for enhanced safety and risk mitigation
- Reviewing contracts for required insurance coverage and reduction of liability
Additional Agency Resources
- For emergencies involving fatalities, serious accidents, fire, major damage to M-NCPPC property, and other life threatening situations – Call 911 (When calling 911 regarding a M-NCPPC incident, ask dispatcher to transfer call to M-NCPPC Park Police)
- Montgomery County Park Police for the Montgomery County region: (301) 949-3010
- Prince George’s County Park Police for the Prince George’s County region: (301) 459-3232
Risk & Safety Management
6611 Kenilworth Avenue
Riverdale Park, MD
20737
Wanda Wesley-Major
Corporate Risk Management and Safety, Chief
6611 Kenilworth Avenue
Riverdale Park, MD
20737
Supplier Diversity and Inclusion
Corporate Budget Office Overview
The Corporate Budget Division provides agency-wide budgetary planning, analysis and reporting. The Division oversees the Commission’s budget preparation process, and provides strategic information, central budget coordination, and fiscal planning for the agency.
Proposed Budgets
Fiscal Year 2026 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2026 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2025 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2025 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2024 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2024 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2023 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2023 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2022 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2022 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2021 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2021 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2020 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2020 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2019 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2019 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2018 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2018 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2017 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2017 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2016 Montgomery County Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2016 Prince George’s County Proposed Budget
Corporate Communications Overview
Corporate Communications coordinates communications with the Office of the Executive Director and operating departments. The Office assists DHRM with writing, editing, graphic design, desktop publishing, and producing presentations. The Office handles agency-wide employee communications, including weekly and monthly newsletters for approximately 3,000 employees and retirees, as well as monitoring general agency email inquiries, and social media accounts.
