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Human Resources
Responsibilities
The Human Resources Department supports the city in its mission by providing courteous and effective HR services to employees, city administration, departments, and citizens. HR maintains the city’s personnel policies and procedures manual and is responsible for researching, developing, revising, and distributing policies, procedures, and regulations. Additionally, the office administers all employee benefits and maintains personnel files and related paperwork on all employees.
Employment
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. HR accepts applications for existing vacancies, including promotional opportunities. The office provides fair, consistent, and equitable treatment of applicants in compliance with federal laws without regard to non-merited-based factors.
Title VI (Notice of Non-Discrimination)
The City of Petersburg, Virginia, does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, disability, age, or sex in the administration of its programs or activities, as required by applicable laws and regulations.
Petersburg’s Human Resources Department is responsible for the coordination of compliance efforts and receipt of inquiries concerning the non-discrimination requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and other applicable federal non-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 and 40 C.F.R. Part 7.
If you have any questions about this notice or any of the City of Petersburg’s nondiscrimination programs, policies, or procedures, you may contact:
Twain Womack
Petersburg Department of Human Resources
3811 Corporate Road
Petersburg, VA 23805
(804) 733-2348
twomack@petersburg-va.org
If you believe you have been discriminated against in a City of Petersburg program or activity, you may contact the Department of Human Resources identified above to learn how and where to file a complaint.
Anti-Discrimination & Anti-Retaliation
Title IX – City of Petersburg
No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
The City of Petersburg is committed to creating an accessible, inclusive environment that supports and serves our employees and community.
Under Title IX, the City of Petersburg prohibits sex- or gender-based harassment and discrimination, sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking. The City expressly prohibits any form of discriminatory harassment on any protected bases, including dating violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking.
If you have experienced sex/gender discrimination and harassment in the City of Petersburg, there are resources available to you. We encourage you to contact:
Tim Williams
255 South Boulevard East
Petersburg, VA 23805
(804) 732-0510
tiwilliams@petersburg.k12.va.us
For more information on Title IX:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/tix_dis.html
https://www.justice.gov/crt/title-ix
Core Values
Professionalism: We will provide professional service and are committed to being proficient, reliable, and excelling in all aspects of our performance.
Excellence: We will aim to achieve quality service and produce in everything we do for the betterment of the city and its citizens/businesses.
Trust: We will be open and honest to internal and external customers.
Ethical: We will be honest and responsible with the highest integrity that promotes fairness to both internal and external customers.
Respect: We will be courteous and acknowledge diversity in sharing information and operating methods.
Service: We will strive to satisfy and exceed our citizen's/customers' expectations.
Build: We will build better communication through collaboration and teamwork.
Unity: We will work together equally to achieve a shared vision and goal.
Responsive: We will put our customers first and we will respond efficiently.
Growth: We will manage Petersburg's long-term growth and development by adhering to its core values statement.