Director of Personnel Services

Appointed Position

The Director of Personnel Services is appointed by the Civil Service Commission. 

The Director plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates the County of Maui’s (County) comprehensive personnel management program and is the head of the Department of Personnel Services (DPS).   DPS has a Director, Deputy Director, and 23 employees.  The County utilizes Workday for its Human Resources Information System (HRIS).

The County of Maui is unique in that it consists of the three (3) inhabited islands of Maui, Moloka’i and Lana’i.  The County is comprised of 23 departments and one agency and provides a broad range of municipal services, including public safety (police, fire, emergency management, prosecuting attorney, and liquor control), sanitation, social services, culture and recreation, transportation, planning and zoning, and the construction and maintenance of County highways and streets.  

The County currently has approximately 3215 (2956 regular employees and 259 seasonal employees). Most of the workforce is part of the Civil Service under HRS Ch. 76 and included in a union bargaining unit (BU), each with its own collective bargaining agreement (CBA):

• BU 1 - Nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions (Union – UPW)
• BU 2 - Supervisory employees in blue collar positions (Union – HGEA)
• BU 3 - Nonsupervisory employees in white collar position (Union – HGEA)
• BU 4 - Supervisory employees in white collar positions (Union – HGEA)
• BU 11- Firefighters (Union – HFFA)
• BU 12 - Police officers (Union – SHOPO)
• BU 13 - Professional and scientific employees, who cannot be included in any of the other bargaining units (Union – HGEA)
• BU 15 - State and county ocean safety and water safety officers (Union – HGEA)