Director of Human Resources, Diego Jones

Diego Jones is director of Human Resources. Jones is responsible for management training, recruitment, performance evaluation systems as well as contract negotiations. He is responsible for addressing the Administration’s goals to update the city’s policies and procedures, IT infrastructure in HR and create a robust employee training program to train employees on supervisory and other skills.

Before joining the City of East Providence, Jones served as the Office of Human Resource Administration Classification & Compensation Analyst at the University of Rhode Island, where he was responsible for both the RI State Civil Service and the Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner’s classification systems.

In addition, he interpreted the classification and compensation provisions of the Merit System Laws, State Personnel Rules and the ten applicable university collective bargaining unit contracts for employees and supervisors.

Jones also worked in the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity, working with internal payroll.

Jones earned his Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Bryant University.