Human Resources Directorate
Human Resources is the people apparatus of HIVE-13: it defines what roles exist, who is cleared
to fill them, how new staff are inducted into a venom-handling, classified-pollinator environment,
and how the workforce is kept healthy, certified, and safe. This is the Phase-5 index — the
directorate map. Detailed per-role job descriptions are published separately under
HV-HR in later phases.
What HR Owns
Job Architecture & Hiring
Defines the role families, levels, and call-sign conventions across the directorate, and runs sourcing and selection for every posting — from apiary technicians to interdiction operators.
Onboarding & Clearance
Carries each hire from signed offer through background vetting, the QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY briefing, and biosecurity induction to first cleared day on the floor.
Training & Certification
Owns the competency framework and renewal cadence for every certified role — sting protocol, containment, drone handling, and field doctrine. See the HIVE-13 Academy.
Wellbeing & Venom-Exposure Health
Runs the venom-exposure monitoring program, anaphylaxis readiness, and confidential support for field and lab staff. See Occupational Health.
Conduct & Culture
Holds the code of conduct, the two-person-rule culture, grievance channels, and the standards of behaviour that a classified pollinator-defense organization depends on.
Role Families
HIVE-13 staff are organized into role families, each with a clearance band that governs access to
facilities, telemetry, and classified lines. Clearance is shown as the HCL access tier the family is
typically cleared into, or a workforce band of Standard / Restricted / Royal-Jelly.
Detailed per-role descriptions are published separately under HV-HR.
| Role family | Example roles | Directorate | Clearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apiary Technician | Apiary technician, brood-care tech, colony handler | Field | HCL-2 access |
| Field Interdiction | Field interdiction operator, dispatch field lead | Operations | Restricted |
| Drone & Swarm Engineering | Drone-swarm engineer, Forager technician, Skep vehicle tech | Engineering | Restricted |
| Venom & Apitoxin Science | Venom-lab scientist, apitoxin researcher, antivenom tech | Science | HCL-4 access |
| MELISSA & Intelligence | MELISSA analyst, Comb Fabric data analyst | Operations | Royal-Jelly |
| Biosecurity | Biosecurity officer, containment warden, vault custodian | Operations | HCL-4 access |
| Dispatch & Watch | Dispatch analyst, watch-floor coordinator, target analyst | Operations | Restricted |
| Legal & Compliance | Legal counsel, compliance officer, doctrine reviewer | Administration | Royal-Jelly |
| Facilities | Facilities tech, plant engineer, apiary-grid maintenance | Administration | Standard |
| Conservancy & Public-Facing | Conservancy liaison, Honeyfield outreach, fundraising staff | Administration | Standard |
Onboarding Pathway
Every cleared hire follows the same standard onboarding and clearance sequence. No step is skipped; biosecurity induction and the venom medical gate first access to any handling environment.
- Offer & acceptance. Signed offer letter, role-family assignment, and provisional call-sign reservation.
- Background & vetting. Identity, history, and conflict-of-interest screening proportional to the clearance band of the role family.
- NDA & QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY briefing. Confidentiality agreement and the classification briefing covering INTERNAL // QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY handling.
- Biosecurity induction. Containment doctrine, two-person-rule training, and PPE fit before any access to apiary grids or vaults.
- Sting / venom medical. Baseline allergy and anaphylaxis screening, venom-exposure registration, and antivenom protocol enrolment.
- Mentor assignment. Pairing with a cleared sponsor in the role family for the first duty cycle, plus enrolment in the relevant Academy certification track.