HR OFFICER II

State of Maryland; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework

Health insurance

Dental and vision plans

Pension

Personal Leave

Annual Leave

Sick Leave

Parental Leave

Holidays

Job summary

The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Human Services, seeks an experienced HR professional to coordinate personnel and employee relations, manage recruitment and classification, and oversee salary administration and policy development.

This role requires extensive HR leadership in a public agency, with a focus on recruitment, employee relations, and compliance with federal, state, and local laws, plus staff development for a high-volume office in Rockville.

Qualifications

• Six years and six months of HR experience, including recruitment and employment services, classification and compensation, and employee relations.
• Experience in HR policy formulation and staff development for a large public agency.

Responsibilities

• Research employer–employee relations issues and determine appropriate classifications.
• Reinforce staff knowledge of policies and procedures to ensure lawful, compliant performance.
• Recruitment of permanent, special appointment, and contractual positions; review qualifications.
• Acts as the agency timekeeper.

Skills

HR knowledge

Recruitment

Employee relations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Introduction

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve. At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind.

GRADE

STD0016

LOCATION OF POSITION

Montgomery County Department of Social Services, Office of Child Support Administration, 51 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850

Main Purpose of Job

To coordinate and maintain issues of personnel and employee relations. Responsibilities to include recruitment, reclassifications, performance evaluation planning, timekeeping, employee/employee relations, benefits liaison and staff development.

POSITION DUTIES

• Research all issues involving employer — employee relations.
• Determine appropriate classification for new or evolving positions.
• Reinforces staff knowledge of new and existing policies and procedures, in order to ensure maximum individual and unit performance in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, policies, and procedures as it relates to HR.
• Recruitment of permanent, special appointment, and contractual positions, create vacancy notices and local advertisements, review applications to determine if applicants meet qualifications.
• Acts as the agency timekeeper.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must meet all minimum (and selective) qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying. Experience: Six years and six months of experience, two years and six months of professional HR experience involving recruitment and employment services, classification and compensation, employee relations, test development and validation job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, HR program evaluation, or HR policy formulation and an additional four years of professional HR management work experience in the areas of recruitment and selection, classification, salary administration, employee relations, test development and validation or as a generalist.

Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute paraprofessional personnel work experience on a year-for-year basis for up to four years of the required experience. Paraprofessional personnel work is defined as work involving the application of public sector personnel procedures, policies, rules and regulations to specific employment actions. Appropriate paraprofessional personnel experience includes responsibility for activities such as: preparing and maintaining employment records, calculating salaries, applying personnel-related rules and policies, preparing personnel-related reports, conducting employee orientation and counseling employees regarding benefits and obligations and responding to inquiries concerning employment procedures.
2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years and six months of professional HR experience involving recruitment and employment services, classification and compensation, employee relations, test development and validation, job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, HR program evaluation, or HR policy formulation for the required experience.
3. Candidates may substitute the possession of thirty graduate credit hours from an accredited college or university in the fields of HR/personnel administration, human resources management, business administration, public administration, statistics, tests and measurements, psychology or a related field for up to six years of the required experience.
4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in human resources management classifications or human resources management specialty codes in the human resources management field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preference will be given to applicants who possess the following preferred qualification(s). Include clear and specific information on your application regarding your qualifications.

• One year of experience with recruitment.
• One year of experience resolving conflicts and mediation.
• One year of experience negotiating and facilitating employee grievances.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

1. Employees in this classification are required to obtain certification in State Personnel Management System policies and procedures and in the functionality of the Statewide Personnel System from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits, Maryland Department of Budget and Management within six months from the time of appointment to the position. Employees are also required to obtain recertification every six months thereafter.
2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

BENEFITS

As an employee of the State of Maryland, you will have access to outstanding benefits, including: health insurance, dental, and vision plans offered at a low cost.

• Personal Leave- new State employees are awarded six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date).
• Annual Leave – ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year.
• Sick Leave – fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year.
• Parental Leave – up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child.
• Holidays – State employees also celebrate at least twelve (12) holiday per year.
• Pension – State employees earn credits towards a retirement pension.
• Positions may be eligible for telework.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.