Human Resources Specialist 1/Trainee 1/2

NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities seeks a Human Resources Specialist to coordinate staffing services, recruit, examine, and place essential staff who ensure the health and safety of our clients.

Responsibilities include interviews, job postings, personnel transactions, and orientation of new hires, with emphasis on policy adherence and benefit administration. A strong capacity for organization and multi-tasking is required.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating staffing services including recruitment, examination and placement.
• Ability to conduct job audits and participate in classifications and compensation.
• Experience with employee benefits, health and safety, and leave management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate staffing services: recruitment, examination, and placement for essential staff.
• Assist in position classification, compensation, and employee services.
• Support orientation of new hires and maintain recruitment sources.

Skills

Staffing coordination

Interviewing

Benefits and safety

Education

Associate degree substitution 2 years

Bachelor’s degree substitution 4 years

Job description

Duties Description

The Human Resources Specialist 1 performs and supervises the performance of various human resources activities such as staffing services, which consists of the recruitment, examination, and placement of the essential staff who provide care and ensure the health and safety of the people we serve. The duties may include, but are not limited to, identifying staffing needs, conferring with various parties to ensure the timely filling of vacancies, participating in the interview process, implementing decentralized examinations, creating job postings, processing personnel transactions, establishing and maintaining a working relationship with potential recruitment sources, conducting job audits, preparing agency classification requests, and involvement in the orientation of newly hired employees.

Duties Description

The Human Resources Specialist 1 performs and supervises the performance of various human resources activities such as staffing services, which consists of recruitment, examination, and placement activities; position classification and compensation; and employee services such as employee benefit, health and safety, employee counseling, and employee recognition.

Additional duties may include, but are not limited to, the monitoring and assisting of employees with conditions of employment (policy and procedures, time and attendance, employment benefits, driver and professional licenses, probations, performance evaluations, seniority determinations, etc.), leave management, worker’s compensation, Family and Medical Leave Act, labor relations, and disciplinary processes (serving notices of discipline, conducting investigations, preparing for arbitration cases etc.).

Candidates should have skills for independent organization, prioritization, and multi-tasking. Strong computer skills and organization are a must.

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Minimum Qualifications

Competitive:

Candidates must be reachable for appointment on the Current Civil Service Eligible List, Professional Careers Opportunity (PCO) or Public Administration Traineeship Transition (PATT). Appointment may be made at the traineeship level.

Open Competitive:

Human Resources Specialist Trainee 1, NS (equivalent to SG-14):

Four years of experience performing and supervising the performance of various human resources activities such as staffing services, which consist of recruitment, examination, and placement activities; position classification and compensation; and employee services such as employee benefit, health and safety, employee counseling, and employee recognition.

Human Resources Specialist Trainee 2, NS (equivalent to SG-16):

Five years of experience performing and supervising the performance of various human resources activities such as staffing services, which consist of recruitment, examination, and placement activities; position classification and compensation; and employee services such as employee benefit, health and safety, employee counseling, and employee recognition.

Human Resources Specialist 1, SG-18:

Six years of experience performing and supervising the performance of various human resources activities such as staffing services, which consist of recruitment, examination, and placement activities; position classification and compensation; and employee services such as employee benefit, health and safety, employee counseling, and employee recognition.

Substitution:

An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

Transfer:

Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive, non-competitive or 55-b/c status in the