HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST IV

City and County of Honolulu; Hawaii; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) seeks a Human Resources Specialist IV in Honolulu to lead recruitment, classification, and complex HR activities including investigations, grievances and performance management. This position serves as a staff specialist, coordinating staffing on behalf of the BWS.

The role covers recruitment, classification audits, labor relations, leave administration, and related duties, with emphasis on compliant hiring and staff development. Excellent benefits await.

Qualifications

• Education equivalent to a four-year college degree.
• Four years of professional HR management experience may substitute for a general degree.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment, job audits, candidate screening, interviews, onboarding, and staffing to ensure compliant hiring practices.
• Classification audits, position description reviews, and determining FLSA status.
• Labor relations activities, investigations, grievances, and performance management guidance.

Skills

HR administration

Organization and management

Laws and regulations

Interviews

Occupational information

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

4 years HR experience as substitution

Job description

Position Information

Advancing People and Policy to Power Public Service

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) is seeking a Human Resources Specialist IV in Honolulu! This position serves as a staff specialist independently planning, recommending, coordinating and performing recruitment and staffing activities on behalf of the BWS. The position performs the full range and scope of recruitment and classification activities. In addition, this position performs the most complex HR activities, including conducting investigations, grievance handling, performance management and reasonable accommodation.

What You Will Do

• Recruitment: Conduct, advise, and oversee recruitments, job audits, candidate screening, interview development and compliance, selection reviews, workforce planning, onboarding, and Personal Services Contract recruitment to ensure fair, effective, and compliant hiring practices.
• Classification: Review and evaluate position descriptions, conduct classification audits, prepare reports to support recommendations, and determine FLSA status.
• Labor Relations: Conduct and review investigations, manage grievance processes, advise managers on reasonable accommodations, and provide guidance on performance management and documentation.
• Perform activities related to employee return-to-work processes and provide guidance on state and federal leave administration.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Enjoy excellent employment benefits including generous time off (up to 21 vacation days, 21 sick leave days, and holidays), comprehensive health coverage, retirement plan, career development, and much more! View details about all our available benefits by clicking on the "Benefits" tab at the top of this posting or visiting https://www.honolulu.gov/dhr/benefits/ .

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

At time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.

Education Requirement

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree.

For Example

• Four (4) years of professional work experience, in any occupation, may substitute for a general bachelor's degree.
• Four (4) years of general work experience (does not need to be professional level experience) in human resources/personnel management may substitute for a general bachelor's degree.

Education Verification: Education information must be listed clearly on your application. If available, please attach a legible electronic copy of your diploma, official transcripts, and/or applicable foreign credential evaluation to your application. As part of the hiring process, you may be asked to furnish documentation to verify your education to move forward for further consideration.

Experience Requirement

Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional human resources management work experience.

Applicable Skills Needed

• Knowledge of: principles of human resources administration; basic principles relating to organization and management; local and State laws, rules and regulations, and contractual provisions governing public employment; interviewing principles and techniques; various kinds of occupations and the sources of occupational information.
• Ability to: interpret and apply pertinent laws, rules and regulations, and contractual provisions; elicit and obtain factual data, analyze and make sound recommendations; research data and prepare clear and concise reports; express ideas logically, both orally and in writing; make effective presentations on complex issues; deal tactfully and effectively with others; follow oral and written instructions.

Education Verification: Education information must be listed clearly on your application. If available, please attach a legible electronic copy of your diploma, official transcripts, and/or applicable foreign credential evaluation to your application. As part of the hiring process, you may be asked to furnish documentation to verify your education to move forward for further consideration.

Non-qualifying Experience

Most work experience in a supervisory or managerial position includes responsibility for human resources functions. However, if the primary responsibility of the position is not concerned with professional human resources management work, such experience is not considered qualifying.

Clerical or technical experience in a personnel program involving work that is limited to the application of personnel rules, regulations, and procedures in support of the personnel functions described above is also not considered qualifying.

Having the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as qualifying for the position. Your overall experience must have been of such scope, level and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position.

License Requirement

Possession of an appropriate valid driver's license, as required.

Examination Process

If you qualify for the position, your name will be eligible for consideration for the current vacancy/vacancies and future job openings with this job title. Screening will be based on the education, experience, and other job-related information provided in your application. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being rejected or your receiving a lower rating. All information provided on an application is subject to verification. As applicable, false or misleading statements or omissions of material facts are grounds for disqualification and/or termination of employment with the City and County of Honolulu.