Human Resources Generalist 1 (Hybrid)
Job description
- A hybrid telework schedule
- Industry leading health benefits, including medical and dental coverage
- Competitive starting salary and structure
- Extensive pension plan and supplemental retirement offerings
- Paid time off - including 13 paid holidays per calendar year
- Professional growth and paid professional development opportunities
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- Culture that encourages a healthy work-life balance to all employees!
- Preparing and maintaining human resources records and transactions for employees to include processing positions, new hires, reclassifications, seniority, and salary calculations and adjustments.
- Assisting with the recruitment process including working with the managers on postings; advising managers on paperwork and processes related to recruitment, processing the request through the agency's internal procedures, CORE-CT and JobAps, adhering to the state's reemployment and SEBAC guidelines.
- Handle Human Resource orientation including working with new hires on paperwork, presenting DPH’s orientation presentation, processing new hire paperwork and data entry into CORE.
- Counseling and advising employees on matters relating to employment, career development, transfer, and separations.
- Full-time, 40 hours per week
- Monday through Friday hybrid schedule, minimum of two days in the office
- First shift hours
- Centrally located in Hartford, CT (410 Capital Avenue)
Selection Plan
- Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience most closely meets the preferred qualifications, so please ensure that your application is complete and details your experience as outlined in this job posting. Please note: You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application into the JobAps system.
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- The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
- The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
- Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In the Department of Administrative Services this class is deployed at an agency and is accountable for performing professional human resources duties as an agency business partner.
In a state agency outside of the State's centralized Human Resources structure this class is accountable for performing professional human resources and other related duties.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Assists in advising agency staff on human resources policies and procedures, proper organizational structure and use of appropriate job classifications, talent needs, to include but not limited to advising on the availability and expiration of eligible lists, etc.;
- Partners with DAS service delivery teams and specialized units to appropriately deliver solutions for agency human resources needs;
- Communicates with agency managers, bargaining unit representatives and other interested parties to ensure cooperative relationships;
- Makes recommendations regarding agency’s classification and position management transactions and ensures proper organizational structure;
- Assists in ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures;
- Advises employees on matters related to employment, career development, transfer, separation, recruitment, examinations, and/or compensation;
- Performs job audits, or other fact finding techniques, related to individual job classification and job classification studies;
- Upon approval, facilitates human resource transactions, including promotions, demotions, transfers;
- Maintains human resource information systems within assigned agency;
- Performs research in support of reclassification grievances, business rules questions, policy and legislative changes, training initiatives and other human resources initiatives and projects;
- Assists in various areas of the recruitment process, including clearing of mandatory lists, interviewing, selection and on-boarding hires;
- Prepares or oversees the preparation and maintenance of relevant documentation and records;
- Participates in the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
- May coordinate employee assistance programs;
- May assist, coordinate, implement, oversee, and/or provide training and/or staff development programs;
- May support related agency strategic needs;
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of
- human resources management;
- relevant state and federal laws, statutes, regulations, policies and procedures;
- Basic knowledge of
- employment practices related to civil rights, equal employment opportunity, job classification, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefit programs, pay administration, workers compensation;
- labor relations;
- Considerable
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Some ability to analyze and balance partners needs with laws, regulations, policies, procedures and collective bargaining agreements.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Six (6) years of professional experience in human resources or equal opportunity/affirmative action or labor relations management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
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College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
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A Master's degree in human resources management, labor relations, business administration, public administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with the full-cycle of the recruitment process.
- Experience working with applicant tracking systems (ATS).
- Experience working with Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS).
- Experience providing human resources support to multiple customers with competing priorities.
- Experience advising on human resources policies, administrative rules and regulations.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
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Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator's license.
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Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
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