Human Resources Specialist - G122 - Employment

• Oversees the job application management system and coordinates and implement citywide recruitment strategies to attract a diverse and qualified applicant’s pool.
• Represent the organization through regular media engagements, including weekly appearances on local radio stations and monthly segments on local television outlets, such as CCG-TV.
• Train and support staff on the use of the applicant tracking system and related recruitment tools.
• Maintain strong relationships with educational institutions, professional organizations, and community partners to support ongoing talent pipelines.
• Collaborate with department hiring managers to understand staffing needs and develop effective recruitment plans.
• Analyze recruitment data and trends to assess the effectiveness of sourcing strategies and recommend improvements.
• Review, prepare, and publish job announcements for advertising; maintain current Employment Process Guidelines.
• Analyzes hiring and promotional practices to ensure compliance with federal and local laws; screen and refer applicants; maintain applicant files. Confers with departments, employees, and applicants regarding the status of job applications, job announcements, vacancies, the selection and hiring process, interviews, and selections.
• Verifies that hiring procedures follow established guidelines; sends out non-selection letters. Maintains files on vacant positions and applicants.
• Performs recruitment activities, including attending career fairs and coordinating the advertising for position openings.
• Coordinates the Orientation for New Employees program. Supervises assigned personnel; oversees and evaluates work performance and duty assignments; prepares schedules; oversees the training of temporary staff and interns.
• Coordinate applicant screening including arranging for criminal history checks, national background checks for employees working with children, credit history checks, E-verify, employment references, etc.
• Coordinate DOL unemployment program—act and CCG liaison. Maintain guidelines and coordinate the Top 10 Employee Referral Program.
• Assists with employee events including employee appreciation, United Way campaign, and Health and Fitness programs.
• Maintain address directory for employees.
• Assists in the preparation and distribution of the employee newsletter.
• Coordinates and promote employee discounts and incentives. Performs human resources generalist duties to support other human resources staff and functions as necessary.
• Carries out a continuous effort to improve operations, and work processes; and works cooperatively and jointly to provide continuous improvement and customer-driven service.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, methods, and techniques of personnel administration; applicant recruitment strategies.
• Knowledge in principles and practices of recruitment, selection, and workforce planning.
• Knowledge in effective outreach and diversity recruitment strategies.
• Knowledge in methods for tracking and reporting recruitment metrics and data analytics.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, rules, and ordinances governing personnel activities.
• Knowledge of basic bookkeeping and accounting practices; the methods and techniques of research, statistical analysis, and report presentation.
• Employee benefits principles, practices, procedures, and documentation.
• Knowledge of office administration practices and procedures, such as letter writing and the operation of standard office equipment.
• Skill in managing multiple recruitment processes and deadlines simultaneously with efficiency and accuracy.
• Skill in building and maintaining collaborative relationships with hiring managers, applicants, vendors, and external partners.
• Skill in using technology tools and software for recruitment, data analysis, and reporting. Facilitating meetings, training sessions, or workshops related to hiring practices or system use.
• Skill in using computers and various software programs.
• Skill in analyzing and resolving problems.
• Skill in investigating, compiling, and summarizing a variety of informational and statistical data; using databases and spreadsheet programs.
• Skill in maintaining confidential and sensitive information.
• Skill in interpersonal relations and oral and written communication.

Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management, Finance, Business Administration or related field is required. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table with intermittent standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee must occasionally lift light and heavy objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, or computer.

Salary : $47,103