Director Of Personnel; Hr Officer Iii Job Annapolis area,Maryland USA,HR/Recruitment

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

STD
0017

LOCATION OF POSITION

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

PERSONNEL DIVISION

80 WEST STREET

ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401

Main Purpose of Job

To provide professional, fully proficient administration of all aspects of human resources for the Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services. The assigned duties and responsibilities include all critical functional areas within human resources: recruitment, employment services, classification, worker’s compensation, and employer-employee relations for both State of Maryland and Anne Arundel County Government positions.

POSITION DUTIES

Serves as the Appointing Authority’s representative in employer employee relations at the Agency level to include providing mediation and recommendations to employees and supervisors
Directs and develops internal recruitment procedures and strategies that conform to State, HRDT, and Anne Arundel County Government policies are equitable and in compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA) laws and guidelines and meets the needs of management/supervisory staff
Serves as the Agency’s lead benefits coordinator keeping employees informed of health benefits and changes, coordinating open enrollment, and addressing employee inquiries or concerns regarding benefits

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

Seven years of experience, three years 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, or test development and validation or as a generalist.

Notes:

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, counseling employees regarding benefits and obligations, and responding to inquiries concerning employment procedures.

Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and three years 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.

Candidates may substitute the possession of thirty graduate credit hours from an accredited college or university in the fields of HR/personnel administration, human…