Human Resources Associate

Human Resources Specialist

This position will collaborate with teammates to ensure the County and its assigned departments are supported in the following HR functions: compensation, performance management, training, employee relations, leave administration, basic employment law, compliance, hiring, and onboarding. The incumbent must be proficient in organization, time management, prioritization, communication, attention to detail, collaboration, problem‑solving, and flexibility.

• Providing coaching and feedback to managers and employees
• Providing policy interpretation and administration
• Preparing and analyzing salary requests for equity and adherence to policy
• Receiving and investigating formal complaints and writing reports
• Reviewing disciplinary action documentation
• Reviewing and auditing scheduled reports
• Processing large amounts of deadline‑driven employment actions (hire, promotion, demotion, etc.)
• Administering hiring and onboarding processes to include creating job postings, screening applications, extending job offers, gathering documentation, and entering new hire information
• Responding to unemployment claims and representing the employer in hearings
• Organizing public safety departmental promotional testing
• Reviewing FMLA requests
• Administering quarterly random CDL and safety‑sensitive drug and alcohol testing

• Leading and facilitating supervisory training sessions on broad HR topics
• Speaking during internal and external meetings

• This job requires fingerprinting.
• This job may require some evening and/or weekend hours.

Grade: C41(1)

Salary Range: $60,995 – $70,907.

• Associate’s degree in human resources, business administration, finance, or a closely related field; AND
• Four years of progressively responsible experience in one or more of the stated specialty areas: compensation, performance management, training, employee relations, leave administration, basic employment law, compliance, hiring, onboarding; OR
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.
• Valid driver’s license from state of residency.

• Five years of progressively responsible, well‑rounded human resources experience, to include compensation, performance management, training, employee relations, leave administration, basic employment law, compliance, hiring, and onboarding.
• SHRM‑CP, PHR, SPHR, or a similar HR certification.

This position will collaborate with teammates to ensure the County and its assigned departments are supported in the following HR functions: compensation, performance management, training, employee relations, leave administration, basic employment law, compliance, hiring, and onboarding. The incumbent must be proficient in organization, time management, prioritization, communication, attention to detail, collaboration, problem‑solving, and flexibility.

• Providing coaching and feedback to managers and employees
• Providing policy interpretation and administration
• Preparing and analyzing salary requests for equity and adherence to policy
• Receiving and investigating formal complaints and writing reports
• Reviewing disciplinary action documentation
• Reviewing and auditing scheduled reports
• Processing large amounts of deadline‑driven employment actions (hire, promotion, demotion, etc.)
• Administering hiring and onboarding processes to include creating job postings, screening applications, extending job offers, gathering documentation, and entering new hire information
• Responding to unemployment claims and representing the employer in hearings
• Organizing public safety departmental promotional testing
• Reviewing FMLA requests
• Administering quarterly random CDL and safety‑sensitive drug and alcohol testing

• Leading and facilitating supervisory training sessions on broad HR topics
• Speaking during internal and external meetings

• This job requires fingerprinting.
• This job may require some evening and/or weekend hours.

Grade: C42(1)

Salary Range: $68,331 – $77,111.

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, finance, or a closely related field; AND
• T…