HR OFFICER III

Introduction

The
Maryland Military Department is looking for a candidate to fill our HR Officer
III position! Join a dynamic team and embark on a career with great benefits,
pension, generous leave, a competitive salary, and opportunities for
professional growth! The selected candidate will work on a compressed schedule
Tuesday
- Friday, 6:30am to 5:00pm and will have free parking available at the
Fifth Regiment Armory.

17
- Exempt

Fifth Regiment Armory
29th Division St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

The State Personnel HR Officer plays a major role in the Miliary Departments mission of being ready to respond to support requirements of our State and Nation with a highly qualified team of Soldiers, Airmen, Civilians and Volunteer Forces, by providing high level customer service in all areas of Human Resources services. This HR team serves over 200 regular and contractual State employees and over 4,000 National Guard members when activated.

The primary responsibility of this position is to perform a wide and diverse range of HR generalist functions and professional tasks to support the Human Resource services provided to all the programs under the Maryland Military Department and their staff. This position will also manage the Payroll and Timekeeping department.

This position involves supervising the Payroll Manager and Agency Timekeeper. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the seamless operation and compliance of various HR processes, as well as managing the Payroll and Timekeepers' adherence to all relevant laws, policies, and guidelines.

Duties for this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Process Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and other medical leave events.
• Collaborate with IWIF (Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund) representatives to resolve any worker injury reports and advocate for both the employee and organization.
• Serve as an agency Timekeeper Approver.
• Function as an HR Generalist, performing full cycle recruitment, agency benefit coordination, and agency retirement coordination.
• Perform Employee Relation functions, to include investigatory interviews and drafting recommendation memos.

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:
1. 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.
2. 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…