Human Resources Analyst

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Why join the Contra Costa County Human Resources Department?

Are you passionate about making a tangible impact on both organizational success and public service? Contra Costa County is seeking dynamic individuals from diverse HR backgrounds to join our dedicated Human Resources team.

As part of our team of over 50 professionals spread across four divisions, you'll collaborate closely with the County Administrator's Office and 27 County departments. Our aim? To deliver top-notch HR services that drive employee satisfaction, organizational growth, and community impact. We strive to recruit motivated, forward-thinking, results-driven HR staff.

We're on the lookout for solution-oriented, adaptable professionals who enjoy tackling challenges in a team setting. If you're analytical, data-driven, and adept at crafting innovative solutions, we want to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Analytical and data driven. You will conduct job analysis to develop employment assessments and ensure that positions are properly classified and allocated.
• Creative! You will need to be able to understand the challenges faced in hiring processes and recommend innovative ways to ensure the best qualified candidates are available for our hiring managers.
• Customer-focused. Your role will require you to be responsive and proactive when addressing internal customer needs.
• A strong relationship builder with excellent communication skills. You will need to establish relationships across many departments, and ensure that a consistent message is communicated to a variety of audiences.
• Organized and results-driven. You will need to balance multiple assignments and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What you will typically be responsible for:

• Conducting job analysis, organizing recruitment activities, developing and administering employment assessments, and analyzing results, in order to provide well-qualified candidates to hiring departments.
• Conducting compensation and classification analysis and making recommendations regarding the appropriateness of salaries and allocation of positions within the classification system; evaluating the appropriateness of organizational structures; preparing related documents and board orders for the Board of Supervisors agenda.
• Helping to develop strategies to create career ladders, increase employee engagement, improve employee retention, and craft an inclusive organizational culture.
• Providing guidance and interpretation to County departmental human resources staff on human resources policies, procedures, rules, and regulations, and on workforce planning, organizational design, and development.

A few reasons you might love this job:

• Your work will have a direct impact on the County's ability to provide important public services.
• You will be challenged daily.
• You will work with people who are passionate about their work, and focused on continuous improvement and innovation.
• You will have ample learning opportunities that will allow you to develop your skills and abilities, as well as contribute to the learning of other HR staff members.

A few challenges you might face in this job:

• You will work on multiple assignments with competing deadlines.
• Your customers will include some people with strong personalities and/or high expectations.
• You will need to learn to navigate through complex and sometimes conflicting rules, policies or labor agreements in order to assist others in reaching operational objectives in ways that stay within the boundaries of the merit system.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may remain in effect for six months.

Read the complete job description online here:

Remote Work Eligibility: This position is eligible to work remotely no more than 50% of each workweek. However, in the short term, the HR Analyst is expected to be in the office daily for the first 4 weeks. Future remote work arrangements may be discussed after hire…