Senior Personnel Analyst
hace 14 días
Sacramento
The City of Sacramento Human Resources Department, Employment Services Division is seeking a knowledgeable, analytical, and motivated human resources professional to join our team as a Senior Personnel Analyst. This position serves as the supervisory-level classification within the Personnel Analyst series and is responsible for providing technical leadership, oversight, training, and support to lower-level personnel staff. The incumbent plans, assigns, reviews, and evaluates work; assists with staff development; provides guidance on complex personnel matters; and helps ensure the consistent application of Civil Service Rules, labor agreements, policies, procedures, and employment laws. This position performs advanced professional-level analytical work involving classification and compensation studies, job analysis, workforce research, policy interpretation, examination development, organizational analysis, and strategic workforce planning. Primary responsibilities include conducting complex job audits and salary surveys; preparing and revising class specifications; analyzing compensation relationships and workforce data; interpreting and applying Civil Service Rules, labor agreements, policies, and employment laws; and preparing detailed reports, recommendations, correspondence, and presentations for executive management, departments, labor representatives, and the Sacramento Civil Service Board. The position is regularly assigned the division's more complex and sensitive projects and serves as a subject matter expert in multiple personnel program areas. The Senior Personnel Analyst serves as a strategic business partner to assigned departments, providing consultation and guidance on a wide range of employment-related issues, including staffing strategies, recruitment and retention challenges, classification and compensation matters, organizational changes, workforce planning, and policy interpretation. Additional responsibilities include overseeing and supporting recruitment and selection activities; coordinating recruitments; evaluating applications; developing examinations; responding to appeals; analyzing program effectiveness and workforce trends; leading special projects and process improvement initiatives; collaborating with internal and external stakeholders; and delivering exceptional customer service in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. The ideal candidate values diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and possesses exceptional analytical, research, problem-solving, and communication skills. They will have experience independently conducting complex research and analysis related to classification and compensation, recruitment and selection processes, job analysis, examination development, organizational structure, workforce planning, and other human resources programs. Under general direction, the Senior Personnel Analyst performs advanced journey level professional personnel work in the development, implementation, and administration of the City's personnel programs including, but not limited to: recruitment, selection, classification, salary administration, benefits administration, training, career development, retirement, organizational development, and inclusion programs. The Senior Personnel Analyst consults with and advises management on a variety of complex matters. The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices. Plans, prioritizes, and reviews the work of professional, technical, and clerical staff assigned to support daily operations of the department. Develops schedules and methods to accomplish assignments ensuring work is completed in a timely and efficient manner. Provides direct supervision over professional, technical and clerical staff including assigning, directing, training and evaluating subordinate staff; performs evaluations and recommends discipline. Assists in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities; evaluates programs and projects and recommends and implements policy and procedure changes to improve effectiveness; plans and reviews the work of professional, technical, and clerical employees in a variety of personnel programs. Plans and coordinates recruitments; determines labor market and length of recruitment; prepares job bulletins and recruitment information; determines and places advertising in appropriate media; coordinates participation in career and job fairs; and reviews and evaluates applications; determines appropriate written, oral, and or performance examination programs; develops, evaluates and validates selection instruments; supervises the administration and scoring of examinations and the establishment of eligible lists. Knowledge of advanced principles and practices of personnel administration; principles, methods, and procedures utilized in recruitment and selection, position classification, organization structure, salary administration, benefit administration, training programs, and retirement programs; test construction, analysis, and evaluation; methodology for determining reliability and validity of written, oral, and performance tests; interviewing practices, screening and examining techniques; socio-economic, language, and cultural barriers affecting minorities, women, and disadvantaged segments of the community; methods for developing and evaluating special employment programs; principles and practices of administering contracts with employee organizations, processing grievances, and dealing with disciplinary matters; principles of supervision; applicable Federal and State laws and regulations; statistical concepts and methods; principles of effective organization, administration, and management; technical and analytical report writing; special needs of diverse populations; community resources; computers and computer applications. Skill in use of computers and computer applications and software. Ability to perform difficult and complex human resources work, ensuring compliance with City policies and procedures, local, state and federal laws and regulations; analyze systems, administrative and management practices and identify opportunities for improvement; analyze situations quickly and objectively, apply appropriate elements of decision-making and determine the proper course of action; value customers and co-workers through provision of excellent customer service; consistently apply concepts, laws, methods, techniques, approaches, and other guidelines of professional work in the human resources field; use initiative and good judgment; meet deadlines; plan and review the work of professional, technical and clerical staff; communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing; collect, compile, analyze, and interpret information and data; prioritize and complete professional personnel work in assigned area; interpret and explain City personnel programs and policies to employees and the public; effectively promote programs for diversity in the workplace; secure cooperation of operating officials in accepting and carrying out sound human resources management practices; train and provide project direction and supervision to other professional, technical and clerical staff; function under challenging conditions and/or confrontational situations requiring instructing, persuading and motivating people; obtain and maintain eligibility to handle confidential materials, including medical, financial, and personnel records. Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: Experience: Three years of professional-level human resources management experience in the areas of recruitment/selection, classification and compensation, career development, and/or benefit and retirement programs. Experience in a public-sector agency is preferred. -AND- Education/Training: Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business or public administration, human resources, or closely related field. Substitution: A Master's degree may substitute for one of the three years of experience. Additional qualifying professional-level experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Proof of education should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment. Unofficial documents and/or copies are acceptable. An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States must have education records evaluated by a credential's evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment. The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. Environment: Standard office setting; some travel from site to site. Physical: Sufficient physical ability to work in an office setting and operate office equipment. Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents. Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction. Please note, the City of Sacramento's preferred method of communication with applicants is via e-mail. As such, please ensure you verify the e-mail address on your application, and check your e-mail frequently, including your spam and junk folders. All e-mail notifications can also be accessed through the governmentjobs.com applicant inbox. 1. Application: (Pass/Fail) All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application for further consideration by the next posted cut-off date; • Employment applications must be submitted online; paper applications will not be accepted., • Employment applications will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified: If applicants do not list current and past job-related experience in the duties area of the "Work Experience" section. Note: Qualifying experience is based on full-time experience (40 hours per week). Qualifying experience is calculated to the full-time equivalent (pro-rated if less than 40 hours/week)., • If "see resume" is noted in the "Work Experience" section; a resume will not substitute for the information required in the "Work Experience" section., • Position/job titles will not be considered in determining eligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications for this position., • Proof of education such as, but not limited to, university/college transcripts and degrees should be submitted online with your application. Proof of education will be required at time of appointment. 1. Supplemental Questionnaire: (Pass/Fail) In addition to the City of Sacramento employment application, all applicants must complete and submit online responses to the supplemental questionnaire to the City of Sacramento Employment Office as part of the application process ; • Responses to the supplemental questionnaire must be submitted online; paper questionnaire will not be accepted., • Incomplete supplemental questionnaire will not