Under direction, works as a strategic partner providing professional Human Resources support for a City department, and performs related duties as required.
Essential Duties:
Essential Duties:
- Reports directly to a HR Business Partner-Excluded assisting in the administration of Human Resources programs (e.g., recruitment, compensation, employee relations, talent management, workforce planning, Human Resources processing and records maintenance, etc.).
- Coordinates with department managers to effectively integrate Human Resources expertise into a department's operations ensuring alignment with strategic goals and objectives.
- Coordinates the department's staffing and personnel needs ensuring the optimization of talent and resources and assists in the development of the department's hiring plan and operating budget.
- Works with managers to coordinate the pre-intake process, interviewing, hiring and processing of departmental employees.
- Prepares the preparation and processing of personnel forms to initiate personnel actions (e.g., appointments, promotions, separations, leaves of absence, accidents, medical and drug screens, other personnel transactions).
- Maintains timekeeping records, processes and maintains payroll documents (e.g., v rolls, vacation checks, etc.).
- Interprets and responds to employee inquiries regarding benefits, pay and human resource programs and policies (e.g., FMLA, VESSA, LOA, COVID 19, etc.).
- Conducts onboarding/orientation, exit interviews and offboarding processes for department staff.
- Acts as liaison and partners with other City departments regarding the processing of personnel and payroll actions and the administration of Human Resources programs.
- Coordinates work efforts with the Department of Human Resources on matters relating to classification, recruitment/talent management, employee selection and hiring procedures, and other areas of human resource administration.
- Partners with the Department of Human Resources, facilitating conversations between managers and employees regarding accommodation requests.
- Responds to employee grievances and disciplinary cases.
- Works to ensure layoff processes are followed according to collective bargaining agreements.
- Assists in the preparation of the department's response to equal employment opportunity complaints and discrimination charges.
- Assists with Violence in the Workplace investigations.
- Coordinates special programs and/or projects.
- Keeps abreast of human resource policies, law changes, and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Prepares various reports on Human Resources and payroll activities for use by management.
- May supervise staff engaged in performing personnel and payroll functions.
- May serve in a specialized function for the department (e.g., facilities manager, telecommunications liaison).