Hr Officer I

• Assemble requisite materials to complete the full span of personnel action (e.g., appointments, non-competitive promotions, reclassifications, and terminations); evaluate MS-22 to determine if benchmark reclassification is appropriate.; review applications to determine eligibility for non-competitive promotions; review Vacancy Downgrade series list and evaluate if it is applicable to vacant positions; respond to inquiries by the public and in-house employees regarding the employment process (i.e., promotional opportunities, examinations, and recruitment procedures).
• Maintain current job posting board for job vacancies and test announcements; compose and disseminate recruitment announcement, and when necessary, place job advertisements and announcements; advise management and employees regarding grievances, disciplinary actions, and appeals; provide guidance and direction to staff regarding the interpretation, understanding and application of personnel policies/regulations.
• Interpret and apply HR related laws, regulations, policies and procedures relevant to SPMS; conduct new State and County employee orientation sessions on a group or one-on-one basic, collecting needed documentation and completing requisite paperwork; serve as the agency's first-line Health and Retirement Benefits Coordinator, disseminating benefit information, researching and responding to inquiries regarding these benefits, completing enrollment of application paperwork, coordinating in-house health benefit fairs, etc.
• Complete worker's compensation claims through IWIF's web site; Liaison between local office and physicians to ensure proper handling of worker's compensation claims; handle necessary follow-up activity with the State and County; maintain accurate IWIF filings for proper record keeping.

Applicants must meet all minimum (and selective) qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Experience: Six years of experience, two 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, employer relations, 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 and 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 two 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 for the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute the possession of thirty graduate credit hours from an accredited college or university in the fields of HR/personnel administration, human resources management, business administration, public administration, statistics, tests and measurements, psychology or a related field for the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned OFFICER In human resources management classifications or human resources management specialty codes in the human resources management field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Limited to Current State of Maryland Employees.

1. Employees in this classification are required to obtain certification in State Personnel Management System policies and procedures and in the functionality of the Statewide Personnel System from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits, Maryland Department of Budget and Management within six months from the time of appointment to the position. Employees are also required to obtain recertification every six months thereafter.

2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.