Job Details

The authorized level of the position is Human Resources Specialist IV. Applications are being accepted down to the Human ResourcesSpecialist IIIin the event of recruiting difficulties.

Serves as team leader for a survey of personnel practices of an operating department, including negotiating with top departmental staff and management officials. This includes selection of sample, assignment of task to specific team members, coordinating their work, discussion and preparation of Report of Survey, following through to see that management and staff officials have clear understanding of problem areas and providing guidance and assistance in implementing recommendations accepted by management; or

Serves as subject matter specialist doing in-depth research, analysis and evaluation of personnel programs in the area of specialty, recommending procedural, policy or legislative changes to effect needed changes or improvements. Develops meaningful statistics in support of findings, prepares comprehensive reports and sees that necessary support in revision and classification of new or amended policies and/or procedures is provided.

Basic Education/Experience Requirements: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree. Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience below or any other progressively responsible administrative, professional or other analytical work experience which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities.

The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.

Experience Requirement: Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible work experience of the kind, quality, and quantity described.

1. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of fifteen semester credit hours of coursework in human resourcesadministration, management, and industrial relations or human resources management covering the recruitment and selection process; job evaluation; performance appraisal; employee training and safety; human resources compensation and benefits administration; staffing process; organizational development; labor laws and/or labor relations may be substituted for six (6) months of Specialized Experience.
2. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in human resources administration, personnel and industrial relations, or humanresources management may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.

3. A Ph.D. degree from an accredited college or university in one of the fields described above may be substituted for two (2) years of the Specialized Experience.
4. Excess Supervisory or Staff Specialist experience may be substituted for Specialized Experience on a year-for-year basis.

Quality of Experience: Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that applicant has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which s/he is being considered.

1. A copy of the applicant's TA History Report or equivalent system-generated report;

2. A signed letter from the applicant's supervisor that includes the applicant's name, his/her TA job title, the TA start and end dates (from mm/yy to mm/yy), his/her specific TA duties performed, and either the TA hours worked per week or total TA hours worked; or,

3. Copies of the applicant's signed SF-10 Forms.