HR OFFICER III

GRADE

17

LOCATION OF POSITION

MDH, Harford County Health Department, Bel Air, MD

Main Purpose of Job

This position performs advanced professional human resources work for the Harford County Health Department and serves as a supervisor over assigned HR functions and staff engaged in personnel transactions, recruitment, classification support, and related human resources operations. The position functions as a senior HR generalist and technical resource responsible for independently administering and advising on recruitment and selection, classification and compensation support, position description development, employee relations, performance management, leave and benefits coordination, personnel transactions, records management, and related State Personnel Management System functions. This position provides day-to-day work direction, training, quality review, and coordination of assigned staff or team activities, exercising full supervisory authority. The work supports the agency's ability to recruit, retain, and manage a qualified workforce in compliance with State law, regulation, and policy. Responsibilities also include working on core competencies to ensure health equity in developing programs and/or in the delivery of public health services by identifying and removing barriers and supporting systems that help people from disadvantaged communities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Experience: Seven years of experience, three 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, employee relations, or 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, 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 three 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 up to six years of 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.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The preferred candidate should possess: Experience managing recruitment and hiring activities for State or public-sector positions, including preparing JobAps postings, screening applications, coordinating interviews, and processing hiring transactions in Workday or a comparable HRIS. Experience preparing and reviewing position descriptions, reclassification requests, non-competitive promotion requests, salary determinations, and other classifications or compensation documents for State or public-sector positions. Experience advising supervisors and managers on employee and labor relations matters, including disciplinary issues, leave administration, grievances, performance concerns, and application of HR policy and procedure. Experience processing and monitoring personnel transactions in Workday or a comparable HRIS, including appointments, separations, transfers, leave actions, and compliance with required HR documentation and deadlines. Experience administering or advising on attendance and leave matters, including FMLA, sick and safe leave, telework-related leave issues, in a public-sector HR setting. Experience independently interpreting and applying Maryland State Personnel and Pensions Article, COMAR Title 17, DBM policies, and MDH human resources policies in a public-sector human resources setting.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

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.

SELECTION PROCESS

Applicants who meet the minimum (and selective) qualifications will be included in further evaluation. The evaluation may be a rating of your application based on your education, training and experience as they relate to the requirements of the position. Therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all related education, experience, dates and hours of work. Clearly indicate your college degree and major on your application, if applicable. For education obtained outside the U.S., any job offer will be contingent on the candidate providing an evaluation for equivalency by a foreign credential evaluation service prior to starting employment (and may be requested prior to interview). Complete applications must be submitted by the closing date. Information submitted after this date will not be added. Incorrect application forms will not be accepted. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Candidates may remain on the certified eligible list for a period of at least one year. The resulting certified eligible list for this recruitment may be used for similar positions in this or other State agencies.

BENEFITS

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Online applications are highly recommended. However, if you are unable to apply online, the paper application (and supplemental questionnaire) may be submitted to MDH, Recruitment and Selection Division, 201 W. Preston St., Room 114-B, Baltimore, MD 21201. Paper application materials must be received by 5 pm, close of business, on the closing date for the recruitment, no postmarks will be accepted. If additional information is required, the preferred method is to upload. If you are unable to upload, please fax the requested information to 410-333-5689. Only additional materials that are required will be accepted for this recruitment. All additional information must be received by the closing date and time. For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact the MDH Recruitment and Selection Division at 410-767-1251. If you are having difficulty with your user account or have general questions about the online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850 or Application.Help@maryland.gov. Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by calling: 410-767-1251 or MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258. We thank our Veterans for their service to our country. People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.