DC Department of Human Resources · 6 hours ago
Human Resources Specialist
DC Department of Human Resources is seeking a Human Resources Specialist to provide personnel and management advisory services to support programmatic operations. The role involves coordinating HR activities, ensuring compliance with regulations, and making recommendations for recruitment strategies to improve employee retention.
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Responsibilities
Coordinate human resource activities with other offices to ensure the smooth operation of incoming and outgoing staff
Ensure the accurate preparation and processing of a variety of management documents, and ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, policies, rules, and requirements
Analyze trends in mission and functions, available skills, attrition, turnover, and affirmative action needs in order to make recommendations for recruitment strategies to meet short- and long-range needs, and to provide proactive recommendations for improvements to counteract employee turnover
Participate in establishing staff goals and objectives, determining priorities, developing plans, and setting performance standards relative to personnel activities
Participate in the preparation and issuing of staffing patterns and personnel status reports
Monitor and evaluate routine operations and special activities for efficiency, effectiveness and compliance with policies and procedures
Review and assist in the development of position descriptions
Prepare vacancy announcements for processing in ASMP PeopleSoft
Research and interpret and apply various pertinent laws and standards including District and Federal regulations and procedures relative to personnel matters and administrative issues/problems
Confer with the District Department of Human Resources on matters related to position classification, staffing and employee relations, as well as the day to day routine processing of personnel actions
Review all personnel action requests, request for advanced leave, leave without pay and selection certificates to assure adherence and compliance with the procedural requirements and conformance with goals and objectives of the agency
Respond to inquiries received by the office, exercising diplomacy, tact and sound judgement in releasing or withholding information relative to the activities of the agency
Qualification
Required
Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the CS-9 grade level or its non-District equivalent gained from the private or public sector
Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position
Company
DC Department of Human Resources
At the District of Columbia’s Department of Human Resources, we believe that people are the heart of public service.