Personnel Technician-Confidential

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

Will have a proven track record demonstrating the following knowledge skills and abilities:

WorkingKnowledgeof:

• Office administrative and clerical processes and procedures associated with Human Resources functions/Personnel staff and which may involve independent judgement and require accuracy and speed.
• The general principles and practices of personnel administration in any of the following areas including recruitment selection classification compensation and Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action.
• Business English usage including grammar rules of punctuation spelling and vocabulary in order to format business correspondence and write reports.
• The use and operation of common office equipment including copy machines personal computer and related software applications i.e. Windows Microsoft Word Excel Outlook and/or PowerPoint fax etc. and the application of automated data processing to business office operations. Computerized personnel systems.
• Principles and practices of public relations and customer services.
• Recordkeeping alpha/numeric filing and other database/filing practices and procedures.
• Basic arithmetic and elementary statistics principles and concepts.
• Clerical practices and procedures.

Some Knowledge of:

SkillsandAbilityto:

• Establish and maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with departments employees HR staff peers subordinates applicants other external agencies and members of the public. Gain cooperation from people over whom one has no authority.
• Organize and schedule work set priorities adjust to changing workloads and meet critical and /or changing deadlines or priorities under pressure perform a variety of duties requiring good judgment and problemsolving skills and follow up on assignment with minimum of directions as knowledge skills and abilities are developed through experience. Manage multiple interruptions while still completing projects or works assignments. Pay attention to detail.
• Identify and recognize problems of a sensitive or political nature. Evaluate and resolve potentially sensitive issues through discussion and persuasion in order to gain concurrence and cooperation. Use tact and discretion; exercise good judgement and problemsolving skills and initiative in making decisions; understand limits of own authority.
• Understand organizational and political implications of decisions. Understand and recognize hen to refer sensitive and/or politically charged issues to superiors that are not within scope of own authority and responsibility.
• Maintain confidential files and confidentiality of privileged information. Set up and maintain complex complete and accurate records files and/or other database filing systems. Effectively organize and maintain recruitment applicant test classification employee and/or benefits files documents and fiscal data.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Compose and/or edit correspondence independently or from brief instructions. Prepare and present oral and written material clearly concisely and effectively to groups and individuals. Understand carry out and/or provide complex oral and written instructions.
• Compile research interpret and analyze a variety of informational materials and data issues and problems; prepare or develop information or reports; and recommend and/or implement appropriate action as directed. Identify and refer office administrative or other situations and problems to superiors as necessary.
• Read understand interpret apply and explain complex County State and Federal Human Resources policies ordinances and procedures laws rules and regulations.
• Dependent upon position assignment some positions may be required to plan schedule coordinate and publicize a variety of personnelrelated group activities such as examinations training programs job fairs and employee insurance enrollment functions.
• Operate standard office equipment word processing equipment or personal computer to input access and print data and reports. Learn to use the complex software required to operate the County Applicant Tracking System email and the Internet.
• Some positions may be required to coordinate resources and activities of others and work with a variety of County department and staff as required.

Veterans and their widows/ers who within the past five years have served on active duty for 30 or more days in a 1 national or State military emergency or 2 military expedition for which a medal was authorized may be eligible for Veterans Preference Points. To apply veterans must submit an Application for Veterans Preference with their application materials by the final filing date.

Application and Selection Procedures