Human Resources Analyst A-C HR Specialist

LDAF cares about the well-being of its employees! We offer a fully employer-funded Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing valuable support and resources to help you and your household members thrive at work and at home. The EAP is also free for all members of your household.

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

Job Duties
This position serves as the technical specialist of a comprehensive Human Resources Program. The incumbent assists with providing for the efficient and effective operation of the total human resources function for an extremely complex and highly visible state department under the rules and regulations of the Department of Civil Service state and federal rules regulations and guidelines and policies and procedures of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

This technical specialist level position provides one-stop-shop services encompassing employee administration (personnel administration and payroll) benefits and staffing for LDAF employees.

• Independently evaluates initiates and processes personnel actions.
• Coordinates and processes all new hires personnel actions (promotions transfers reassignments) separations LaGov HCM.
• Serves as primary contact for receiving and resolving Employee Administration issues/problems for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Prepares the recruitment budget for review and approval each semester.
• Responsible for posting vacancy announcements on external recruitment sources and communicating with applicants on the status of their submitted applications.
• Assist hiring managers who wish to advertise vacancies via external sources such as newspapers internet sites message boards social media professional journals etc.
• Completes necessary entries in LaGov benefits portal HRBEN0001.
• Run review and research various benefit reports daily to ensure any errors or issues are resolved as quickly as possible.
• Counsels employees concerning the various employee benefits and benefits options; ensures that employees are informed of all new programs and available coverage within existing programs; assists employees in the proper completion and filing of various benefits forms etc.
• Enrolls and orients new employees with the Department concerning the total benefits package.

• Full-time This position may be filled by probation or by promotion of a classified employee of Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry serving with permanent status.
• Applicants who are not permanent employees of Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will be required to serve a probationary period up to 24 months.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education).Resumes willnotbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.