HR Officer II

• Research all issues involving employer employee relations.
• Determine appropriate classification for new or evolving positions.
• Reinforces staff knowledge of new and existing policies and procedures in order to ensure maximum individual and unit performance in accordance with federal state and local laws policies and procedures as it relates to HR.
• Recruitment of permanent special appointment and contractual positions create vacancy notices and local advertisements review applications to determine if applicants meet qualifications.
• Acts as the agency timekeeper.

Applicants must meet all minimum (and selective) qualifications to be considered and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Experience:Six years and six months of experience two years and six months of professional HR experience involving recruitment and employment services classification and compensationemployee relations test development and validation jobanalysis 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 test development andvalidation or as a generalist.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute paraprofessional personnel workexperience on a year-for-year basis for up to four years of therequired experience. Paraprofessional personnel work is defined as work involving the application of public sectorpersonnel procedures policies rules andregulations 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 and counseling employees regardingbenefits and obligations and responding to inquiries concerning employment procedures.

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelorsdegree from an accredited college or university and two years and six months of professional HR experienceinvolving recruitment and employment services classificationand compensation employee relations test development andvalidation 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 resourcesmanagement business administration public administrationstatistics tests and measurements psychology or a relatedfield for up to six years of the required experience.

may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in humanresources management classifications or human resourcesmanagement specialty codes in the human resourcesmanagement field of work on a year-for-year basis for therequired experience.

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.

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 operators license valid in the State of Maryland.