Human Resources Officer #24-004916-0004

Human Resources Officer

Garrett County Department of Social Services is recruiting for a Full-time Human Resources Officer II $57,095.00 - $75,600.00/year with potential growth up to $95,449.00/year 

Duties: The main purpose of this position is to manage and oversee Human Resources and provide a full range of human resources related duties at the advanced level to the Garrett County Department of Social Services (GCDSS). This position ensures GCDSS is compliant with federal/state laws and policies/procedures as dictated by the agency, The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and the Department of Human Services, Human Resources Development and Training (DHS/HRDT). This position will advise management and support staff on a variety of employment issues including but not limited to recruitment and retention, employer/employee relations, classification and compensation, employment services, benefits administration, and staff training.

Minimum Qualifications:

EXPERIENCE: Six years and six months of experience, two years and six months 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, 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 and 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 two years and six months 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.