Feb 04, 2025

Personnel Analyst

Full time Government Human Resources

Job Description

The class of Personnel Analyst performs a wide variety of professional level duties in the areas of recruitment, selection, classification, salary administration, equal employment opportunity, employee/labor relations, employee development, training, and other human resources programs.
 
The Personnel Analyst differs from other analytical classes, such as the Administrative Services Officer by its emphasis on human resources administration rather than general administrative responsibilities. It is distinguished from the Labor Relations (formerly titled Employee Relations) series by the latter's emphasis on the County's labor relations program.

Knowledge of

  • Principles of public sector human resources administration
  • Principles and methods of position classification, examination development, job analysis and organization in the public sector; accepted practices to determine job content, evaluate complexity and difficulty of job duties, and identify required skills, knowledge and abilities
  • Principles and techniques of job analysis, position classification, and examination construction
  • Methods of presenting training material to groups
  • Methods for obtaining and evaluating salary and total compensation data
  • Basic uses of information systems as a tool in the performance of human resources functions
  • Principles of employee selection
  • Basic statistical methods used in selection and other human resources programs
  • Communication skills and techniques used for gathering, evaluating, and transmitting information
  • Techniques for interviewing, counseling and instructing, and facilitating group discussions
  • Operate a variety of office equipment such as computers, scanners, copiers, faxes, etc.

Ability to

  • Understand, interpret and apply human resources laws, rules, regulations, standards, and procedures
  • Interpret and apply equal opportunity laws, civil service regulations, and provisions of contracts, ordinances, and negotiated agreements and other regulations or policies relating to human resources
  • Identify and describe problems
  • Analyze, compare, prioritize and evaluate complex data
  • Develop and evaluate alternative solutions, and identify consequences of decisions and recommendations
  • Present data clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, to convey concepts and/or conclusions
  • Prepare technical reports and research
  • Speak effectively to groups
  • Meet time deadlines
  • Work under pressure and deal with emotional and/or confrontational situations

Minimum Qualifications

Either: 1. One year of experience in the class of Personnel Technician (formerly titled Personnel Assistant) in Sacramento County service, 
And
Completion of 60 semester (90 quarter) units from an accredited college or university. (Note: An additional (2) two years of experience performing the duties of a Personnel Technician, formerly Personnel Assistant, in Sacramento County Service, may substitute for the above educational requirement).

Or: 2. Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, human resources management, psychology, labor relations or a closely related field,
And
One year of professional experience in human resources work. Completion of a master's degree in a closely related field from an accredited college or university in one of the above areas of study may substitute for the experience requirement.

Or: 3. Satisfactory completion of at least one year of service as a student intern in Sacramento County service in an area of assignment including classification and pay, test validation and development, employee/labor relations, compensation, organizational/human resources management, affirmative action, and/or recruitment and selection.
And
Completion of a Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, human resources management, psychology, sociology, labor relations or a closely related field.


Application

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Click here to apply or go to SacCountyJobs.net.