The Senior 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 eligible list for this recruitment may be used to fill current and future vacancies in a variety of human resources areas (Download PDF reader).
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.
- Principles and practices of establishing comparability, collecting and comparing salary data and benefit information, statistical sampling and analysis, and the structural, internal, and market influences affecting wage determinations
- Concepts, instructional methods, training aids and materials necessary for developing, implementing and evaluating training programs
- Methodology for determining reliability and validity of written, oral, and performance tests
- Methods for developing and evaluating special employment programs
- Interviewing practices, application forms and other screening and examining techniques
- Test construction, analysis, and evaluation
- Federal, state and local legislation and major court decisions pertaining to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs
- Socio-economic, language, and cultural barriers affecting minorities, women, and disadvantaged segments of the community
- Preparation and presentation of oral and written technical reports and research projects
- Principles and practices of administering contracts with employee organizations, processing grievances, and dealing with disciplinary matters
- Principles of supervision and training
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
- Exercise independent judgement and initiative
- Perform difficult and complex professional human resources work
- Collect and evaluate data; define and select alternatives; draw conclusions; formulate recommendations; and project consequences of recommendations
- Train and provide project direction to other professional, technical, and paraprofessional staff
- Develop, administer, analyze, and evaluate tests for a variety of occupations
- Speak and write effectively
- Plan and coordinate major projects
- Use information systems as a tool in the performance of human resources work
- Secure cooperation of operating officials in accepting and carrying out sound human resources management practices
- Function under stressful conditions and in emotional and/or confrontational situations requiring instructing, persuading and motivating people
Minimum Qualifications
Either: 1. Two years of experience in the class of Personnel Analyst or comparable class in Sacramento County Service,
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 closely related field, and three years of progressively responsible and difficult professional experience in human resources work.
Completion of a master's degree in a closely related field from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of the experience requirement.
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.
