Do you enjoy discovering others’ passions and talents while helping them find a role where they can flourish? This is the job for you! As a Human Resource Analyst 1 for the Wayne County Human Services Agency, you will perform a variety of professional personnel administration functions. This supports the Aging, Children & Youth, Drug & Alcohol, Behavioral Health/Intellectual Disabilities, Early Intervention/Autism, County Transportation System, and other Human Services programs. Your work will help our dedicated teams hire the talented, compassionate, and qualified candidates needed to keep these vital programs and services running smoothly. Come join us and help make a positive impact in the Wayne County community!
This position supports personnel administration, including hiring, community outreach, and related processes, for a wide variety of human services programs. Our team will rely on you to help ensure processes are accurate, timely, and compliant with all requirements. As a Human Resource Analyst 1, you will perform the following duties:
- Staff Guidance: Supervise, assign and review work, and provide training and feedback for a Human Resource Assistant; explain hiring procedures and provide assistance to agency teams
- Personnel Record Oversight: Maintain, update, and ensure the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personnel records and related information
- Hiring Process Management: Prepare, review, and process personnel actions, correspondence, and related documentation for review; conduct research and provide recommendations to support effective operations
- Policy Guidance: Interpret county, state, and all relevant rules, regulations, policies, and procedures and ensure compliance throughout hiring and recruitment processes
- Recruitment Support: Coordinate job postings and outreach; represent the agency at job fairs; and collaborate with external partners to expand recruitment efforts and promote our opportunities
- Applicant Assistance: Respond to inquiries from applicants and the public about employment processes and available vacancies; help current employees with promotion applications and related actions
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are typically 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. Employee may have irregular hours, including evenings, weekends or holidays.
- Employee may have overnight travel or out of County travel for meetings or training.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- One year of experience in the performance of technical human resource duties; and a bachelor’s degree; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
Other Requirements:
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Legal Requirements:
- You must pass a background investigation.
- A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination and a drug screening.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
- Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.