Recruitment Specialist

Description

The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for a Recruitment Specialist to assist in the administration of full life cycle recruitment for full-time, part-time, temporary, and seasonal positions throughout the City. The Specialist assists departments through the selection processes, ensures that the established practices are consistently conducted in the selection of candidates while tracking the recruitment files, preparing and placing job postings, advertisements, and performing background checks. Experience working in the HR field and experience with NEOGOV is preferred. Work is high volume and fast paced. The successful candidate must possess good time management, attention to detail, critical thinking skills and the ability to multi-task.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the operations, services and activities of the Human Resource Development Department including position management, recruitment and selection, and records management.
• Responsible for assisting in the administration of the recruiting process by assisting departments throughout the selection process and monitoring compliance with applicable procedures. Screen applications, conduct background checks, and coordinate appointments for other screenings and testing. Prepare offer letters. Assist with compiling and preparing statistical data related to recruitment/selection efforts. Attend job fairs to promote the City’s job opportunities.
• Provide responsible staff assistance to the Human Resource Development Department; prepare and present reports and other necessary correspondence related to an assigned area.
• Compile, compose, prepare, type and distribute a variety of documents, letters, memorandums, statistical reports, notices, employee and applicant statistics, forms, etc.
• Interpret and explain policies and procedures for assigned area; respond to requests for information and assistance from employees, management staff, outside agencies and the general public.
• Make recommendations for improving the operational efficiency of the Human Resource Development Department; develop and recommend policies and procedures.
• Receive and update employee records.
• Maintain and modify the HRIS for assigned area; assist with evaluating and assessing new software products.
• Assist with monitoring procedures for assigned area to ensure compliance with federal, state and local codes, laws and regulations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
Two years of increasingly responsible experience in human resource administration or a related field.

Training:
Equivalent to an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, human resource management, public administration or a related field.

LICENSING & CERTIFICATIONS

Required:
None.

Preferred:
PHR certification.

TELEWORK REQUIRMENTS: After an initial training period, the selected candidate will need to have the ability to work remotely (which includes, but is not limited to: reliable phone, internet, secure confidential materials, etc.); city will provide laptop and other necessary tools required.

From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview and skills testing which may include, but is not limited to, Microsoft Excel and Proofreading with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background check and driving history check.

Health and Dental Insurance:
The City of Fayetteville Employee Healthcare Benefit Plan provides comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage while maintaining reasonable costs to employees. Coverage is available for all regular status employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Employees may also choose to cover eligible dependents. The premium is deducted on a pre-tax basis, with the City paying a portion of the premium. Qualifying employees are eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.

Employer Paid Leave
Paid Vacation: Employees earn vacation leave beginning the first day of employment, however, they are not eligible to take leave for 6 months. Leave accruals are based upon the number of years of service and the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work.

Paid Holidays: The City of Fayetteville observes 11 paid holidays per calendar year. The approved holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 2 days at Thanksgiving and 2 days at Christmas.

Sick / Funeral Leave: Regular employees earn sick leave in proportion to the number of hours they are scheduled to work per week. Sick leave accruals begin the first day of employment. Sick leave can also be taken for deaths in your extended family. Sick leave hours accumulate without limits and may be used toward credible service upon retirement from the NC Local Government Retirement System.

Retirement:
The City assists our employees in securing their financial future during retirement by participating in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, administered by the State of North Carolina. Regular status employees, scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week, become members in the retirement system upon employment. As a member of this system, employees are required to contribute 6 percent of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis.

Deferred Compensation Plans:
To further assist employees in saving for retirement, the City offers two supplemental retirement savings programs. These programs offer employees an opportunity to save a portion of their salary on a tax-deferred basis to supplement their retirement benefit. The programs offered are 401(k) Supplemental Retirement Income Plan and the ICMA 457 Plan.

Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits:
Realizing that each employee may have different insurance needs, the City offers its employees the opportunity to supplement City-provided benefits by selecting from the benefits listed below. These benefits are offered at employee's expense through payroll deduction:

• Term Life Insurance (Pre-tax basis first $50,000 for employees)
• Dependent Term Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Universal Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance (Pre-tax basis)
• Disability Insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Reimbursement Account (Pre-tax basis)