What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Recruiter position at City of Jacksonville, FL?
Job Description
Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!
The Employee Services Department is actively seeking an HR Recruiter.
Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.
This is professional human resources work developing recruiting plans, employing traditional sourcing strategies, and furthering the City’s commitment to a diverse workforce that is reasonably representative of the community. Work requires a thorough understanding and application of human resources management theories, principles, methods, and practices which is usually gained through degree granting schools or equivalent experience. May schedule, assign, monitor, and review the work of others. Contacts with others require skill in understanding and influencing people and are important in providing human resources services, discussing, and resolving work-related issues and problems, and presenting and defending recommendations and decisions. Persuasiveness or assertiveness and sensitivity to other’s points of views are often required to influence behavior, change an opinion, achieve consensus, or turn a situation around. These skills are important in providing human resources recruiting services, discussing, and resolving work-related issues and problems, and presenting and defending recommendations and decisions. Work is covered by clearly defined policies and principles and the incumbent is required to exercise judgment in search of new solutions or applications to accomplish stated objectives. Work is performed mainly in an office environment, but fieldwork may be required in areas where there are some risks and hazards which are known, predictable, and controllable. Operates a motor vehicle and personal computers, calculators, scanners, and other standard office equipment. Physical demands are minimal but may occasionally require lifting and moving light objects. Work is performed under limited supervision where the work assignments are subject to established procedures, practices, precedents, methods, techniques, or well-defined policies; the worker plans and organizes the work and determines priorities; and the work is generally reviewed upon completion for technical accuracy, acceptability of results, quality, and timeliness.Examples of Work
- Recruits for hard to fill positions, key positions, and underutilized classifications to further the City’s commitment to a diverse workforce that is reasonably representative of the community.
- Develops recruiting plans for underutilized classifications and hard to fill positions.
- Works with the HR Business Partners in identifying barriers and opportunities for the underutilized classifications.
- Builds partnerships with high schools, colleges, universities, and other organizations to attract and build talent pools to fill jobs.
- Markets and promotes a consistent and effective brand for the agency and develops cost effective methods for recruiting candidates utilizing traditional and social media methods.
- Conducts regular follow-up with managers to determine the effectiveness of recruitment plans and implementation.
- Understands the business strategy and drivers and creates a productive partnership with assigned departments.
- Reviews, researches, and processes a variety of human resources actions and advises agencies and departments of recommended disposition or necessary action.
- Partners with managers to ensure consistent and market-appropriate decisions are made in the promotion and salary processes.
- Conducts job audits to determine proper classification of work, FLSA and EEO status, collective bargaining unit, and salary grade.
- Develops and revises job specifications.
- Conducts and reviews compensation related issues as required.
- Assists in the analysis and implementation of the organization’s compensation strategy as required.
- Coordinates reductions in force with affected departments to include proper application of layoff procedures and employee placement efforts.
- Develops and recommends revisions to human resources programs, systems, policies, guidelines, rules, regulations, methods, techniques, and procedures.
- Prepares correspondences, reports, policies and procedures, spreadsheets, graphs, and statistical analyses.
- Compiles and analyzes data using quantitative and statistical analysis techniques.
- Operates standard office equipment such as a personal computer using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and related software applications.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville’s competencies.
- Performs related work as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of human resources management theories, principles, methods, and practices.
- Knowledge of human resources policies, procedures, systems, processes, and laws and regulations.
- Knowledge of principles of government organization and administration.
- Knowledge of principles of customer service.
- Knowledge of quantitative and statistical analysis techniques.
- Skill in the application of auditing, research, and statistical techniques to human resources functions.
- Skill in applying job evaluation, classification, and compensation analysis and administration techniques, methodologies, and practices.
- Ability to develop recruiting plans for underutilized classifications and hard to fill positions.
- Ability to build partnerships with high schools, colleges, universities, and other organizations to attract and build talent pools to fill jobs.
- Ability to market and promote a consistent and effective brand for the agency and will develop cost effective methods for recruiting candidates utilizing traditional and social media methods.
- Ability to research, analyze, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Ability to develop, recommend, and administer human resources programs and systems.
- Ability to compile and analyze data using quantitative and statistical analysis techniques.
- Ability to read, understand, interpret, analyze, apply, and administer provisions of collective bargaining agreements, Civil Service and Personnel Rules and Regulations, and employment laws and regulations.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment such as a personal computer using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and related software applications.
- Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
- Ability to perform mathematical calculations.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to perform independently a wide variety of assigned tasks.
Open Requirements/Supplemental Information
- Seven years of education and/or human resources experience with at least two years of professional recruiting experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field is preferred.
- PHR is preferred.
- A valid Driver's license is required prior to appointment and must be maintained during employment in this class.
- May be required to furnish an automobile for use on City business for which mileage reimbursement will be paid.
- Must qualify for prior to appointment, obtain, and maintain during employment in this class a City of Jacksonville certification as a public driver.
- The probationary period for this class is one year.
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Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and the family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements, in employment and are encouraged to apply for positions being filled.
If claiming veteran's preference, you must attach a DD-214 (Member Form-4 copy) or military discharge papers, or equivalent certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs listing military status, dates of service and character of discharge. You must also attach the Veterans Preference Certification Form and if applicable, the additional forms as noted here: http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference.
If a candidate believes he or she was not afforded veteran’s preference, he or she may file a written complaint, within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of notification of the hiring decision, requesting an investigation to:
Florida Department of Veterans Affairs
Attention: Veterans’ Preference Coordinator
11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K
Largo, FL 33778-1630
Email: VeteransPreference@fdva.state.fl.us
