Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Generalist - Academy Park

Monday - Friday

APSUE Employment Opportunity

General Statement:

This position is responsible for managing and coordinating various personnel processes for the Department of Human Resources. The incumbent is primarily responsible for coordinating and/or performing various tasks for hiring across the district. This will include, but not limited to, advertising, applicant screening, coordinating interviews with District administrators, reference checking and processing paperwork and computer data. This work is performed under the general direction of the Human Resources Administrator. Supervision is not typical of this class.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates hiring substitutes and home tutors in collaboration with senior staff;
• Ensures that all recommendations for substitutes and tutors meet the minimum education and fingerprint requirements before recommending for BOE approval;
• Completes Board of Education (BOE) recommendation form for new hires for BOE approval;
• Coordinates hiring CSDA personnel in collaboration with District Administrators;
• Coordinates interview process for approved applicants with senior staff;
• Ensures all recommendations are in compliance with NYS Education law, rules and regulations, NYS Civil Service Law, and Local Civil Service Rules;
• Coordinates the hiring of summer school personnel with the summer school principals;
• Receives recommendations for summer school coordinators for BOE approval;
• Ensures all required paperwork is completed an obtained from new employee and included in personnel file;
• Responsible for all aspects of tracking, recording and maintaining attendance for employees district wide;
• Collaborates with the Assistant Human Resources Administrator to develop and manage the District's new employee orientation program;
• Establishes a consistent process to ensure the new employees are familiar with the District's work environment personnel policies and procedures, their job description, employee benefits and other areas that impact their employment with the District;
• Assists the Assistant Human Resources Administrator with coordinating APSUE professional development;
• Coordinates District's participation in and prepares supplies for recruitment fairs;
• Updates required posters annually in Human Resources and buildings district wide;
• Assist the Human Resources Administrator in a variety of other Human Resource duties;
• Performs related work as required.

Requirements:

This is an Open Competitive Civil Service position for external and internal candidates.

Appropriate examination for this title is required for permanent appointment. For additional information and to apply for current Civil Service exams visit: https://jobs.albanyny.gov/exams

Minimum Qualifications:

A) Possession of an Associate’s Degree with one (1) year of full-time paid experience in a professional office setting; OR

B) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma with three (3) years full-time paid experience in an office environment.

Note: Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee.