Specialist, Employee Performance

When you join The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH), you are working to promote a healthy Georgia by implementing solutions and driving innovation. We are a hybrid government agency that believes in effective communication, a commitment to customer service, working as a team, and being accountable for our individual and collective success.

The Performance & Engagement Specialist will work under the direction of the Talent Development & Engagement Team supporting the agency’s effort to connect, engage, and develop employees across the organization.

This specialist will support five (5) key areas:

• Onboarding Experience – This includes hosting New Employee Orientation, facilitating the New Employee Engagement Experience, and data analysis.
• Employee Experience – This includes launching biannual bulse surveys sharing feedback with the organization, and managers while reporting on actionable ways to improve the employee experience.
• Performance Management - This includes serving as SME, administering the HRIS Talent Management portal. This also involves assuring compliance with the agency performance management policy and performance appraisal expectations.
• Recognition & Rewards – This involves conducting two annual engagement initiatives to recognize employee performance.

The Engagement & Performance Specialist will carry out strategic goals and objectives daily. The following areas of responsibility are identified below with an approximate workload weight.

• Program Management 30% /-
• Event Management 25% /-
• HRIS Administration 25% /-
• Team Support 20% /-

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a field related to Human Resources, Public Administration, Education, Organizational Development, Instructional Design, or Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
• Prior Experience administering and managing performance appraisal or employee engagement efforts.
• Expertise in creating and implementing events, initiatives, and campaigns from start to finish, coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated Ability to think innovatively and creatively; to ideate, iterate and try new things, and change course, if necessary, to achieve desired results
• Knowledge utilizing and experimenting with communication technologies and has experience maximizing digital content in various forms across a variety of communication channels.
• A deep understanding of HR best practices, trends, and employment laws.
• Experience with Workday, Cornerstone LMS, Articulate Storyline, & Voynd systems a plus.
• Knowledge of email marketing and graphic design software and applications (i.e. Canva)

Attributes for Success

• Passionate about employee development and well-being.
• A self-starter and quick learner who is highly motivated and outcome-oriented, always seeking innovative approaches to project execution.
• A strategic and creative thinker who can problem-solve, working within and across
• teams to swiftly respond to needs identified across the California Community Colleges.
• Ability to work on a fast-paced team and build and maintain collaborative working
• relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, State of Georgia Government.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $64,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• In consideration of the job description, please provide insight from your professional experience to share why you would be a strong fit for this role?

Experience:

• HRIS: 2 years (Required)
• Performance management: 2 years (Required)
• Employee Engagement: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Atlanta, GA 30334

Salary : $64,000