Employee Experience Services Specialist

Position Description

Job Description

The Employee Experience Services Specialist is critical in building a connected and meaningful employee experience across our work environment. The Employee Experience Specialist is an on-site position responsible for handling the recruiting process from end to end for the Harris County Engineering Department. The Specialist will handle sourcing/interviewing candidates, collaborating and communicating with department managers to anticipate hiring needs, as well as conducting recruiting analysis to track and advise on turnover/ retention rates to forecast future hiring needs.

Candidate Sourcing

• Rewrite job descriptions to fit the current format and current pay/ benefits.
• Advertise job openings on career pages, job boards, and social networks.
• Publicize job opportunities internally and contact employee referrals.
• Lead all recruiting activities by building and maintaining key relationships across the business to ensure a great delivery and candidate experience.
• Strive for operational excellence while keeping the candidate at the center.
• Attending offsite job fairs and other company-related events
  
  

Collaboration and Communication

• Meet with managers to discuss departmental staffing requirements and recruiting strategy.
• Establish and build strong business relationships with the hiring managers to successfully understand their business, build sourcing solutions and provide excellent customer service.
• Determine qualification criteria and pay scale for each position with management.
• Schedule in-person interviews utilizing candidate availability, manager availability, and recruiter availability.
• Conduct in-person interviews with managers and provide interview feedback.
  
  

Recruiting Analysis

• Track Key Performance Indicators of each department, i.e., turnover/ retention rate, to forecast future hiring needs.
• Set job post budgets and monitor to stay within the departmental budget.
• Track cost to hire, time to fill, and other crucial KPI’s.
• Keep a keen eye toward diversity and influence hiring initiatives to ensure we’re delivering a diverse slate of candidates.
  
  

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net

This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, human resources.
  
  

Experience

• Must have at least 3 years of professional HR experience in employee recruitment, retention, performance management, and/or related HR discipline.
  
  

Knowledge, Skill & Abilities (KSAs):

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cooperative, and team-oriented environment.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
  
  

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications .

Preferences

Education

• PHR/SPHR and/or SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred.
  
  

Experience

• 6 years of prior Human Resource or Recruiting experience
• Proven work experience as a Recruiter in the civil engineering consulting firm environment or government sector
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities (KSAs)

• Proven work experience in Recruiting/Talent Acquisition
• Proven Human Resources experience, preferably experience working in Government or Construction/ Civil Engineering Discipline.
• Excellent program skills, written communication and oral communication skills, interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership.
• You are tech-savvy and have the basics down.
• Demonstrated ability to story-tell through data.
• Experience influencing, communicating, and presenting at all levels of the organization.
• Experience working on more than one project and priority at a time.
  
  

General Information

Position Type, And Typical Hours Of Work:

Full-Time | Regular | 40 hours per week.

Subject to early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and holidays at times, depending upon the project or workload.

Salary:

Commensurate with experience, based on 26 pay periods.

Physical Demands And Environmental Exposure:

• Most assignments will be performed in an office, meeting, or operations command center environment, but some field work may be required. May be required to work extended work hours during activation of disaster recovery operations for an unspecified length of time (varies based on the extent of the event).
• This position requires bending, stooping, and lifting to 25 lbs., frequent walking, standing, sitting, reaching, and ascending/descending stairs.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  

FEATURED BENEFITS:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Wellness.
• Professional development opportunity.
• Flexible spending account.
• 457 deferred compensation plans.
• Retirement pension (TCDRS).
• Transportation assistance (Metro Ride Sponsor Program).
• Disability and life insurance.
• Harris County is a Qualified Employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
  
  

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.