HR GENERALIST (PERSONNEL ASSOCIATE III)

at  State of Maryland

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: One year and six months of general clerical or administrative support experience, at least nine months of which must have been paraprofessional personnel experience involving the application of personnel procedures, policies, rules, and regulations to specific employment actions. Appropriate paraprofessional personnel experience should have included responsibility for activities such as, preparing and maintaining employment records, calculating salaries, applying and interpreting rules and policies, preparing personnel-related reports, counseling employees regarding benefits and obligations, and responding to inquiries concerning employment actions.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with interpreting and processing Medical Leave (e.g. FMLA, Worker’s Compensation, Parental Leve and etc.)
• Experience as a Health Benefit Coordinator
• Experience compiling data from HR database such as Workday
• Experience with Timekeeping and/or Payroll
• Experience with effectively managing time and resources to prioritize tasks, streamline processes, maximize productivity while maintaining quality of standards
• Experience with using Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook….)

POSITION DUTIES

Under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Human Resources, this position serves as an HR generalist and is responsible for managing the human resources needs for the Department’s 290+ State merit and contractual employees. The Personnel Associate III carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: employment services, timekeeping and payroll, health benefits, and retirement. This position provides guidance to management, supervisors and employees regarding policies and procedures concerning employment issues, leave (including FMLA and parental leave), worker’s compensation, contracts, health benefits and retirement for the Department. The incumbent backs up the other HR team members as necessary. The incumbent maintains confidentiality for all HR related activities and discussions.
Required to be part of an inclement weather essential personnel rotation.
This position is eligible for hybrid telework.

3% BACK-UP DUTIES:

• Acts as alternate for conducting new employee orientation to include instruction of timesheets, leave bank, absenteeism, pay, and timekeeping policies.
• Acts as alternate Timekeeper and reviews timesheets and makes corrections in Workday.Schedules and conducts exit interviews. Provides guidance to exiting employees regarding health benefits, accrued leave balances, and retirement account options while interpreting and applying relevant HR laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.

2% OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED:

• Special projects as assigned by the HR Deputy Director, HR Director or Bureau Director, Administrative Services.