Human Resources Professional 1

at  State of Iowa

JOB DESCRIPTION

Iowa Department of Education’s mission is ensuring all students experience a world-class education. To accomplish our mission, we need talented, passionate people working together to build an excellent education system that empowers all students to achieve their full potential.
We are looking to find a highly qualified leader to serve as the Department’s Human Resources Professional 1.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Department of Administrative Services human resources policies and procedures
• Experience with Workday or other HRIS system
• Experience with NeoGov or other online Applicant Tracking System
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite products, specifically Excel and Word
• Proficient in Google Suite products, specifically Mail, Calendar, Drive
• Public Service experience preferred (defined as working for a local, state or federal government)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor’s degree.
• A combination of a total of four years of education and full-time experience in technical or professional human resources work, where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work equals one year of full-time experience.
• Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes three years of full-time work performing technical human resources work.

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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Serve as the Department of Education (DOE) liaison with DAS-HRE by providing guidance and advice to management, to ensure consistency on human resources policies, work rules, policy enforcement, recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, leave management, investigations, corrective disciplinary action, reasonable accommodations, and FMLA.
Regularly consult with agency managers on all employee related issues. Responsible for ensuring that managers are in compliance with Iowa Code and Agency policies when conducting employee investigations and issuing disciplinary. Duties include, but are not limited to; developing and consulting on investigatory questions, participating in investigations as needed, ensuring all information has been gathered to prove just cause, and provide agency recommendations for action to be taken, assist with the grievance process, and coordinate the agency’s effort to standardize all documentation. Regularly consult with DAS HRE on all performance management issues.
Consult with managers to develop and ensure Position Description Questionnaires (PDQs) are updated with current duties and essential functions prior to submitting to the Department of Administrative Services for review.
Guide managers with all areas of the recruiting process which includes, developing standardized resume scoring tools and interview scoring tools for use in the hiring process.
Provide guidance to supervisors and employees regarding FMLA and all other leave programs. Assist managers in noticing patterns and/or potential FMLA qualifying events
Facilitate the interactive process with employees and managers for all Reasonable Accommodation Requests. Works with Business Management staff to order necessary office equipment/furniture approved as reasonable accommodations.
Work with leaders to ensure that all employees have proper tools and training to perform the essential functions of their position.
Review, research, create and maintain human resource policies for the DOE Employee Handbook. Interpret state and federal laws pertaining to human resource and workforce management, administrative rules, collective bargaining agreement, DAS-HRE and DOE policies.
Responsible for the departments Affirmative Action plan. Analyze the reports and data provided by DAS-HRE. Prepare the agencies annual Affirmative Action Reporting and Planning document. Consult with the Chief of Staff and agency Equity Coordinator to perform targeted recruiting for hard to fill positions.

Other miscellaneous duties as assigned. Include but not limited to:

• Assist with layoff or reorganization plans. Calculate employees’ retention points, as needed.
• Complete annual OSHA report
• Prepare and record the First Report of Injury for workers compensation filings and make necessary medical arrangements for the staff.
• Serve as DOE training liaiso