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The Department of Human Resources (DHR) knows people are the City's greatest asset. Making sure that our City's departments are able to provide proper guidance for and support of employee leaves and absences can ease the apprehension faced by an employee with a complex and regulated process. . If you would like to be at the front and center of an impactful program that puts your critical thinking and communication skills to the test, this is the job for you!
Job Responsibility
Managing a small team of human resource professionals
Planning, monitoring, evaluating, directing, and supervising the smooth and effective operation of the Absence Management Program
Assisting in the identification, development, and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities
Evaluating current and future practices with an eye towards continuous improvement
Developing citywide rules, guidelines and procedures designed to ensure timely handling, tracking and record maintenance of all employee intermittent and consecutive leaves, as well as, accommodations under ADA/FEHA
Continuously refine the City's employee leave management data by implementing improvements to data collection, analysis and resultant recommendations
Monitoring and evaluating leave usage across all city departments to identify overuse and consult on development of plans of action to address and reduce leave abuse and/or return employees to work
Counseling and advising department human resources management and staff on federal, state and local leave and accommodation laws, policies and provisions
Working with Departments and Workers Compensation staff, conducting case review meetings to identify high-risk complex cases, for earlier intervention and accommodation consideration
Designing and delivering training programs for managers, supervisors, on employees absence management policies and related topics
May present before the Civil Service Commission, Board of Supervisors and other boards on disability, accommodation, and leave matters
May represent the City as the subject matter expert during litigation and settlement of individual on disability and leave matters and mediation with external agencies
Provides supervision and direction and coaching to the Absence Management Program staff
Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
Five years of professional human resources experience in one or more of the following areas of activity: recruitment and selection
classification and compensation
employee and/or labor relations
benefits administration
human resources operations
diversity, equity, and inclusion
and personnel training of which one year must have been as (1) an advanced journey level classification, similar to 1244 Senior Human Resources Analyst, that performs difficult and specialized human resources work and thereby serves as a resource for special problems, or (2) lead or supervised a small team of professional staff involved in the more difficult and complex matters associated with recruitment and selection
employee and/or labor relations
classification and compensation
benefits administration
human resources operations
diversity, equity, and inclusion
and personnel training.
Nice to have
Is analytical
Is an exceptional communicator
Breathes professionalism
Can balance the big picture with the details
Is comfortable in managing change and improvement
Uses data to make informed decisions that will impact employees