Deputy Personnel Officer

Description of Duties

• Directs various professional, technical and clerical personnel in performing the following: position classification, specification writing, recruitment, payroll certification, eligible lists creation and maintenance, salary surveys.
• Interprets and applies Civil Service Law in formulation of policy and procedures.
• Mets with departmental representatives on the application of Civil Service Law and Rules and conducts formal and informal salary and classification hearings with employees.
• Affords assistance in coordinating the employee benefit programs such as retirement, health insurance and other benefits.
• Makes special studies and recommendations on the development of programs, the impact of proposed decisions, organization changes, and legislation affecting personnel and labor relations activities.
• Affords assistance in the initiation and improvement of public personnel administration in the towns, villages, school districts, public libraries and special districts in Putnam County.
• Affords assistance in developing in-service training courses for County departments.
• Affords assistance in the administration of provisions of labor agreements between the County and its employees.
• Affords assistance in the development of the annual department budget and regulation of all departmental expenditures.
• Represents the County on personnel matters with the public, government officials and professional groups.

Minimum Qualifications

• Either: Master’s degree, or higher, in industrial or labor relations, public administration, legal studies, social sciences, human resources, personnel, business administration, or a closely related field and five (5) years of professional experience in public personnel/human resources administration;
• Or: Bachelor’s degree in industrial or labor relations, public administration, legal studies, social sciences, human resources, personnel, business administration, or a closely related field and seven (7) years of professional experience in public personnel/human resources administration;
• Or: Master’s degree, or higher, and seven (7) years of professional experience in public personnel/human resources administration;
• Or: Bachelor’s degree and nine (9) years of professional experience in public personnel/human resources administration.

Schedule

Full-Time, Monday-Friday.

Pay

$110,000 – $115,000 per year (2026).

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Flexible spending account.
• Paid time off.
• Retailment plan.

Application

Applications and resumes may be submitted to the Putnam County Personnel Department by mail or email: putnampersonnel@putnamcountyny.gov

About Putnam County Government

It is the mission of the Putnam County Personnel Department to administer, in a fair and equitable manner, the provisions of New York State Civil Service Law and Putnam County Civil Service Rules with respect to the offices and employments in the classified service of Putnam County and the civil divisions therein.