Senior Personnel Analyst
THE POSITION
THIS POSTING WILL BE OPEN UNTIL FILLED - Application cut-off dates are the first and third Monday of each month - With supervisor approval, incumbents may be eligible for intermittent remote work; however, they must physically reside within the Sacramento region or have the ability to regularly report to a City of Sacramento physical worksite with little notice.
THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DIVISION
The City of Sacramento Human Resources Department, Employment Services Division is seeking a knowledgeable, analytical, and motivated human resources professional to join our team as a Senior Personnel Analyst. This position serves as the supervisory-level classification within the Personnel Analyst series and is responsible for providing technical leadership, oversight, training, and support to lower-level personnel staff.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts complex job audits and salary surveys;
- Prepares and revises class specifications;
- Analyzes compensation relationships and workforce data;
- Interprets and applies Civil Service Rules, labor agreements, policies, procedures, and employment laws;
- Prepares detailed reports, recommendations, correspondence, and presentations for executive management, departments, labor representatives, and the Sacramento Civil Service Board.
SERVICE TO DEPARTMENTS
- Serves as a strategic business partner to assigned departments, providing consultation and guidance on a wide range of employment-related issues, including staffing strategies, recruitment and retention challenges, classification and compensation matters, organizational changes, workforce planning, and policy interpretation.
- Independently navigates and resolves complex personnel issues, identifies practical solutions, balances competing stakeholder interests, and provides sound recommendations to management.
- Oversees and supports recruitment and selection activities; coordinates recruitments; evaluates applications; develops examinations; responds to appeals; analyzes program effectiveness and workforce trends; leads special projects and process improvement initiatives; collaborates with internal and external stakeholders; and delivers exceptional customer service in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of: - Advanced principles and practices of personnel administration.
- Principles, methods, and procedures utilized in recruitment and selection, position classification, organization structure, salary administration, benefit administration, training programs, and retirement programs.
- Test construction, analysis, and evaluation; methodology for determining reliability and validity of written, oral, and performance tests; interviewing practices, screening and examining techniques.
- Socio-economic, language, and cultural barriers affecting minorities, women, and disadvantaged segments of the community.
- Methods for developing and evaluating special employment programs.
- Principles and practices of administering contracts with employee organizations, processing grievances, and dealing with disciplinary matters.
- Principles of supervision.
- Applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.
- Statistical concepts and methods.
- Principles of effective organization, administration, and management.
- Technical and analytical report writing.
- Special needs of diverse populations.
- Community resources.
- Computers and computer applications.