Human Resources Associate - Recruitment

$77,210 - $84,846 yearly
  • City of Bozeman
  • Bozeman, MT, USA
  • Sep 27, 2024
Full time Human Resources

Job Description

The City of Bozeman is now accepting applications for a Human Resources Associate – Recruitment who will focus on identifying, attracting, and engaging top talent for a wide variety of positions at the City of Bozeman. The Recruiter will collaborate with City departments to understand hiring needs, develop recruitment strategies, and ensure a positive candidate experience.
 
This is a full-time opportunity with many benefits!   As a City of Bozeman employee, you will be part of a team that is committed to positively impacting our local community.  This great opportunity comes with a competitive benefits package including enrollment in an established retirement system with significant employer contribution (9.07%), generous vacation and sick time accruals, 13 paid holidays, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, and excellent medical/dental/vision benefits.

Bargaining Unit: Not Represented
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt
Work Week: Typically Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)

  • Ensures compliance with the City’s Hiring Practices and relevant federal and state laws including development and administration of screening and interviewing tools, examinations, and pre-employment screening forms;
  • Develops and implements recruitment strategies, programs, and advertising that support the overall staffing needs of City management;
  • Provides technical guidance to City management by recommending specific approaches to the effective recruitment and selection of candidates for specific position vacancies;
  • Identify, recommend, and implement strategies to attract a diverse pool of candidates and ensure inclusivity in hiring practices, including collaborating with hiring managers to incorporate best practices into class specifications, candidate assessments, and interview processes to promote diversity;
  • Participates in interviews;
  • Ensures that the post-conditional offer process is conducted in a thorough, timely, and legally compliant manner, and is consistent with the City’s Hiring Practices;
  • Reviews Hiring Practices; makes recommendations for updates to hiring procedures;
  • Performs selection validation studies;
  • Communicates with applicants and serves as a resource for people requesting further information about open positions;
  • Observes jobs and interviews employees and supervisory personnel to determine job responsibilities and requirements;
  • Prepares legally compliant job descriptions/class specifications;
  • Assists management and employees on personnel issues including conflict resolution, employee complaints, counseling City management on staffing decisions, and ensuring compliance with City procedures and collective bargaining agreements;
  • Reviews and analyzes reports, legislation, court cases, and related HR/employment matters; notifies Director and other staff members of potential changes needed to ensure compliance;
  • Interprets collective bargaining agreements, regulations, policies, and procedures within areas of expertise; analyzes situations and makes appropriate decisions involving independent judgment;
  • Responds to inquiries from, and claims made to, regulatory and compliance agencies, as assigned;
  • Recommends updates to personnel policies to ensure legal compliance and overall efficiency of human resource operations;
  • Communicates with employees, supervisors, and other related parties regarding employee rights and obligations under various laws;
  • Establishes and maintains records and reports within areas of assignment;
  • Collects, compiles, and prepares information for confidential and special reports, including collective bargaining;
  • Appropriately documents own activities when necessary to create a record for potential legal disputes;
  • Participates in annual and long term planning;
  • Communicates with all related personnel in efforts to encourage, motivate, promote leadership, and encourage teamwork in accomplishing set forth objectives;
  • May provide needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees;
  • Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
  • Becomes and remains current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas;
  • Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner;
  • Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
  • Performs other duties and undertakes other projects consistent with the role and function of the classification, as assigned.

Minimum Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Industrial Psychology, or a closely related field; and
  • Some (1-3 years) experience in human resources with a special emphasis on recruitment and selection; or
  • Any combination of experience and training which provides the equivalent scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.

    Employees in the classification of HR Associate may become eligible for classification as Senior HR Associate upon meeting the following requirements:
  • Three years of experience as an HR Associate with the City of Bozeman; and
  • Possession of a recognized professional Human Resources certification (e.g. PHR, SHRM, CLRP)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Substantial knowledge of basic human resource principles, practices, and techniques of hiring, recruitment, succession planning, job analysis, employee relations, compensation, benefits, and training.
  • Substantial knowledge of the federal and state laws, rules, and regulations relevant to areas of expertise;
  • Thorough knowledge of or ability to quickly learn labor organizations and corresponding bargaining agreements;
  • Thorough knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, and techniques;
  • Ability to quickly learn City operations, policies, and procedures;
  • Ability to analyze, assimilate, and comprehend human resource and payroll data, within a complex database;
  • Ability to correctly interpret procedures, laws, codes, and regulations within assigned area of expertise
  • Ability and willingness to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive data;
  • Ability to develop, manage, and maintain a comprehensive and detailed record keeping system;
  • Ability to deal with a wide range of persons, including situations in which individuals may be upset over some issue involved with City activities and/or policies;
  • Ability to evaluate new circumstances and apply prior experience and knowledge with good judgment;
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with assigned supervisors, elected officials, other City employees, and the general public;
  • Ability to provide sound counsel and information to applicants, supervisors, employees, and others;
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work, and establish and maintain appropriate organizational structure;
  • Ability to exercise sound, independent judgment;
  • Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations;
  • Ability to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations accordingly;
  • Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language;
  • Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions;
  • Ability to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks;
  • Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions which comply with laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures;
  • Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of constant interruptions and time-sensitive deadlines;
  • Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology;
  • Integrity, ingenuity, inventiveness, and the use of the appropriate levels of discretion in the performance of assigned tasks;
  • Consistently performs assignments in accordance with the City’s Core Values of Integrity, Leadership, Service and Teamwork.

Required Special Qualifications

  • Must possess a valid driver’s license at the time of hire and obtain a Montana driver’s license within 60 days of employment;
  • Offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory response to appropriate post-conditional offer process.