ASSOCIATE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM ANALYST

State of California•Sacramento, CA

35d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you an experienced and adaptive team member that thrives in fast paced environments? Are you interested in working at a department that prioritizes providing exceptional consultation and support services to their employees? If so, we encourage you to apply to join our Human Resources Office Transactions team. An ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and will take initiative to develop strong working relationship by providing thoughtful and equitable recommendations and solutions through consultative and training of DIR HR team members, employees, managers and supervisors . They will also demonstrate efficiency and quality control, and recommend innovative HR business processes. Under direction of the Staff Services Manager I, the Associate Governmental Program Analyst performs technical personnel and payroll transactions functions related to temporary leaves including, but not limited to, Worker's Compensation, Non-Industrial Disability (NDI), Non-Industrial Family Care Leave (NDI-FCL), State Disability Insurance (SDI), Paid Family Leave (PFL), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and Catastrophic Leave. The incumbent is responsible for developing and conducting training to Transactions team members as well as assessing, reviewing, evaluating, and developing policies, procedures, and processes related to the HR Transactions Temporary Leave Unit. The incumbent also develops departmental memorandums to communicate policy changes from control agencies, and conducts various Transactions Temporary Leave audits. This posting may be used to fill future vacancies in accordance with 2 CCR §249.3 To be considered for this Associate Governmental Program Analyst job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please click here to access the exam bulletin: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=1764 To be considered for this Staff Services Analyst job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please click here to access the exam bulletin: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=2105 Effective July 1, 2025, specific Bargaining Units and associated Excluded State employees are subject to a salary reduction between 2% - 4.62% in exchange for hours in the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) per month. For more details, please click here to visit the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Requirements

strong analytical skills
take initiative to develop strong working relationship by providing thoughtful and equitable recommendations and solutions through consultative and training of DIR HR team members, employees, managers and supervisors
demonstrate efficiency and quality control
recommend innovative HR business processes
exercise a high degree of initiative, discretion/confidentiality, reliability, dependability, good judgment, and flexibility in performing a wide variety of duties
be able to effectively communicate and establish/maintain professional relationships at all levels
possess good work habits, work well under pressure, and adjust positively to changing priorities
possess the ability to reason logically and creatively, and utilize a variety of techniques to resolve complex issues impacting personnel transactions; develop and evaluate alternatives; evaluate data and present ideas and information effectively, both orally and in writing; consult with and advise managers or other interested parties on a wide variety of subject-matter areas
knowledge and experience in human resources, specifically processing non-industrial disability, state disability, family medical leave, and worker's compensation cases, and demonstrated experience conducting completed staff work

Nice To Haves

Outstanding customer service skills
strong interpersonal, organizational and project management skills
good writing skills

Responsibilities

performs technical personnel and payroll transactions functions related to temporary leaves including, but not limited to, Worker's Compensation, Non-Industrial Disability (NDI), Non-Industrial Family Care Leave (NDI-FCL), State Disability Insurance (SDI), Paid Family Leave (PFL), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and Catastrophic Leave
responsible for developing and conducting training to Transactions team members as well as assessing, reviewing, evaluating, and developing policies, procedures, and processes related to the HR Transactions Temporary Leave Unit
develops departmental memorandums to communicate policy changes from control agencies
conducts various Transactions Temporary Leave audits