HR Deputy Assistant Director For Csa

State of Maryland•Baltimore City, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve. At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind. The main purpose of the position is to serve as HR Deputy Assistant Director for the Child Support Administration. This position will provide principal assistance to the Central office and Metropolitan jurisdictions of the administration and manage the assigned HR officers and Personnel Associates in the planning, organizing, directing, managing, and evaluation of office functions and activities. In doing so this position is responsible for ensuring accurate interpretation and implementation of personnel laws, rules and regulations for approximately 400 employees. This position is responsible for the oversight and daily operations of the following child support jurisdictions: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery, Prince George's Counties and CSA central office who handle the following: Employment Services, Classification & Compensation, Health Benefits/Retirement and Employee Engagement, Workday Processing. This position also represents the Chief Talent Officer, DHS as appropriate and considers the Direction of the Executive Director of CSA or their designee.

Requirements

Eight years of experience, four years of professional HR experience involving recruitment and employment services, classification and compensation, employee relations, test development and validation, job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, HR program evaluation, or HR policy formulation and an additional four years of professional experience in HR management work in the areas of recruitment and selection, classification, salary administration, employee relations, test development and validation or as a generalist.
Candidates may substitute paraprofessional personnel work experience on a year-for-year basis for up to four years of the required experience.
Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and four years of professional HR experience involving recruitment and employment services, classification and compensation, employee relations, test development and validation, job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, HR program evaluation, or HR policy formulation for the required experience.
Candidates may substitute the possession of thirty graduate credit hours from an accredited college or university in the fields of HR/personnel administration, business administration, public administration, statistics, tests and measurements, psychology or a related field for up to six years of the required experience.
Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in human resources management classifications or human resources management specialty codes in the human resources management field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Employees in this classification are required to obtain certification in State Personnel Management System policies and procedures and in the functionality of the Statewide Personnel System from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits, Maryland Department of Budget and Management within six months from the time of appointment to the position. Employees are also required to obtain recertification every six months thereafter.
Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience in Recruitment.
One year of experience in Employee Relations.
One year of experience in Classification and Compensation.
One year experience in training and process development.
Experience in the administration of HR programs in the State of Maryland Personnel Management System (SPMS).
Knowledge of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) including Title 17, equal employment opportunity laws and related State HR policies, rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

Consults with and provides guidance to the Director, Deputy Directors and the agency's Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, program administrators, managers and supervisors regarding all areas of the Office of Human Resources.
Plans, directs, manages, and evaluates the daily activities related to the Workday, Benefits & Retirement, Employment Services, Classification & Compensation, FMLA, Leave, ADA & Employee Relations units for CSA.
Assists with the management of the timely dissemination & retrieval of employee's State issued equipment, allocation of new and replacement ID Badges, timely & precise new hire work order requests.
Oversees the tracking & analysis of employee sick, accident, FMLA, Parental leave and ADA accommodations.
Manages the timely processing of employee on-boarding and off boarding processes.
Manages day to day operations of the HR teams for the 5 offices to ensure all positions allocated to the agency are appropriately classified and compensated.
Oversees hiring efforts for vacant positions in accordance with the exception request process established by the Department of Budget and Management.
Ensures timely completion and transmittal of exception requests to DHS Central.
Recommends recruitment strategies to meet agency staffing needs.
Manages the daily activities to ensure timely and accurate processing and completion of investigations, grievances, appeals, etc.
Oversees the office location compliance and implementation of the Performance, Planning & Evaluation Program.
Oversees the development of corrective action plans when necessary.
Assists with the management of timely notification of Essential/Emergency Essential employees.
Oversees the tracking of required IRS training to ensure employee compliance.