Human Resource Consultant 2 (02-6313)

State of Alaska • Anchorage, AK

8d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. As part of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program (EEOP) team, the role involves conducting complex formal and informal EEO investigations, analyzing evidence, interviewing witnesses, and preparing detailed findings and official position statements. The consultant will serve as a resource and subject matter expert to agencies and HR staff on EEO matters, providing guidance, consultation, and support on discrimination complaints and related issues. Additionally, the role includes delivering EEO and professional development training, supporting outreach efforts to enhance workforce diversity, and assisting employees in understanding and carrying out their EEO responsibilities. The position also requires preparing specialized EEO reports using statewide HR and payroll systems, maintaining accurate investigative case files, leading or supporting special projects, providing litigation support when needed, and assisting with resolving sensitive or complex EEO concerns. The mission of the Division of Personnel (DOP) is to provide policy, consultative guidance, and direct human resource services to State of Alaska Executive Branch agencies. The EEOP is a centralized resource offering expertise and tools empowering State of Alaska employees to prevent and resolve personnel issues, handling matters in a manner that enables a culture of accountability and respect, and building partnerships to seek holistic solutions.

Requirements

• Competency in Investigation: The ability to plan and conduct thorough, unbiased investigations; gather and analyze evidence; interview parties and witnesses; draw accurate factual conclusions; and clearly communicate findings.
• Competency in Labor Law: Knowledge of federal and state employment laws, regulations, and legal precedents related to equal employment opportunity, discrimination, and workplace rights, and the ability to accurately interpret and apply these requirements in complex situations.
• Competency in Oral and Written Communication: Skill in presenting information clearly and effectively in both written and verbal formats, especially when addressing sensitive, technical, or complex topics; preparing formal reports and position statements; and delivering EEO training and guidance to diverse audiences.
• Competency in Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
• Competency in Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Competency in Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Competency in Influence: Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment from others; mobilizes people to act, using creative approaches to motivate others to meet organization goals.
• Competency in Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of hiring, classification, benefits, labor relations, negotiation, and State and federal employment regulations.
• Competency in Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Training in human resource management, business administration, or organizational leadership and professional experience in human resources (such as recruitment, payroll, classification and compensation, employee and labor-management relations, employer provided benefit programs, employment law compliance, or employee training) or business administration.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex formal and informal EEO investigations, analyzing evidence, interviewing witnesses, and preparing detailed findings and official position statements.
• Serve as a resource and subject matter expert to agencies and HR staff on EEO matters, providing guidance, consultation, and support on discrimination complaints and related issues.
• Deliver EEO and professional development training, support outreach efforts to enhance workforce diversity, and assist employees in understanding and carrying out their EEO responsibilities.
• Prepare specialized EEO reports using statewide HR and payroll systems and maintain accurate, organized investigative case files.
• Lead or support special projects, provide litigation support when needed, and assist with resolving sensitive or complex EEO concerns.

Benefits

• The mission of the Division of Personnel (DOP) is to provide policy, consultative guidance and direct human resource services to State of Alaska Executive Branch agencies.
• In alignment with DOP mission to provide direct human resource services to the Executive Branch, the EEOP is a centralized resource offering expertise and tools empowering State of Alaska employees to prevent and resolve personnel issues.
• When the need arises, we handle personnel matters in a manner that enables a culture of accountability and respect.
• We build partnerships to seek holistic solutions that deliver both operational and proactive results.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed