Human Resources Specialist (Discipline)

State of Louisiana • Jackson, LA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Human Resources Specialist (Discipline) works within the Human Resources Department at ELMHS in Jackson, Louisiana. ELMHS provides mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults through programs that include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group homes and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare, and psychiatric services coordinated with Louisiana’s total system of care.

The position provides expert-level human resources and employee-relations support for complex and confidential hiring, disciplinary, grievance, workplace violence, and sexual harassment matters. It ensures compliance with Civil Service rules, organizational policies, and applicable state and federal laws, and serves as the subject matter expert for disciplinary processes.

Requirements

• Six years of human resources experience; or six years of full-time experience in any field plus three years of human resources experience; or a bachelor’s degree plus three years of human resources experience; or an advanced degree in human resources, business administration, public administration, industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, or a Juris Doctorate plus two years of human resources experience.
• College credit substitution: each 30 semester hours from an accredited college or university counts as one year toward the six years of full-time work experience in any field, up to 120 semester hours or four years.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR designation may substitute for up to one year of required experience.
• The application must include relevant, detailed experience and education information; resumes are not accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections.
• No Civil Service test score is required for consideration.

Responsibilities

• Provide support throughout the hospital on highly complex and confidential issues.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for administering all aspects of discipline at ELMHS.
• Develop, recommend, and implement ELMHS discipline policies and procedures.
• Review information when an Internal Review Committee substantiates findings from an investigation of client abuse or neglect; further review case facts and obtain witness statements and other pertinent evidence when necessary.
• Prepare pre-deprivation (pre-discipline or Loudermill) letters and submit them to the LDH Legal department for review.
• Issue pre-deprivation letters to employees.
• Research and provide additional information to a Legal department representative as requested.
• Meet with employees and the Appointing Authority or designee to receive the employee’s response to a pre-deprivation letter.
• Issue final discipline letters.
• Assist the Legal department representative at Civil Service Commission reviews of discipline actions.
• Issue administrative leave letters, supervisory counseling letters, improvement letters, letters terminating temporary appointments, and letters separating employees from probation.
• Assist employees with issuing grievance reports as needed.
• Track submitted grievance reports to ensure ELMHS remains compliant.
• Receive and investigate workplace violence and sexual harassment reports, prepare reports, and make recommendations to the Legal department.

What This Job Offers

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