HUMAN RESOURCES TECHNICIAN

State of careers Rhode Island

5d•$55,989 - $63,541•Onsite

About The Position

The Human Resources Technician will oversee the administration of non-base salary compensation plans for various state agencies. This position assists with the maintenance of compensation data, processing of compensation actions, and system transactions while ensuring compliance with State Merit System Act, Personnel Rules, collective bargaining agreements, and internal policies. The role involves providing non-clerical, paraprofessional support to professional personnel in direct delivery of professional human resources services, including classification/compensation, merit selection and appraisal, labor relations, organizational analysis, and personnel administration. The technician will utilize electronic equipment, computer software, automated databases, and related technology in the research and development of HR products and analyses.

Requirements

Experience performing record maintenance or transaction processing in an HR or payroll system.
Experience or exposure to Workday.
Experience supporting compensation, classification, payroll, or HRIS functions.
Familiarity with pay grades, salary schedules, and step-based compensation systems.
Knowledge of human resources and compensation concepts.
Ability to accurately process detailed transactions and review data for errors.
Ability to follow established rules, procedures, and confidentiality requirements.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Ability to communicate clearly with employees and internal stakeholders.
Proficiency in standard office software and HR systems.
A working knowledge of the State Merit System Act and Personnel Rules as they relate to the assigned human resources functional area.
A familiarity with the principles, practices and techniques of human resources administration.
A familiarity with the organization of state government and its agencies.
The ability to research data and information for use in human resources decision-making.
The ability to interact cooperatively with a variety of internal and external customers.
The ability to communicate effectively.
The ability to prepare reports and narratives.
Employment involving the performance of a variety of complex clerical functions in a human resources environment.
Any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the specified education and experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain the administration of compensation plans and stipends/supplemental adjustments and schedules in Workday.
Process routine compensation transactions in accordance with established policies, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements.
Review compensation actions for accuracy, completeness, and compliance prior to processing.
Run standard Workday compensation reports and assist with data validation and audits.
Respond to routine inquiries from employees, managers, agency and union stakeholders regarding compensation processes.
Assist with system testing, data clean-up, and compensation-related projects.
Maintain documentation, checklists, and procedural guides related to compensation processing.
Adhere to confidentiality, data security, and recordkeeping requirements.
Identify and collect organizational and position data for use in formulating preliminary classification recommendations.
Research salary information and benchmark classes for use in completing salary surveys and pay plan studies.
Research subject matter content to prepare oral and written exams for specified job competencies.
Review exam applications to identify the presence/absence of minimum qualifications, and to recommend education and experience scores based on established rating keys.
Assist and act in a confidential capacity to managers who formulate, determine and effectuate management policies in the field of labor relations; to have access to confidential information concerning proposed or anticipated changes which may result from collective bargaining negotiations.
Research assigned topics and collect data for use in contract negotiations, grievances, arbitration’s and other labor relations functions; to attend such proceedings, as required.
Review contract proposals and prepare summaries and comparisons of submitted documentation.
Prepare draft proposals and narratives related to classification/compensation, labor relations, personnel administration, merit selection, organizational analysis, and/or comparable human resources functions.
Review legislation and statutes on human resources topics and prepare preliminary analyses and reports.
Engage in a variety of paraprofessional departmental personnel functions related to: recruitment of personnel; implementing personnel transactions, including the transfer, reassignment or promotion of employees; preparation and maintenance of personnel records; implementing a variety of complex integrated payroll functions, including retroactive payments requiring multiple adjustments, and processing of various specialized payrolls (e.g. special contract employees, temporary services, etc.); coordinating various aspects of Workers’ Compensation cases, ensuring ongoing verification of payroll records; implementing and monitoring agency Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cases; implementation of Personnel Rules; and comparable tasks.