Return to Work Coordinator (Management Analyst I)

Fairfax County•Fairfax (Ej28), VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Return to Work Assistant will assist in various human resources functions, including managing the employment status of staff on light duty and injury leave, administering employee benefits such as FMLA, PFL, LOA, and Workers Compensation, tracking performance management, maintaining job descriptions for alternative placement positions, utilizing HR systems (JDMS, NEOGOV, FOCUS HCM), understanding HR policies and procedures, and analyzing injury trends and leave usage. The incumbent will participate in workgroups to develop risk reduction strategies and assist in creating and maintaining return-to-work reports. This role requires an understanding of uniform staff job functions and HR policies for the county and Fire and Rescue Department, with assigned functional areas including Family Medical Leave, Risk Management, Benefits, and Leave Administration.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in the field related to the assigned functional area.
Four years of increasingly complex technical experience in the assigned functional area, comparable to experience at the Admin Assistant IV, or higher, level (This can serve as a bridge class).
Ability to identify possible solutions for solving business problems.
Ability to perform a variety of fact-finding techniques (e.g., interview, case analysis, observation, research, benchmarking) to gather information in support of programs, projects, studies, assessments and evaluations.
Ability to aggregate and assimilate data to identify major patterns, trends, and themes regarding organizational and program effectiveness and efficiency.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Ability to use word processing and presentation software to prepare documents, and to use spreadsheet and statistical analysis software packages to store, manipulate, analyze, and present data.
Ability to train, lead, and/or supervise paraprofessional staff.
Criminal background check, credit check and sanctions screening.

Nice To Haves

Experience with HRIS
Basic understanding of labor laws and regulations & county and state payroll policies and procedures.
Knowledge of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Communication skills, with the ability to provide clear guidance and resolve complex issues.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Strong experience performing audits and reviews of time and attendance reports, ensuring accurate time coding.
Experience with Benefits and Leave rules and regulations of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Light Duty, Workers Compensation (WC), OSHA Reporting Standards.
Bilingual in English and another language.

Responsibilities

Conducts professional-level work in functions or activities, such as financial, budgetary, procurement, contract administration, human resources, training, information technology, and similar functions.
Assists with a variety of technical and professional work related to monitoring and reporting on departmental business processes, activities, and outcomes.
Performs designated segments of projects or programs with well-defined objectives, including activities such as data collection, synthesis of data gathered to support analysis, and documentation of findings and recommendations.
Performs data collection activities in support of existing studies, projects, or programs, including conducting research; participating in interviews; administering customer, organizational or employee surveys; assisting in the facilitation of focus groups; participating in work group collaboration; and mapping or charting of workflow processes.
Assists with measuring and analyzing indicators of performance, quality, quantity, and efficiency of services.
Compiles and provides business information to management.
Maintains index or log of standard forms for gathering information from a variety of audiences.
Formats data sets and performs qualitative and descriptive statistical analysis to aggregate and assimilate data for displaying potential patterns and trends.
Assists in implementing business improvements, such as changes to policies, work practices, processes and procedures.
Contributes to position papers, evaluation reports, and presentations.