Human Resources Analyst II

The City of Santa Barbara’s Human Resources Department is searching for a new Human Resources Analyst II to deliver exceptional services to City staff. Our successful candidate will be an energetic and resourceful professional with a superb work ethic. This position combines an exciting, fast-paced environment with the opportunity to cultivate talents and apply a variety of skills. The ideal candidate will thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment and will not hesitate to roll up both sleeves, collaborate, work hard, have fun, and get the job done.

This position serves as an HR Generalist and active strategic business partner to deliver top-notch HR services to our departments. This key position acts as a liaison for HR Department communications with the entire city and develops, facilitates and is passionate about providing innovative training opportunities to City staff on various HR topics and consultation to staff on employee relations and labor issues.   Creates helpful informational materials. 

This role involves daily interactions with staff at all levels of the organization and requires a keen understanding of HR best practices and strategies. This position also conducts investigations, facilitates high volume recruitments and performs job audits and salary surveys and makes recommendations for new or existing classifications.  

This role requires a self-starter with strong interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate a keen ability and desire to solve complex problems implementing Human Resources best practices. The ability to work in a fast paced, ever changing environment while implementing high quality HR service delivery is a must.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Have a strong grounding and experience with day to day Human Resources Operations including experience applying human resource policies/procedures and employment/labor laws in their daily work
• Are able to perform full cycle recruitments and manage recruitment and selection processes;
• Are effective communicators and collaborators and have the ability to synthesize complex information into easy to understand terms for audiences at all levels of the organization;
• Are able to persevere and adapt as required, while working in a multi-faceted and sometimes ambiguous environment;
• Have a customer focus in their approach to their daily work and can build key relationships;
• Are talented and committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace experience where employees experience both trust and respect, and are treated with dignity and feel engaged and confident to perform well.
• Are tech savvy and comfortable with using software applications in your daily work. The City of Santa Barbara uses NEOGOV, Kronos, Munis, Microsoft Office products and other software programs;

Be a part of our TEAM! Together, with leadership and our employees, we are leading by example, guided by our “true north” and delivering quality, customer-centric HR Services.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
Knowledge of:

• Modern principles and practices of human resource management and administration.
• Methods and techniques of recruitment, selection and interviewing.
• Principles for job evaluation and analysis.
• Research and analysis methods and techniques.
• Principles and practices of benefits administration.
• Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment.
• Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations.

Ability to:

• Perform a variety of professional, technical and analytical human resources functions.
• Participate in developing operational reports and recommendations.
• Interpret and apply City policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Effectively administer assigned programmatic responsibilities.
• Gather, organize and analyze statistical data.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities

Experience and Training Guidelines
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience: Five years of professional human resource management experience including some experience in municipal government.

Training: Equivalent to a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in human resource management, public administration, business administration or a related field. A Human Resources Management Certificate from UC California, a SPHR Certificate from SHRM, and/or a CP Certificate from IPMA-HR are highly desirable.


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