Human Resource Specialist 1/Trainee1/Trainee 2 (NY HELPS)

Minimum Qualifications NYS HELPS :

Trainee 1 (equated to Salary Grade 13)*

A bachelor’s degree or higher.

Trainee 2 (equated to Salary Grade 14)*

A bachelor’s degree or higher and one year of professional human resources experience.

Human Resource Specialist 1 (Salary Grade 18)

A bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of professional human resources experience.

Note : This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

Transfer :

One year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 B / C service allocated to a Grade 11 or higher eligible for transfer and deemed administrative under Section 52.

6 of the Civil Service Law; OR in a title approved for transfer under Section 70.1 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.

55b / c Appointment : - This position is eligible for 55b / c designation and candidates with 55 b / c eligibility are encouraged to apply.

Candidates must possess the minimum qualifications and a current 55b / c eligibility letter. For 55 b / c consideration, candidates must satisfy at least one of the Open Competitive qualifications listed below.

Successful completion of a two-year traineeship leads to appointment as a Human Resources Specialist 1, SG-18.

Duties Description Under the direction of an Equal Opportunity Specialist 2 within ITS Human Resource Services, the HR Specialist 1 will assist with the administration of diversity and recruitment initiatives for the agency, along with onboarding of new employees.

Specific duties include, but not limited to :

• Gathers and update the agency employee manual and employee informational handbooks for biweekly, in person onboarding;
• Conducts the new employee bi-weekly onboarding sessions; this includes virtual sessions, as well as in person;
• Oversees tracking and submission of new employee documents from onboarding, that are submitted to the Business Services Center for processing;
• Ensures that HR related documents are file appropriately from onboarding sessions;
• Participates in all recruiting / talent acquisition activities, including but not limited to, job fairs, college visits, and social media marketing;
• Assists in training employees on equal opportunity and diversity / inclusion issues related to employment;
• Assists in developing and promoting diversity initiatives, including programming to enhance employees’ cultural awareness
• Assists in developing and promoting employee engagement initiatives
30+ days ago