Essential duties and responsibilities of this class include but are not limited to:

• Develops and implements procedures designed to effectively conduct classification studies and/or expedite and ensure the delivery of qualified eligible candidates for employment
• Develops recruitment sources and campaigns
• Composes and prepares recruitment bulletins and other announcements and causes their distribution
• Supervises and participates, compilation, Web page posting and dissemination of regular and special Personnel Commission meeting agendas and reports
• Composes and places recruitment advertisements in appropriate media
• Conducts job analyses to determine skills, knowledge, abilities and competencies to be measured in content valid selection examinations
• Plans and prepares examination content and procedures
• Devises and develops methods of testing required skills, knowledge and abilities and prepares test standards
• Obtains, constructs, analyzes and edits examination materials and confers with subject matter experts in the development and evaluation of examinations
• Recommends examination pass points, performs item analysis, assigns examination weights, establishes eligibility lists and prepares related correspondence and results
• Performs statistical analyses of examination results
• Plans, supervises and participates in the administration and rating of performance and work sample tests, interviews and other selection methods, including obtaining and briefing raters regarding test standards and procedures
• Participates in examination review procedures and analyzes and recommends responses to examination protests
• Performs job analysis and recommends changes to existing class specifications
• Conducts and participates in position classification and compensation studies
• Conducts a variety of studies and prepares oral and comprehensive written reports, correspondence and memos
• Communicates and builds professional relationships with employees, various departments administrators/supervisors, other agencies and technical experts
• Delivers or assists in delivering oral presentations in formal and informal settings
• Supervises, trains and provides work direction to department technical and/or clerical support staff, monitors workflow, and assures compliance with established timelines, procedures and standard of quality
• Attends Personnel Commission meetings, disciplinary hearings, designated workshops, conferences and seminars to maintain current knowledge of personnel trends and practices
•  Assists the Director with special projects such as handbooks, writing new procedures and rules, or revising existing ones, and preparing annual reports
• Assists in the revision of Commission Rules and Classified Employees Handbook
• May be assigned broader supervisory and/or lead responsibilities in the extended absence of the Director
• Performs other related duties as required

Key Competencies:

Analysis and Problem Solving / Industry knowledge / Professional and Technical Expertise / Process Improvement / Relationship Building / Group Facilitation / Handling Conflict / Self Management / Fact Finding / Initiative & Innovativeness / Planning & Organizing / Using Technology / Dependability / Customer Focus / Presentation Skills  / Involving Others / Delegating / Influencing / Professional Impact / Reading Comprehension / Writing / Oral Communication / Teamwork / Project Management / Continuous Learning / Decision Making / Valuing Diversity / Attention to Detail / Integrity / Flexibility / Handling Stress 

Knowledge of:

• A variety of job analysis methodologies
• Principles and practices of public personnel administration
• Methods, principles and procedures used in recruitment and selection, including certification of eligible candidates from a variety of employment lists
• Methods, principles and procedures used in classification and compensation studies
• Principles of organization and management
• Applicable federal and state laws and regulations including American with Disability Act, EEOC, FEHC and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
• Employee agreements, Personnel Commission rules and Board policies
• Principles and methods of research
• Principles and techniques of wage and salary administration
• Appropriate, up-to-date methods of examination design, development and validation
• Test strategies and statistics used in test and item analysis and validation
• Mathematics
• Proper English usage, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and punctuation
• Computer hardware and software 

Ability to:

• Apply principles and practices of good interpersonal and public relations
• Apply merit system principles and practices concerning classification, recruitment,
• examination, classification and certification for the classified services
• Prioritize tasks with respect to importance and deadlines
• Adjust priorities and adapt well to changes in assignment and priorities
• Regularly exercise judgment in handling work-related problems in order to achieve the
• desired goals and objectives
• Interpret and apply personnel laws, codes, rules and regulations appropriately
• Use critical judgment in the evaluation of data and the development of plans, test materials, reports, and other materials
• Logically grasp and think through issues and problems
• Generate a range of alternative solutions and courses of action with benefits, costs, and risks associated with each
• Use new technology and find ways to apply technology to tasks to increase speed, quality, or create new capabilities
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Show interest in and understanding of the needs, expectations, and circumstances of internal and external customers
• Establish rapport and maintain positive working relationships
• Speak clearly and communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis for the purpose of obtaining information
• Formally deliver oral presentations to audiences of various size and type
• Exercise tact and judgment in meeting and dealing with sensitive, complex and confidential personnel issues and in explaining procedures to candidates, employees, and others
• Come up with novel, resourceful, or imaginative approaches to problems or opportunities
• Take responsibility for developing oneself and his/her career
• Understand the concerns of protected groups and the disadvantaged and relate technical activities to those concerns in an equal opportunity program of selection and promotion based on merit
• Work independently and perform complex professional human resources duties with minimal direction
• Maintain sensitivity to ethnic, religious, cultural and sexual differences