Human Resources Specialist

Supplemental Information

The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.

LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of the Secretary / Human Resources / East Baton Rouge

Announcement Number: OS/DRT/201882

Cost Center: 3071030800

Position Number(s): 50641370

This vacancy is being announced as a classified position and will be filled as a part-time WAE appointment.

• Please note** Part-time WAE appointments are temporary and may last up to 12 months. Employees can only work a total of 1,245 hours within a 12 month period.
  
  

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
  
  

A resume upload will NOT populate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Deanda Thymes

[email protected]

LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES

BATON ROUGE, LA 70821

225 342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus three years of professional level human resources experience.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

• Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
  
  

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience tosubstitute for the baccalaureate degree.

• A Master's in Business Administration, Public Administration, Human Resources/Personnel, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or Organizational Behavior will substitute for one year of the required experience. (The college transcript must indicate the major as business administration, public administration, human resources/personnel, etc. Master's degrees in fields such as marketing, economics, etc. are not acceptable.)
• Possession of a Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.
  
  

Advanced degrees with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

• A Ph.D. in Business Administration, Public Administration, Human Resources/Personnel, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or Organizational Behavior will substitute for two years of the required experience.
  
  

All advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

• Certification by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), a Certified Professional (CP) or a Senior Certified Professional (SCP) will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.
  
  

NOTE:

In order to receive credit, your certification must be current (i.e., issued within the last three years). If you have been certified and your certification expires, you must apply for and be re-certified before you can get credit again. Information regarding certification may be obtained from the Human Resource Certification Institute, 1800 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314. Phone: 866-898-4724 or Fax: 703-535-6474.

NOTE:

Human resources experience is that experience gained in an office whose sole responsibility is the administration of a comprehensive personnel program including many if

not all of the following programs: recruitment, selection and placement; training; equal employment opportunity; disciplinary and grievance proceedings; classification and wage; payroll; and employee relations OR experience gained in an office whose sole responsibility is the administration of one aspect of a comprehensive personnel program, such as training, payroll, or equal employment opportunity.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To perform specialized tasks in the maintenance of human resources functions.

Level of Work:

Advanced.

Supervision Received:

Direct from a Human Resources Supervisor, Human Resources Manager, or higher level administrative official.

Supervision Exercised:

May supervise one lower level Human Resources Analyst.

Location of Work:

May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Human Resources Analyst C by the presence of serving as a technical specialist over assigned programs.

Differs from Human Resources Supervisor by the absence of direct supervision of two or more subordinates, one of which must be a professional Human Resources position.

Please refer to the approved DSCS Allocation Criteria Memorandum for specific allocation requirements.

Examples of Work

Job Description

Applicant will be assigned special projects by the HR Director and the Executive Management team.