Senior Human Resources Analyst (Finance)
The Riverside County Human Resources Department has multiple openings for a Senior Human Resources Analyst to support the Recruitment Division. Current openings are with the Public Safety Portfolio and the Human Services Portfolio; however this recruitment may be used to fill additional vacancies throughout the Recruitment Division.
Under the direction of the HR Division Manager and Principal HR Analyst, the Senior HR Analyst will lead complex and specialized human resources functions, primarily in recruitment and selection. This role will act as a lead of a recruitment team, assign and manage full-cycle recruitments, mentor recruiting staff in a hybrid telework environment, and serve as a subject matter expert in recruitment operations. Additionally, the Senior HR Analyst will handle executive and specialized recruitments as needed.
Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
- Extensive experience in full-cycle recruitment, selection, classification, and compensation within a public sector, unionized environment.
- Compensation analysis that includes ensuring that salary offers aligned with candidate qualifications and internal equity.
- Strong leadership skills with experience training, mentoring, and guiding recruitment teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis and reporting.
- Experience working with NeoGov or similar applicant tracking systems.
The Senior Human Resources Analyst is the advanced journey level classification in the Human Resources Analyst series performing complex assignments including serving as specialists in highly technical human resources areas, and typically serving in a lead capacity. These assignments require considerable technical skill, specialized knowledge and independent professional judgment. Positions are distinguished from the lower-level classification of Human Resources Analyst III by the level of technical specialization and responsibility over these technical areas.
The Senior Human Resources Analyst is distinguished from the Principal Human Resources Analyst by the latter's complete program responsibility for an assigned function and the supervision of professional, clerical and technical staff in that assigned function.
MEET THE TEAM!
The Department of Human Resources is committed to strategic recruiting and optimizing talent to fulfill the County's human resources needs today and into the future. Can you see yourself working here?
- Lead and oversee full-cycle recruitment processes, ensuring efficiency and compliance.
- Assign and manage workload for the recruitment team while mentoring and training staff.
- Create and review pay equity reports.
- Conduct special studies and prepare reports relative to a variety of recruitment, selection and compensation matters.
- Conduct executive level and specialized recruitments.
- Serve as a recruitment expert in overseeing County merit-based recruitment processes in accordance with County Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), local and federal employment laws, and employment best practices
- Confer with employees, applicants, other agencies, and the public relative to recruitment and selection.
- Serve as an advisor or liaison to non-sworn, non-medical departments in various aspects of human resources recruiting
- Partner with Human Resources Business Partners and hiring managers to create strategic recruitment initiatives to support department business needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement effective hiring strategies.
- Serve as a subject-matter-expert in non-traditional sourcing methods necessary to attract passive candidates for difficult to fill roles.
- Provide oversight to executive and other high-profile recruitment efforts to ensure continued success in attracting an engaged and qualified workforce.
Experience: Three years of years of progressively responsible professional human resources experience in recruitment and selection, at least two years of which are at the journey level equivalent to the County of Riverside Human Resources Analyst III.
Knowledge of: Principles and practices of public administration and management; principles and practices of position classification, salary administration, recruitment and selection, test development and validation, employee relations, and benefits administration techniques; modern office methods and procedures; the application of statistical methods to human resources work.
Ability to: Understand, interpret, apply, and explain human resources laws, rules, regulations, standards, and procedures; analyze and make improvements in policies and procedures relating to human resources activities; analyze data and prepare clear and concise reports and recommendations; train and provide work direction to other analysts and support staff; secure cooperation of operating officials in accepting and effecting sound human resources management practices; exercise independent judgment and initiative; plan and coordinate major projects; understand and apply abstract concepts and principles; learn new skills, concepts and techniques in public human resources administration; keep abreast of developments in the field of public human resources administration; speak and write effectively.This position is open to all applicants.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Based on the number of applications received, this posting may close earlier than the posted closing date without notice.
Testing Information:
Candidates may be required to successfully pass the new HR Analytical Skills assessment as part of the application process for this position. The test must be taken through the NeoGov recruiting system. Candidates who meet the position requirements will be emailed a link to take the online test. It is strongly recommended that all candidates maintain a valid email in their contact information on their NeoGov account. It is important that the instructions provided in the email are followed exactly. We expect all candidates to uphold the highest standards of integrity and to complete the exam independently, relying solely on their own knowledge and skills. Any attempt to cheat—including using web browsers, external resources, seeking assistance, or copying answers—is a breach of this standard and may result in disqualification. To ensure fairness, we reserve the right to require candidates to take or retake the exam under in-person proctored conditions. Those that have successfully passed the previous HR Analyst Written Assessment may be exempt from the new assessment.
Recruiter Contact:
For questions regarding this position contact Angie Tavaglione at atavaglione@rivco.org or at (951) 955-3590.
