Human Resources Analyst

The Position

The East Bay Regional Park District is seeking a knowledgeable and motivated Human Resources Analyst to join our dynamic team in the Recruitment and Classification Unit of the Human Resources Division. This on-site position will work out of the Park District Headquarters in Oakland, CA. The Human Resources Analyst will play a key part in supporting the District’s most valuable resource—its people. You will plan, coordinate, and administer recruitment and selection processes, ensuring fair and effective hiring for a wide range of classifications. This is an excellent opportunity to apply your HR expertise in a mission-driven organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the East Bay’s parks and open spaces.

• Respect – We honor each other, the park visitors we serve, and the land we steward.
• Resilience – We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective, and determination.
• Relationships – Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate with our colleagues, partners, and the public we serve.
• Responsiveness – We communicate openly, honestly, and reliably.
• Transparency – We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.

• Work with a purpose for a better world today and for future generations through the preservation of open space, public access to the outdoors, and a commitment to the conservation of the natural world found east of the San Francisco Bay across 33 cities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties
• A community of colleagues who are passionate about public service and the East Bay Regional Park District, the communities it serves, and its mission
• Excellent benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development
• Free on-site parking
• Free parking permit for EBRPD parks (for up to 2 privately owned vehicles)
• Employee discounts for certain EBRPD park amenities (reservations, daily fishing permit, public boat launch.

• Is detail-oriented, well-organized, and can juggle competing priorities effectively.
• Is self-motivated and demonstrates initiative; can jump right in and isn't afraid to figure things out.
• Can apply knowledge and reasoning to make prompt decisions supported by procedures, policies, and rules.
• Has experience managing recruitments and preferably using an applicant tracking system.
• Isn't afraid to ask questions to keep recruitments moving along.

Essential Functions

• Develops, coordinates and administers recruitment, examination and selection activities for a wide variety of classifications; determines appropriate recruitment strategies; advertises vacancies; screens applications for eligibility; develops, administers and evaluates written and performance tests; arranges and conducts examination interview boards; performs all necessary job analysis tasks related to the preparation of official job descriptions and determination of proper classifications; prepares job descriptions; participates in periodic wage and salary surveys to validate and/or update the pay compensation system.

• Assists in providing employee relations support to management in matters of performance management, discipline and labor relations; assists in serving as a resource to management, supervisors and employees on matters of personnel rules and regulations and the administrative procedures of the Park District and its labor union agreements.

• Assists in the design of trainings and workshops; coordinates the development of training and workshop content with subject matter experts, the creation of a workshop outline and pertinent case studies and exercises; may facilitate and present in-house training workshops as assigned.

• Analyzes, researches and resolves routine to complex problems involving benefit accounts, eligibility, enrollment, premiums, data and system issues; tracks, monitors, and maintains ongoing coverage for employees, retirees and eligible dependents in District-sponsored plans; verifies and approves coverage changes for enrollees; and processes and submits enrollment and eligibility files to benefit vendors to ensure appropriate coverage is in place; provides information and advice to employees, retirees, surviving spouses, and domestic partners on available benefit plans/programs and enrollment procedures.

• Reviews and recommends for approval official personnel action documents associated with the various tasks performed; conducts, individually or as a team member, special studies or projects related to human resource issues including studies or projects that are either short in duration and narrow in scope or with broad scope and requiring significant work effort; may serve on internal committees, working groups and/or ad hoc task forces; and performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in human resources, industrial relations, business administration, public administration, or a related field,

AND

Experience: One (1) year of experience in human resources administration in one or more of the following areas: Recruitment, examination, selection, employee and labor relations, training or instructional design, benefits, human resources information systems (HRIS) or classification and compensation, preferably in a public agency.

License: Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License is a condition of initial and continued employment in this classification.

Additional Information

Knowledge of: Current professional practices and principles of human resource administration; job characteristics, position classification and compensation, and recruitment practices related to typical public sector positions; collective bargaining, labor, anti-discrimination and employment law and regulations; office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Ability to: possess well developed verbal and written communication skills; possess strong analytical and problem solving skills; work well in a team; prioritize work and manage multiple projects; operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work at all levels, including a culturally diverse general public, with a focus on quality service to internal staff and external customers.

• In addition to the regular work schedule, this position may be required to work evenings and/or weekends to attend meetings and trainings as needed.
• Must pass Level 1 Background Check.
• This position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA). Mandated reporters are individuals who are obligated by law to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. As such, you will be required to sign an acknowledgment of having received the District’s policy and your responsibilities.

For information regarding the District's applicable benefits package, please visit http://www.ebparks.org/about/jobs/resources/default.htm.

For temporary and/or on-call assignments, there are no benefits offered.