Human Resources Analyst A - Specialist

About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

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Join LDH as an HR Analyst A - HR Specialist and serve as the agency’s statewide expert on pay, classification, and HR policy. In this role, you’ll guide program offices on Special Entrance Rates and Premium Pay, conduct salary surveys, resolve complex compensation issues, and ensure full compliance with Civil Service rules and LDH policies.

You will also lead key classification functions, reviewing position descriptions, ensuring organizational accuracy, and consulting with leadership on job structures. As a partner in Continuous Performance Management (CPM), you’ll support supervisors, review evaluations, and help strengthen performance practices across the department. If you’re looking to grow your career while shaping HR operations at a statewide level, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

• Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
• Focusing on Customers: The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided.
• Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion

Minimum Qualifications

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Serves as the statewide Pay expert for LDH Headquarters. Reviews, evaluates and coordinates Special Entrance Rate (SER) and Premium Pay requests submitted by program offices while ensuring compliance with Civil Service rules and LDH policies.

• Provides expert guidance on complex pay issues, processes salary requests, conducts salary surveys, and ensures compliance with Civil Service rules and LDH policies.
• Manages classification functions, reviews and audits position descriptions, ensures organizational accuracy, and consults with management on appropriate job titles and structures.
• Supports Continuous Performance Management (CPM) by reviewing evaluations, training supervisors, resolving employee performance issues, and ensuring timely completion of CPM requirements.
• Advises employees, supervisors, and management on classification, compensation, and HR policies; drafts policy revisions and communicates program standards and changes effectively.
• Prepares reports, conducts HR system audits, presents findings, and participates in Civil Service meetings, task forces, and committees to support LDH's HR goals.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of the Secretary / Human Resources / East Baton Rouge Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment, Promotional appointment, Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months)

Cost Center: 3071030800

Position Number(s): 152568

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Human Resources Analyst A, B, C, or Specialist determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

Compensation:

Human Resources Analyst A - $17.43 hr. / $1,394.40 bi-weekly

Human Resources Analyst B - $18.64 hr. / $1,491.20 bi-weekly

LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Information on the Louisiana Works, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here.

How To Apply:

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

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.

• Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Deanda Thymes

Deanda.Thymes@la.gov

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

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.