Human Resources Generalist 3

The State of Connecticut, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is a free-standing. modern facility located on the UCONN Health Center Campus in Farmington, CT.  The office is a state-wide medical examiner system charged with the investigation of sudden and unexpected deaths that, by statute, fall under our jurisdiction, and operates 247/365 performing these death investigations.

We are seeking a full-time Human Resources Generalist 3 position.  The incumbent in this role will serve as the sole human resources professional responsible for the human resources and equal opportunity activities of the agency (i.e., recruitment, selection, classification, compensation, retirement, career counseling, FMLA and other leaves of absence, workers’ compensation and labor relations).  This position is located in Farmington, CT and works Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week.

In order to be considered for this job opening, you must be a current state employee, who has permanent state status and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening.  You must specify your qualifications on your application. 

All applicants must include a resume within the "Resume Tab" of their application with their submission.  Applicants invited to interview may be required to submit additional documentation, which supports their qualification(s) for this position.  These documents may include:  performance reviews, supervisory references, college transcripts, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.

Should you have questions pertaining to any phase of this recruitment, please contact the hiring agency's human resources office:  860) 679-3982.

In the Department of Administrative Services, this class is deployed at an agency and is accountable for acting as a working supervisor or for performing the most complex human resources duties as an agency business partner. 

In a state agency outside of the State's centralized Human Resources structure, this class will be accountable for acting as a working supervisor or for performing the most complex human resources and other related duties.

Duties and responsibilities associated with this position include, but are not limited to:

Employee/Labor Relations

• Administering collective bargaining agreements relevant to the agency (NP-2, NP-3, NP-6, P-1, and P-4, P-5), including the maintenance and posting of seniority lists.
• Providing advisory services to agency leadership on a full range of employee and labor relations matters.
• Conducting administrative investigations, writing corresponding reports, and making appropriate recommendations.
• Coordinating and leading pre-disciplinary meetings.
• Developing all notifications to unions and attending labor management meetings, as needed.  

Position Control/Staffing

• Managing all agency positions within applicable guidelines.  
• Using the State’s Applicant Tracking System (i.e., JobAps) to post job openings and lead the selection, hiring, and onboarding of employees.  
• Conducting outreach and developing strategies for hard to fill positions.
• Fielding recruiting inquiries from applicants. 

Health and Safety/Workers’ Compensation

• Serving as the Secretary for the OCME Safety Committee.
• Serving as the point of contact for the Employee Assistance Program and making referrals, as needed.
• Coordinating and executing the agency’s workers’ compensation program.

Payroll Oversight 

• Support of time and labor processes, ensuring compliance with payroll policies and procedures and monitoring accuracy. 
• Creating reports to demonstrate overtime utilization.

Benefit/Leave Administration 

• Effectuates the agency’s payroll on Core-CT (24/7/365 schedules).
• Administering FMLA and other paid or unpaid leaves.
• Calculating, communicating, and processing retirement benefits.
• Managing employee benefits, including the coordination of open enrollment. 

Equal Employment Opportunity/ADA 

• Writing and presenting the agency’s Affirmative Action Plan and maintaining relevant documents and statistics.
• Providing management advisory services.
• Coordinating and/or conducting mandatory trainings such as Sexual Harassment Prevention and Diversity training.
• Serving as the agency’s ADA coordinator. 

 Duties Unique to Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME

• Monitoring of compliance with a variety of required personnel health and safety updates, professional certifications and licensure for agency personnel.
• Coordinating various on-site education and research opportunities related to the agency’s operations.
• Performing other administrative duties as part of the agency’s leadership team.  
• Creating and updating policies and procedures for the annual Accreditation of the OCME by the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME).

• Considerable knowledge of: human resources management and relevant state and federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures;
• Knowledge of: employment practices related to civil rights, equal employment opportunity, job classification, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefit programs, pay administration, workers compensation, human resources information systems and labor relations;
• Considerable: interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills and conflict resolution skills;
• Considerable ability to: work effectively in a matrixed organization; analyze and balance customer’s needs with laws, regulations, policies, procedures and collective bargaining agreements;
• Ability to: supervise, strategically plan, including succession planning, and ability to apply innovative solutions to organizational problems.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the full working level in human resources management.

For state employees, this is interpreted at the level of Human Resources Generalist 2 or Human Resources Specialist.

1. College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

2. A Master's degree in human resources management, labor relations, business administration, public administration or closely related field other closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

3. A law degree may be substituted for two (2) additional years of the General Experience.

• HR generalist experience;
• Experience providing advice and counsel to agency supervisors and managers on HR matters, including policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreements, and best practices;
• Experience using CORE-CT for person and/or position actions, and experience using JobAps.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.