City of Tampa

This is responsible supervisory work involving special projects relating to Human Resources.

The employee is responsible for planning, organizing, and conducting special projects for the municipal government in the area Human Resources activities and issues. Employees will perform assignments of considerable difficulty requiring the exercise of reasonable initiative and independent judgment in drafting, interpreting, and implementing rules, regulations, policies, and procedures while supervising a staff of analysts. Work is performed in accordance with state and federal guidelines, legislation, accepted practices, existing arrangements, and contracts with which the municipal government must comply. A significant portion of the employee’s time is spent supervising the completion of special projects, including those related to the City’s Ethics Ordinance. The employee will oversee research to develop policies and procedure for consideration by superiors, drafts policy language, performs research, and develops proposals. Work is reviewed while in progress and upon completion through conferences, written reports and results obtained.

Oversees the intake, production, and release of all public records requests. Extensive knowledge of Florida State Statue 119 and redaction requirements/exemptions in order to answer all customer service requests for human resources/employee relations received in GovQA/Tampa Connect.

Oversee the answering pf subpoenas and provide all requested documents while working in conjunction with payroll to provide in a timely manner.

Supervises the planning, organizing and conducting of municipal human resources special project activities; develops recommendations for policies by researching, surveying and analyzing data pertinent to human resources and other issues.

Special projects may include: City of Tampa service award ceremony, maintenance of grievance and discipline logs, creation and maintenance of forms, databases, compliance with FSS 119 and provision of public records, surveys, employment verifications, and internal departmental requests.

Supervises a staff of  analysts whose special projects may include: City of Tampa service award ceremony, maintenance of grievance and discipline logs, creation and maintenance of forms, databases, compliance with FSS 119 and provision of public records, surveys and employment verifications.

Supervises the maintenance of records on ethics forms completed by City employees; provides assistance to the City Ethics Commission.

Supervises the development of and implementation of training designed for supervisors and managers.

Keeps abreast of current human resources activities, particularly in the public sector. 

Performs related work as required.

Ability to: Direct and supervise the work of others; collect, analyze and evaluate data; present data in a meaningful manner; prepare and submit clear, concise and timely oral and written reports, and present such material in a persuasive and convincing manner; conduct independent research and study for completing projects; establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, officials, and the general public.

Skill in: Use of a variety of computer software applications to include the Microsoft Office Suite.

Mostly sedentary, Indoors, requires extended use of computer, typing and viewing a monitor.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in human resources, public or business administration or related field, with one (1) year of experience in a full-time professional human resources role preferably with professional experience handling public records to include redactions and exemptions, and six (6) months lead or supervisory experience, OR

An equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a high school diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job- related competencies noted above.

Possession of a valid Florida driver's license is required.

Evaluation of education and experience. Drug testing is included in all pre-employment processing.

Employees may be required to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed. During periods when the Mayor issues an emergency declaration for the City of Tampa, all employees may be required to work in preparation, response or recovery activities related to the stated emergency.