Leave Administration Supervisor

This is responsible professional supervisory work administering and coordinating the City’s leave absence programs and related accommodation in compliance with federal, state, and policies.

Employees in this class are responsible for overall leave administration and supervision of activities for municipal employees, requiring thorough knowledge of and the ability to apply theories, principles and practices of human resources leave programs including Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Paid Parental Leave, Domestic Violence Leave, Donated Leave, and Leave Without Pay, to include coordination of requests for accommodation and FMLA. Under general supervision, employees perform assignments of considerable difficulty requiring the exercise of reasonable initiative and independent judgement in interpreting and implementing rules, regulations, policies and procedures. Work is performed in accordance with state and federal guidelines, legislation, accepted practices, existing arrangements, and union contracts with which the municipal government must comply. Requires working effectively and directly with all city employees, including departmental management and the legal department to provide guidance and direction on all aspects of employee leave administration as well as coordinating or completing actions. Work is reviewed while in progress and upon completion through conferences, written reports and results obtained.

Supervises administration of the City’s leave program and staff, including the development of internal procedures and practices.

Knowledge of: labor law, federal and state guidelines, and accepted practices and procedures with particular knowledge of the Federal Medical Leave Act, Workers’ Compensation, American with Disabilities Act and other regulations/laws regarding absence management matters; modern public human resources administration, organization and management principles and practices; municipal organization, programs and activities, sources of related information and data; the city’s personnel processing system; statistics; effective supervisory techniques.

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 public or business administration, with emphasis on employee relations and five (5) years of professional human resources experience with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience with leave coordination and six (6) months of lead or supervisory experience preferred. 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 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.

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