Human Resource Analyst 2

About the role

Are you ready to further your career in Human Resources? The Department of Environmental Protection Human Resource Office is looking for a highly motivated and organized individual to join our Employee Relations and Workforce Support Division as a Human Resource Analyst 2. As part of our dedicated team, you will perform analytical and advisory employee relations work to help ensure that managers, supervisors, and negotiated contracts support fairness, consistency, and productivity across the state. Apply now for the chance to grow your skills through work that makes a meaningful difference every day!

This position focuses on responding to grievances, ensuring that management’s viewpoints are effectively represented in the collective bargaining process, and helping managers and supervisors understand and follow all labor contracts and related agreements, laws, and rules. As a Human Resources Analyst 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Grievance Procedure Participation: Provide initial responses to discipline and contract interpretation grievances; participate in training to begin representing management at all steps in the grievance process and to join committee meetings
• Investigation Actions: Conduct investigations into discipline and contract interpretation grievances and into code of conduct and ethics act violations; write reports of findings
• Contract Negotiations: Research and prepare position papers, present recommendations and analyses to management, and help monitor implementation efforts for accuracy
• Management Technical Assistance: Guide and train managers and supervisors on contract requirements, Commonwealth policies, and corrective discipline concepts and processes as well as performance evaluation, management, and improvement strategies
• Committee Coordination: Organize, schedule, coordinate, and prepare required materials for labor-management committee meetings
• Policy Support: Help develop and refine procedures that support effective employee relations as well as management’s understanding of and compliance with requirements

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to three days per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year as a Human Resource Analyst 1 or Equal Opportunity Specialist 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years of analytical experience that includes one year of professional human resource or equal opportunity experience, and a bachelor’s degree; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
• your score may be lower than deserved.
• you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.