PERSONNEL
TECHNICIAN
DEFINITION
To perform clerical
and administrative duties in the operation of the City's Personnel Office,
including employee benefits administration, employee recruitment and selection
and records management.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives direction
from the Personnel Director.
Exercises functional
and technical supervision over assigned professional, technical and clerical
staff.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES - Duties may include, but are not limited to,
the following:
Coordinate personnel
requisitions for employment to fill job vacancies from requesting departments;
send, receive, screen and recommend suitable candidates; and coordinate
correspondence for the Human Resources Department.
Coordinate various City
fringe benefit packages for new, retired and terminated employees and
dependents of same.
Operate a CRT
computer system; and maintain and administer official employee files and
records.
Coordinate health and
life insurance benefits with employees and insuring agencies; enroll new
employees in benefits program; and coordinate continuing health insurance
benefits with terminating/
retiring employees
and dependents.
Enroll permanent
employees in retirement program, process retirements and coordinate return of
retirement fund contributions; and arrange for retirement plaques, photographs
and certificates.
Monitor authorized
employee positions, ensuring personnel requisitions match budgeted positions.
Review and screen all
job applications and schedule interviews for qualified applicants.
Maintain a variety of
separate personnel related files such as for all applications and resumes, job
descriptions, job specific sheets for performance reviews, wage review,
unemployment insurance requests, and deferred compensation contracts; and
maintain an employee master file using computer system.
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Personnel Technician (continued)
Schedule and
coordinate employee performance reviews, and coordinates any salary changes
with Account Clerk handling payroll.
Determine advertising
methods, draft ads and opportunity listings and submit same to newspapers and
recruiting resources.
Coordinate Public
Employees Deferred Compensation Program enrollment with local representative.
Coordinate hiring of
temporary employees.
Conduct background
checks; and arrange pre-employment physical.
Administer and score
personnel selection tests.
Prepares general
personnel office correspondence and reports, including EEO-4 report.
Assemble and mail
police officer application packets.
Monitor whether fire
control specialist applicants have taken the GATB test to become eligible
candidates.
Notify
selected/rejected candidates of results.
Assist employees in
the completion of various forms including tax withholding forms and Credit
Union applications.
Conduct exit
interviews with terminating employees.
Provide personnel
related information to City employees, other governmental agencies and the
general public.
Perform related
duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge
of:
Principles, practices and techniques
of personnel.
English usage, spelling, grammar and
punctuation.
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Personnel Technician (continued)
Basic mathematical principles.
Modern office procedures, methods
and computer equipment.
Ability
to:
Effectively
administer a variety of complex clerical activities including extensive record
keeping.
Maintain a confidential posture
regarding personnel information, data and materials.
Establish
and maintain cooperative working relationships with administrative officials,
supervisory staff and other employees; and deal tactfully and courteously with
the public.
Interpret
personnel policies and procedures in answering inquiries and giving technical
direction.
Communicate
clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
Make administrative decisions in
accordance with City policies and procedures.
Must be able to physically perform the basic life support functions of walking, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Must be able to perform sedentary work, which includes exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Must have the visual acuity to prepare and analyze data
and figures, operate. typewriter or computer terminal, and determine the
accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the assigned work assigned.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
Any combination of
education, experience and training that would likely provide the required
knowledge and abilities is qualifying.
A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
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Personnel Technician (continued)
Education:
Equivalent
to the completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by college level course
work in Personnel
Administration or a related field.
Experience:
Two years of responsible clerical
and administrative work experience.
Training:
Additional specialized training in
personnel or a related field.
LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE
Possession of, or
ability to obtain, an appropriate and valid North Carolina driver's license.