Career Opportunity

Public Service Trainee, Talent Acquisition - Human Resources Services - City and County of San Francisco (9910)

Recruitment: RTF0118970-01142933

Published: December 28, 2022

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About:

• Application Opening: January 27, 2022
• Application Filing Deadline: December 30, 2022
• Analyst Name:  Brandon Bradley
• Hourly Compensation: $ 29.00 per hour
• Type of Employment: Temporary Exempt, Part-Time, 20 Hours/Week

Important Information: Instructions to Apply

1. Complete this Public Service Aide, Talent Acquisition (9910) job application;

2. Attach a proof of your graduate school education (Master’s or PhD program). This can be your transcript (official or unofficial), diploma, class schedule, or other document that shows your current enrollment or graduation status with your school.

Only individuals who submit a completed job application and  a proof of your graduate school education at the time of application submission will be considered.

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. 

The Human Resource Services at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is Offering Internship Opportunities in the area of Talent Acquisition.

WHO ARE WE? 

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality. 
To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

Talent Acquisition 
We are a team within the Human Resources Services at the SFPUC engaged in attracting and hiring high performing employees to fulfill the mission of the SFPUC. As an evolving Talent Acquisition team, our vision is working towards:

• Developing quality assessments to hire high-performing employees
• Strategically sourcing potential hires from diverse backgrounds
• Developing an attractive employment brand Talent acquisition at the SFPUC has become increasingly complex.

The function requires numerous tools and skills to navigate successfully through a heavily regulated hiring (merit-based) process, keeping abreast of operations and services provided by the SFPUC, keeping up with new technology, and meeting ever­ changing candidate and hiring manager expectations. Given the intricacy of the function coupled with a tight labor market, our mission is to maximize resources to attract, source, assess, select and on-board the best, high-performing candidates.

Role description

The duration of this internship is 6 months, with an opportunity to extend the duration of the position based on exemplary performance.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Are highly organized and detailed-oriented in order to successfully navigate complexity
• Can help candidates and managers understand and navigate recruitment and selection rules, regulations, and processes • Think critically through their work and continuously recommend improvements
• Embrace and support major changes to move towards our vision
• Are comfortable using professional judgment to provide talent acquisition consultation to managers • Are self-motivated, able to work independently, and open to feedback
• Are comfortable with research and formulating potential solutions/ courses of action

As a Talent Acquisition Intern, you will: Participate in formal and informal training related to best practices, and work with increased independence as professional competence is demonstrated.
Interns participate in an on-the-job training program and learn to interpret, apply and comply with federal, state and local labor laws and regulations, applicable memoranda of understanding, and City rules, policies, and procedures in the conducting and completion of classification, recruitment, selection (testing) examination, and referral work.

• Assist in conducting research on occupational data in order to develop actionable items
• Assist in the administration of requests to fill position, employee transfers, post­ referral, and hiring processes
• Assist in preparing class specifications in compliance with relevant laws and guidelines and ensure consistency within class series and job families
• Assist in the development, maintenance and administration of a departmental human resources program
• Review requests to fill positions to ensure compliance with the classification plan
• Assist to establish eligible lists for City employment: by conducting job analyses, organizing recruitment activities, reviewing employment applications, developing and administering selection (testing) devices, analyzing results, recommending passing scores, preparing inspection papers, and producing eligible lists
• Interview employees and supervisors to elicit and/or clarify job information and organizational relationships
• Learn to use and become proficient with various HR information systems; e.g., modify and retrieve information from applicant database system; manipulate data to generate a wide variety of informational and statistical reports; check for accuracy of HR records
• Assist in explaining Civil Service Commission rules and the City's Department of Human Resources policies and procedures
• Collect and analyze data to assist with determining important/essential duties and position allocation criteria • Assist in administering provisions of memoranda of understanding related to recruitment and hiring activities
• Assist in providing information to departmental representatives, labor organizations, managers, employees, applicants, other agencies and the general public
• Assist in responding to appeals or protests of decisions and/or procedures related to recruitment and selection • Assist in preparing reports to the Civil Service Commission
• Prepare written materials including letters, reports, memoranda, and forms
• Track certification and final selection processes.
   

How to qualify

Education: 

• Seeking interns who have graduated, or are currently enrolled in a graduate program (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university.

Desirable Qualification:

• Desirable master's or PhD degrees: Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or other closely related field (e.g., Industrial Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Applied Social Psychology, Behavioral Psychology).

The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring. 

Verification of Education and Experience:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. More information can be found at: https://sfdhr.org/information-about-hiring-process#verification

What else should I know?

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

Exam Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the Human Resources Analyst, Brandon Bradley at BBradley@sfwater.org.

BB/TEX-9910-EXEMPT/01142933

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.