Career Opportunity

Senior Talent Acquisition Analyst – Human Resources- SFPUC (1244) - (122535)

Recruitment: RTF0122534-01129000

Published: May 23, 2022

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About:

Reporting Location:
SFPUC Headquarters
525 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA

The SFPUC operates in seven (7) counties and the incumbent may be required to report to locations outside of San Francisco, as needed, including Sunol, Millbrae and Moccasin (95347).

This project-based position will work on addressing the current backlog of recruitments and process improvement projects. 

Work Hours:

·         Requests for Alternate Work Schedule (9/80) will be considered. 

·         The position may require the incumbent to occasionally work outside of normal business hours.

Company Description

• Application Opening: 05/23/2022
• Application Filing Deadline: 06/03/2022
• Annual Salary: $110,968-$134,810
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0122534- 01129000

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Permanent 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 duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

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 Team

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

·         Advancing internal hiring practices and processes to improve stakeholder experience

·         Developing quality selection tools and assessments to hire high-performing employees

·         Guiding our divisions to establish and execute sound and effective hiring strategies

·         Proactively supporting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts and initiatives throughout the hiring process

Talent acquisition at the SFPUC has become increasingly complex. The function requires numerous tools and various 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, and select the best, high-performing candidates.

We are looking for individuals who:

·      Are proficient with organizational research, data analysis/workforce analytics and formulating potential solutions / courses of action

·      Are highly organized and detailed-oriented to successfully navigate complexity and manage competing priorities

·      Effectively assist candidates and managers in understanding and navigating though recruitment and selection rules, regulations, and processes

·     Think critically throughout the steps of their work and continuously recommend and anticipate questions, concerns and issues.

·      Are adaptable and embrace and support major changes to move towards the organizational vision

·      Are comfortable and composed in using professional judgment to provide talent acquisition consultation to managers

·      Are self-motivated and have a strong sense of accountability, are able to work independently, proactively and collaboratively, and are open to feedback

·      Can mentor staff, helping them build effective relationships and deliver sound advice or solutions

·      Can provide recommendations on policies, procedures, and internal practices and contribute to process improvements

·      Champion a culture of transparency in HR services and across the SFPUC

Role description

Project: Recruiting, Retention, and Sustainability Project     

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Analyst, you will:

report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and be responsible for performing complex professional work in classification, recruitment and selection functions to develop and implement a talent acquisition strategy to recruit high-performing candidates to join the SFPUC, as well as to create a positive candidate and hiring manager experience. This includes supervising journey level analysts, interns and technical staff, monitoring and evaluating recruitment and selection practices to identify enhancements and opportunities for improvement, while observing and implementing merit based principles, labor laws and regulations.

The Senior Human Resources Analyst in Talent Acquisition will perform complex professional level human resources work in the areas of recruitment, selection, classification, operations, and related human resource programs such as integration of competency-based workforce planning model into talent acquisition and selection programs. The essential duties of this position include:

·         Provide advice, consultation, and information to SFPUC managers, supervisors, and employees regarding organizational structures, appropriate staffing patterns, competency-based selection, career paths and pathway programs

·         Conduct job analyses and classification studies for a wide range of classifications

·         Develop and validate a variety of job-related test instruments, prepare and post job announcements, review applications, administer and score exams, and post eligible lists

·         Coordinate processing of personnel transactions, review and process requests to fill positions, track certification and selection processes, and review and process personal services contracts

·         Prepare written materials, including reports, standard operating procedures, memos, presentations, training materials etc.

·         Advise managerial and supervisory staff of Civil Service Commission rules, relevant charter provisions, SFPUC policies and administrative regulations, administrative codes, and relevant federal and state guidelines relating to all aspects of selection and employment, Federal Guidelines on Employee Selection, and Collective Bargaining Agreements; interpret and apply relevant contract and civil service provisions.

·         Research, collect and analyze job, employee and recruitment data, including job analysis questionnaires, job descriptions, classification specifications, potential selection devices, and organizational structures to review and/ or prepare job analyses to be used in designing effective and valid selection processes.

·         Provide information tailored to relevant audiences, including departmental representatives, labor organizations, managers, employees, applicants, other agencies and the public, and represent department on personnel matters before boards and commissions and in meetings with other departments.

·         Contribute to process improvement initiatives and projects to increase effectiveness and efficiency of all processes related to hiring. 

·         Supervise journey level analysts, interns and technical staff

How to qualify

1.     Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND

2.     Three (3) years of verifiable professional human resources experience, similar to 1241 Human Resources Analyst, in one or more of the following areas of activity: recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, employee and/or labor relations, benefits administration and human resources operations.

Substitution:

Education Substitution - Additional qualifying work experience as a professional human resources analyst may be substituted for up to two years of the required education on a year-for-year basis (30 semester/ 45 quarter units equals one year).

Experience Substitution - Completion of a 12-month human resources trainee program equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco’s 1249 Human Resources Training Program may substitute for one (1) year of required professional experience.

Experience Substitution - Possession of a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) or master’s degree in Personnel Administration, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Public Administration or Clinical/School/Industrial-Organizational Psychology may substitute for one (1) year of the required professional experience.

Desirable Qualification: Two (2) years of verifiable experience conducting job analysis for purposes of assessing duties and functions of positions to make recommendations for classification purposes, and /or for purposes of developing and administering exams.

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

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

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. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores

What else should I know?

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
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

 Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

·         Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Anna Owens by email at aowens@sfwater.org.

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.