Job Summary
If you've got serious HR "chops" Clark County is looking for you! Our "do everything" approach will help you refine/develop a broad and deep understanding of several HR disciplines while you provide the best service to employees and citizens. Our do it all approach means we are "HR unicorns" and after a few years here your career can skyrocket.
HR Reps provide professional-level human resources assistance to assigned departments in an independent manner. Such services include but are not limited to: recruitment and selection, succession planning, employee engagement, employee relations, classification and compensation, workplace investigations, and training. Additionally, we handle labor relations including grievance handling, labor/management meetings for assigned departments, and collective bargaining/contract negotiations as necessary.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
Education: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in human resources, organizational behavior, psychology, public administration, or a similarly related field. PHR/SPHR, SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP certification is preferred or additional graduate-level coursework or degree is desirable.
Experience: Four (4) to six (6) years of professional-level human resources experience as well as two (2) years labor relations experience. Experience spanning multiple HR disciplines and in a unionized and/or public sector environment is preferred.
Knowledge of: Contemporary principles and practices of human resource management including recruitment and selection, job classification, compensation, employee benefits and training. Federal and state employment, labor and wage and hour laws; principles and techniques of labor relations including contract negotiation, interpretation and administration and grievance handling. Laws and techniques governing EEO and affirmative action programs.
Ability to: Understand and effectively apply the laws, theories principles and techniques of human resource management to organizational needs and situations guide and assist managers in preventing and resolving HR issues and concerns; develop and maintain successful working relationships with colleagues, management, labor representatives and employees. Prepare effective reports, correspondence and other written materials; utilize a range of personal computer resources and applications; verbally communicate effectively in a variety of settings, including sensitive 1:1 situations and formal classroom training.
For complete job announcement, application requirements, and to apply on-line, please visit our website at:
https://www.clark.wa.gov/human-resources/explore-careers-clark-county
With its great natural beauty, Clark County, Washington, always has attracted people and businesses. We welcome those who visit and settle here, providing fresh perspectives, growing diversity and vibrant energy.
Our forward-looking community is framed by the scenic Cascade Range to the east and the majestic Columbia River to the south and west. The area is a picturesque place to work, play, and live.
Named for Captain William Clark of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame, our county is one of the fastest growing regions in Washington state and the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. Today, more than 467,000 people call Clark County home.
Clark County government works to enhance the quality of life for all of our diverse community by providing services with integrity, openness and accountability. We are one of the county's largest employers, providing a wide range of rewarding careers for about 1,570 people.