HR Analyst I

*Open To All Qualified Candidates*

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland. For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities. We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions, and - most importantly - our employees to achieve these goals.

Nature of Work: The Recruitment and Examinations Unit (REU) Analyst is located in the Office of Human Resources & Workforce Development and will support the MDTA's recruitment efforts on a wide range of administrative, technical, labor, and professional positions. This involves full lifecycle recruitment activities including but not limited to:

• Coordinating with hiring managers to determine the most successful recruitment and selection strategy;
• Creating and updating job requisitions and exam plans;
• Updating multiple HR systems and databases;
• Reviewing and/or crafting interview questions and assessments;
• Creating and posting job announcements;
• Reviewing employment applications for required qualifications, updating candidates on application status, and scheduling interviews;
• Processing selected candidates through the employment offer process, and;
• Promoting the agency's recruitment efforts at internal and external job fairs.

The current vacancy is for a Recruitment and Examinations Unit Analyst. However, this recruitment may also be used to fill future HR Analyst I vacancies in the Employee Services/Benefits or Classification/Compensation functional HR areas.

Classification and Compensation

Employees in this function will learn to analyze and evaluate positions for reclassification by interpreting and applying job evaluation standards. This work includes conducting interviews and extensive research to gather pertinent information, writing detailed memorandums, making technically sound recommendations concerning compensation actions, and acting as a technical resource for employees and supervisors.

Employment Services and Benefits

Employees in this function will support MDTA's workforce throughout the full employment lifecycle. This includes facilitating first-day orientation for new hires, processing employment transactions in HR systems, handling timekeeping issues, and will serve as an Employee Benefits Coordinator and Retirement Coordinator.

Employees in this position will report directly to an HR Unit Manager. The current vacancy will report to the Recruitment and Examinations Manager. The current vacancy is located in Baltimore, MD. Hybrid telework schedules may be available for this position.

MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based on start date.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: One year of professional HR work in the areas of either job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, employee recruitment and selection, employment services and benefits, employer-employee relations, HR program evaluation, or HR policy formulation.

Your placement on an eligible list may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part-time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.

If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.

Notes:

1. Thirty graduate semester credits from a college or university in the fields of HR administration, business administration, public administration, statistics, tests and measurements, or psychology may be substituted for one year of experience.

2. Paraprofessional HR experience or professional HR management work experience may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to four years of the required education.

3. For employer/employee relations positions, applicants may substitute the possession of a Juris Doctor or equivalent degree from an accredited school of law for the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute equivalent U.S. Armed Forces military service experience on a year-for-year basis for the required education and experience.

Future candidates appointed to positions that are responsible for employment services and benefits work will be required to obtain certification by the Maryland State Retirement Agency as a Retirement Coordinator and certification by the Maryland Department of Budget Management as an Agency Benefits Coordinator. Future candidates selected to serve as a Leave Bank Coordinator for an Employment Services and Benefits Unit within MDOT and its business units are expected to complete the Maryland Department of Budget and Management Leave Bank Coordinator Training within 6 months of employment.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Please apply online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd RESUMES CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ONLINE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. Paper applications (Form DTS-1) will not be accepted for this recruitment.

All applications must be received by 2/18/2025.

Please be advised that the State of Maryland is dedicated to a drug-free workplace, and as a result, employees are subject to the State's Substance Abuse Policy to include possible drug testing. Selected candidate(s) may be subject to background and reference checks.

The incumbent in this position is not a member of a covered bargaining unit.

For education obtained outside the U.S., at the time of application, you are required to provide proof of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service, such as the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (http://www.naces.org) or World Education Services: International Credential Evaluation (https://www.wes.org/). This must be submitted as an attachment with the application for the position in which you are applying.

The Maryland Transportation Authority is not sponsoring new employees in the application of the H-1B Visa or providing an extension of an existing H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H-1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.

WE ARE AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. MDTA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

MDOT has various careers for people of all experiences, backgrounds, and abilities who come together to contribute to one mission - connecting our customers to life's opportunities. Join us in serving our Maryland residents, visitors, and businesses!

Reasonable Accommodations for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request.