Pay Range: $63,041 - $81,953 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, July 12, 2024 Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm (in-office).
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Police Employment Specialist position is available with the City of Fort Worth Police Department - Employment Services Section (ESS). The Employment Services Section is relied upon to provide Human Resource related services to approximately 2400 PD personnel (both sworn and civilian). The unit’s workload is constant, the demands are high, and priorities can change with little notice. In order to effectively meet the Department’s needs, the section collaborates with the City’s Human Resources Department, external customers and vendors, and also the public.
As one of three supervisors (within the section), the incumbent will be responsible for supervising two positions; an Administrative Technician and Polygrapher. It also is relied upon to provide senior-level consultation and recommendations to PD personnel, at all levels. The incumbent will contribute to the City’s strategic goals, mission and vision by managing the Department’s civilian background and recruitment processes; assist with internal Classification and Compensation requests; assist with employee performance metrics; collaborate with other City HR Partners regarding civilian investigations and corrective/disciplinary actions; and track and manage varies databases and reports for PD Leadership.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in public administration, human resource management, sociology, business administration, or a related field and;
- Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in human resources, and 3 or more years of supervisory and/or lead experience.
Preferred Qualifications: - Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word).
- Professional experience in Human Resources practices and procedures within full-cycle recruitment efforts, classification and compensation, employee performance metrics, unemployment claims and hearings, employee investigations, and corrective/disciplinary actions.
- Professional experience consulting and advising supervisors, managements, and Executive Leadership.
- Experience interpreting City policies and procedures, and state and federal employment regulations.
- Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communications abilities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Prior professional experience working in a law enforcement and/or government working environment.
The Police Employment Specialist responsibilities include: - Reviewing staff work assignments, setting performance expectations, coaching and mentoring, and overseeing leave requests.
- Respond to human resources-related inquiries. Provide guidance to Police personnel to ensure best practices, applicable laws, and processes are followed.
- Processdata entry in a variety of databases, ensuring accuracy of data and overall system integrity, maintain department related confidential information.
- Provide information for Unemployment Claims and at times sit in on unemployment appeal hearings with the Texas Workforce Commission.
- Maintain employee personnel records and assist with Internal Affairs requests.
- Track and process vacancies for promotional/appointed Sworn positions.
- Track and process Indefinite Suspensions/Reinstatements, hiring of Lateral Entry Officers, and hiring of Police Trainees.
- Prepare and update monthly and quarterly departmental reports.
- Prepare and submit Incentive/Assignment pays.
- Respond to Public Information requests.
Working Conditions Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS Final candidates selected for hire in the Police Department will be subject to a criminal background, drug screen, polygraph examination and fingerprint check.
Applicants must not have used marijuana during the previous twenty-four (24) months, nor illegally used any controlled substances within the last five (5) years. Environmental Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
