Human Resources Specialist (Discipline)

Join a state-supported healthcare organization in Jackson, LA with a role focused on complex, confidential human resources discipline matters. This onsite position supports hospital-wide consistency in disciplinary administration while working closely with Legal and Civil Service processes. You will also have access to benefits designed to support employees and families, including paid parental leave, paid holidays, and retirement participation.

What you’ll do

• Provide HR support across the hospital on highly complex and confidential discipline-related issues.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for administering discipline for ELMHS.
• Develop, recommend, and implement ELMHS discipline policies and procedures.
• Review case information when an Internal Review Committee (IRC) substantiates findings of Abuse or Neglect of a client.
• Further review case facts, gather witness statements, and obtain other pertinent evidence when needed.
• Prepare pre-deprivation (pre-discipline or Loudermill) letters and submit them to LDH Legal for review.
• Issue pre-deprivation letters to employees and conduct response meetings with the employee and Appointing Authority (or designee).
• Issue final discipline letters.
• Assist the LDH Legal department representative during Civil Service Commission reviews of discipline actions.
• Issue related notices and documentation, including Administrative Leave letters, supervisory counseling letters, improvement letters, letters related to termination of temporary appointment, and separation from probation letters.
• Support employees, as needed, with issuing Grievance reports, and track submitted grievances to help ensure ongoing compliance.
• Receive and investigate reports of workplace violence and sexual harassment, prepare reports, and make recommendations to Legal.

Requirements

• Six years of human resources experience; or
• Six years of full-time experience in any field plus three years of human resources experience; or
• A bachelor’s degree plus three years of human resources experience; or
• An advanced degree in human resources, business administration, public administration, industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, or a Juris Doctorate plus two years of human resources experience.

Experience substitution: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university counts as one year toward the six years of required full-time work experience (maximum substitution: 120 semester hours, substituting for up to four years). Professional certification substitution: SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR may substitute for up to one year of the required experience.

Competencies

• Communicating Effectively
• Following Policies and Procedures
• Thinking Critically
• Adapting to Change
• Displaying Professionalism
• Learning Actively
• Managing Projects

Appointment type

Probational or Promotional

Benefits

• Insurance coverage
• Parental Leave: Up to six weeks paid parental leave
• Holidays and Leave: Paid holidays each year listed in the posting
• Sick and annual leave: State employees earn sick and annual leave that can be accumulated and saved for future use
• Retirement: Eligible to participate in various retirement systems

How to apply

• No Civil Service test score is required for this vacancy.
• Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process.
• Include information supporting your eligibility in the application, including relevant, detailed experience and education details. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections, and applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact

For further information about this vacancy, contact Leigh Moore, ELMHS HR: [email protected] or 225-634-0680.