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Human Resources Specialist 2 Class & Comp

Grade 23

New York State has approximately 9 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Civil Service, Department of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Human Resources Specialist Trainee 1 Class & Comp

    Similar to Grade 13

  2. Human Resources Specialist Trainee 2 Class & Comp

    Similar to Grade 14

  3. Human Resources Specialist 1 Class & Comp

    Grade 18

  4. Human Resources Specialist 2 Class & Comp

    Grade 23

  5. Human Resources Specialist 4 Class & Comp

    Grade 62

  6. Manager Classification & Compensation

    Grade 64

Summary of Job Description

As a Human Resources Specialist 2 (Classification and Compensation), you would independently review and complete the most complex classification actions; serve as lead analysts for major classification studies and projects; represent the agency on inter- and intra-departmental committees concerned with resolving broad issues in personnel administration or labor relations; manage large scale occupational studies of classes and class series to determine title consolidation opportunities and allocation changes; meet with executive and management staff of client agencies to discuss classification requests, anticipated or proposed changes in organizations and staff, and other personnel matters; may serve as Division experts about certain occupations and classification and compensation issues; and may supervise lower level staff.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Civil Service and have had one month of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Human Resources Specialist 1 (Classification and Compensation), Senior Classification and Pay Analyst, Classification and Pay Analyst Trainee 1, Human Resources Specialist Trainee 1 (Classification and Compensation), Classification and Pay Analyst Trainee 2, or Human Resources Specialist Trainee 2 (Classification and Compensation).

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

38-034

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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