Human Resources Administrator (N16)

The City of Annapolis is seeking a highly skilled, consultative, and strategic human resources professional to fill the role of Human Resources Administrator. Operating under limited direction, this position acts as a vital subject matter expert, supporting the Human Resources Director in administering comprehensive HR functions across a highly diversified, complex municipal structure.  

The ideal candidate will manage key institutional relationships, lead employee relations frameworks, handle job classification structures, and implement data-driven strategies that optimize workforce delivery citywide.

• Employee Relations Hub: Serves as the first-level point of contact for complex employee relations matters. Formulates critical determinations anchored in municipal policy, City Code, and employment law under the broad approval of the HR Director.  

• Classification & Compensation Administration: Formally administers classification programs. Evaluates structures, executes structural reclassifications, and drafts rigorous, compliant technical job descriptions.  

• Talent Development & Training: Supports the conceptualization, design, and deployment of modern employee development programs aimed at scaling leadership, technical proficiency, and supervisory skills across the City.  

• Advanced HR Data Analytics: Conducts high-level workforce research, data collection, benchmarking, and predictive metrics analysis to align human resource functions with shifting operational needs.  

• Strategic Process Optimization: Regularly audits internal HR workflows, pinpointing inefficiencies and providing data-driven recommendations to elevate the agency's overall efficiency.  

• Recruitment Program Management: Designs and administers the full lifecycle recruitment strategy, overseeing public advertising positioning, compliant interviewing matrices, and placement strategies.  

• Policy Formulation & Governance: Actively participates in drafting, updating, and legal compliance tracking for citywide HR policies, compliance programs, and personal transaction records.  

• Executive Continuity: Exercises independent judgment over daily assignments and stands prepared to act authoritatively as the Human Resources Director during their operational absence. 

• Legal & Regulatory Fluency: Comprehensive understanding of local, state, and federal labor regulations, explicitly including EEO compliance, FMLA, Workers' Compensation, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) frameworks.  

• Labor & Employee Relations Theory: Knowledge of progressive human resources management strategies, negotiation methodologies, and organizational evaluation techniques.  

• Strategic Communication: High-level oral and written communication capacity needed to lead executive briefings, build lasting business relationships, and facilitate cross-departmental alignment.  

• HRIS & Data Systems Mastery: Proven capabilities navigating advanced Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and sophisticated database/analytical software platforms.  

• Education: Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college with a major in Human Resources, Business or Public Administration, Labor Relations, or a strictly related field.  

• Experience: A minimum of three (3) years of professional-level experience specializing within human resources, advanced employee relations, or directly related workflows.  

• Certification through the Public Sector HR Association (PSHRA-CP or PSHRA-SCP), certification or through the Society
  of Human Resources Management (SHRM-PHR or SHRM-SPHR) or similar.

• Physical Demands: Work is predominantly sedentary, requiring negligible physical effort, with occasional walking and standing tied to travel for regional meetings and offsite municipal conferences.  

• Environment: Executed within a fast-paced, highly dynamic workplace that requires professional adaptability and immediate responsiveness to shifting municipal goals and priorities. 
  

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

The City of Annapolis Government does not discriminate or retaliate in employment against any person seeking employment or employed in the civil service because of any consideration of political or religious affiliation or belief, race, color, sex, age, family status, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.