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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER A

Salary

$4,694.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

SSD2025/AH/213918

Department

SSC Special School District

Opening Date

10/16/2025

Closing Date

10/26/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The Louisiana Special School District (LSSD) is an education service agency that provides services to the Louisiana Special Schools (Louisiana School for the Deaf, Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired and Special School Programs). The schools provide educational opportunities to students with low-incidence disabilities and a variety of unique needs.

We're Hiring: A Human Resources Manager:

Are you a people-focused leader with a passion for building strong teams and shaping positive workplace culture? Join us as our nextHuman Resources Manager!In this vital role, you’ll oversee all aspects of HR, from recruitment and employee relations to compliance and performance management. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values collaboration, and is ready to make a real impact on our organization’s most important asset—our people.

Key qualities: Strategic mindset, exceptional interpersonal skills, and a hands-on approach to problem-solving.

Why us? Competitive benefits, a supportive leadership team, and a culture that truly values its employees.

An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

*Adapting to Change:The ability to adjust plans, expectations, and behaviors in response to change.

*Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of state resources.

*Building and Supporting Teams:The ability to combine your actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.

* Acting Decisively: The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively

*Championing Continuous Improvement: The ability to systematically drive or promote continuous improvement.

* Demonstrate Accountability: The ability to accept ownership for your actions, behaviors, performance, and decisions.

* Demonstrate Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.

*Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training.

*Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

Minimum Qualifications

Seven years of human resources experience; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field plus four years of human resources experience; OR

A bachelor’s degree plus four 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 three years of human resources experience.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Designation as a Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), Professional in Human Resources (PHR), or a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=170940) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

* Manages Employee Administration and Payroll for classified, unclassified, and academic employees at the Louisiana Special School District.

* Will supervise three Human Resources Specialists in the maintenance of personnel transactions, onboarding processes, and compensation/payment policies and procedures.

* Develops and recommends policies, procedures, and long and short-range goals relative to education-related human resource issues.

* Assist in the development of performance indicators and in the implementation of the strategic plan for human resources.

* Evaluates the effectiveness of the program areas to which this position is assigned and recommends and implements changes where necessary.

* Serves as the assistant to the HR Director and assumes full responsibility for the HR Department in the absence of the director.

Position-specific details:

Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional. The chosen application will be required to take a probationary appointment.

Work Schedule: Typically, work hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No civil service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the“Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For more information regarding this vacancy, please contact:

Alicia Holmes, HR Specialist

Louisiana Special School District

2888 Brightside Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70820

(225) 757-3207

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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I understand that information on this application may be subject to investigation and verification and that any misrepresentation or material omission, including on my responses to supplemental questions, may cause my application to be rejected, my name to be removed from the eligible register, and/or subject me to disqualification from future job opportunities and/or dismissal from state service.

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+ No

02

Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?

+ Yes

+ No

03

If you answered Yes to the above question, please give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.

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Are you willing/able to work over-time occasionally, if needed?

+ Yes

+ No

05

Do you possess a Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration, Human Resources or a related area?

+ Yes

+ No

06

Are you a current or former employee of Special School District?

+ Yes

+ No

07

Describe your experience with Louisiana state government payroll and leave and provide specific examples.

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Describe your experience with LaGov HCM (SAP) navigation, entering and extracting payment and payroll data and generating reports. Provide specific examples

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Do you have experience with teacher pay and teacher benefit laws for under Title 17 or Title 28 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered Yes to question 9, please describe your experience:

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Describe your ability to demonstrate initiative based on our definition: The ability to assess and analyze information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.

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Describe your ability to demonstrate accountability based on our definition: The ability to accept ownership for your actions, behaviors, performance and decisions.

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State of Louisiana

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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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