Position at MTA
Tom Mitchell, Ph.D.
Industrial and Organizational Psychologist
University of Baltimore
Division of Applied Behavioral Sciences
Academic Center Suite 209 D
1420 North Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21201
<http://home.ubalt.edu/tmitch> http://home.ubalt.edu/tmitch
From: Elliot Lasson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:55 AM
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Subject: Manager, Recruitment and Employment Services
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Elliot
MANAGER, RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
(Recruitment, Examinations, and Employment)
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
EXECUTIVE SERVICE
This position serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority
Transfer candidates are encouraged to apply
Salary Range: $49,638 - $79,693 (Grade 19)
*Starting salary contingent upon education, relevant experience and TSHRS
salary rules*
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled
POSITION LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland
DESCRIPTION: The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is seeking a
creative, dynamic and progressive individual to manage the Recruitment and
Employment Services Unit, within the Division of Human Resources. This unit
is responsible for recruitment, examinations/testing, employment, and
supervising a staff of professionals. The selected candidate will serve as
the technical expert and provide advice and guidance to the MTA management
team in the areas of recruitment, testing and employment for an agency that
employs union and non-union employees. This position develops and supervises
the development of recruitment, selection and promotion procedures and
instruments that meet legal and psychometric standards and administers the
same for Career Service, State temporary, contractual positions, and union
positions. The unit is responsible for the following work: Writing job
bulletins, newspaper advertisements and Internet advertisements to recruit
applicants; reviewing employment applications to determine if candidates
meet the established minimum qualifications for the job; conducting job
analysis studies; developing, administering and scoring a wide variety of
selection instruments to assess candidates' job-related qualifications in
accordance with technical guidelines and standards; analyzing job
information to support test validation and write technical reports to
document each testing project in accordance with the Uniform Guidelines on
Employee Selection Procedures; obtaining and analyzing all necessary
statistics for each testing project. The unit is also responsible for all
employment services including: selection plan development, interview
question development, scheduling interviews, and providing guidance to
hiring managers regarding the selection process.
Preferred Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree from
an accredited four (4) year college or university.
Experience: Five years of professional personnel work in the areas of
either job analysis, job evaluation, salary administration, employee
recruitment and selection, employer-employee relations, personnel program
evaluation, or personnel policy formulation. Two years of the above
experience must have been in the areas of recruitment, job analysis, test
development or employment services to include test development.
**The ideal candidate will have experience in all of the following areas:
recruitment, job analysis, test development, and employment services. In
addition, the ideal candidate will have experience managing a professional
staff; experience managing multiple priorities; results oriented; experience
developing and working with performance measures; experience working in a
fast paced environment; experience working in a union environment; the
ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with internal
and external customers including union representatives; excellent
interpersonal skills; ability to motivate and develop staff; ability to
foster a positive work environment; fiscally responsible in managing a
budget.
Notes: 1. Thirty graduate semester credits from a college or university in
the fields of personnel administration, business administration, public
administration, statistics, tests and measurements, or psychology may be
substituted for one year of experience. 2. Paraprofessional or professional
personnel management work experience may be substituted on a year for year
basis for up to four years of the required education.
TO APPLY: You must complete a MDOT application to be considered for this
recruitment. RESUMES CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE MDOT EMPLOYMENT
APPLICATION. Please include all relevant experience on your application.
This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer,
military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the
position you are applying for. Qualified applicants may be subject to
background and reference checks. The examination for this recruitment may
be an evaluation and rating of the information you provide on your
application. Therefore it is important that you provide complete and
accurate information. For an application, please call 410-865-1073. Mail
your application to: Recruitment and Examinations Unit, 7201 Corporate
Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Mail Stop 140, Hanover, MD 21076, or you may
apply online at https://jobs.mdot.state.md.us. Applications sent without
sufficient postage will not be accepted and will be returned. Applications
sent through interoffice mail that are not received by the closing date will
not be accepted. Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for qualified
individuals with disability will be provided upon request. Please notify in
advance. MD Relay Service Number (711). Bilingual applicants are encouraged
to apply. The Maryland Department of Transportation is not sponsoring new
employees in application of the H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary
constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the
United States under the Immigration and Reform Control Act of 1986.
Federal regulations prohibit H1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship
fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Issue Date:
Elliot D. Lasson, Ph.D.
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