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
From: Elliot Lasson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:55 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Manager, Recruitment and Employment Services
The following crossed my desk. Please feel free to pass it along. Thank you.
Elliot
(Recruitment, Examinations, and Employment)
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*
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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