HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST A/B/C/SPECIALIST

HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST A/B/C/SPECIALIST

Salary

$3,501.33 - $6,136.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

403CO-224238-GOL

Department

Office of Juvenile Justice

Opening Date

08/03/2026

Closing Date

8/8/2026 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

Office of Juvenile Justice

Central Office

State Police Bldg. 1st Floor

7919 Independence Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806

https://ojj.la.gov/location/ojj-central-office

The Office of Juvenile Justice is seeking a detail-oriented HR Analyst or Specialist to support key human resources functions across the agency. This role is ideal for someone who excels in accuracy, communication, and navigating complex HR processes within a fast-moving environment.

As an HR Analyst or Specialist, you'll support employee administration, benefits, payroll coordination, and recruitment activities while ensuring compliance with Civil Service rules, state and federal regulations, and departmental policies. You'll work closely with supervisors and managers, provide guidance to employees, and help maintain the integrity of personnel actions and HR documentation. This position offers structured growth through the Career Progression Group, allowing advancement based on experience, competencies, and performance.

If you're organized, dependable, and committed to delivering high-quality HR service, this role provides a meaningful opportunity to support agency operations and develop professionally within a progressive HR career path.

A PREFERRED CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Communicating Effectively: Communicates clearly, listens actively, and explains complex ideas well.

• Demonstrating Accountability: Owns results, meets standards, and responds to feedback professionally.

• Following Policies and Procedures: Applies and explains policies accurately, adapts in routine cases, and helps improve procedures.

• Acting with Ethics and Integrity: Acts with integrity, respects confidentiality, and treats people fairly.

• Adapting to Change: Adjusts quickly and stays effective during change.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of human resources experience; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field; OR

A bachelor's degree.

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.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Manages employee administration - processes personnel actions, audits HRIS data, resolves discrepancies, and ensures compliance with Civil Service rules, state/federal laws, and departmental policies.

• Oversees benefits and retirement programs - processes health/life insurance actions, counsels employees on benefit options, and ensures accurate reporting to retirement systems.

• Supports recruitment and placement - creates requisitions, posts vacancies, reviews qualifications, audits hiring actions, and guides managers through selection procedures.

• Administers payroll, FMLA, and workers' compensation - assists with time entry, processes adjustments, manages injury claims, evaluates FMLA documentation, and coordinates return-to-work procedures.

• Ensures compliance and documentation accuracy - reviews personnel documents, monitors appointment authorities, prepares required reports, and maintains accurate HR files.

• Provides HR consultation - advises employees and supervisors on Civil Service rules, payroll issues, benefits, policies, and HR program requirements.

• Performs administrative support duties - maintains correspondence, tracks pending transactions, recommends policy improvements, and completes additional tasks as assigned.

Position-Specific Details:

Work Location: This vacancy may be housed at the Office of Juvenile Justice-Central Office in Baton Rouge, LA or at Jetson Center for Youth in Baker, LA.

Appointment Type: Full time, Probational

Career Progression: This position is placed in a Career Progression Group and may be filled as a Human Resources Analyst A, B, C, or Specialist.

Compensation:

The Human Resource Analyst A (AS-613) title has a Special Entrance Rate of $$1,616.00 biweekly.

The Human Resource Analyst B (AS-614) title has a Special Entrance Rate of $1,728.80 biweekly.

The Human Resource Analyst C (AS-616) title has a Special Entrance Rate of $1,944.80 biweekly.

The Human Resource Specialist (AS-617) title has a Special Entrance Rate of $2,080.80 biweekly.

The incumbent of this position must not have been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1 (c).

The Office of Juvenile Justice is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to the Louisiana Employment Resource Guide.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required 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). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of Juvenile Justice to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to be considered for employment.

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you will need special accommodations.

NOTE: Prior to an appointment, the selected applicant must take and pass a drug screening test, possess a valid Louisiana Drivers License, and clear a background check.

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Garilyn London

OJJ/ Human Resources

Garilyn.London@la.gov

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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 at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

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

• New Years Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veterans 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 to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Are you a current classified employee of the Office of Juvenile Justice serving with permanent status?

• Yes
• No

02

Are you currently under indictment for a felony charge or 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 YES, give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place and disposition of case. If NO, enter N/A.

04

Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt, or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse?

• Yes
• No

05

If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

06

Have you ever been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in any sexual activity in the community or confinement setting?

• Yes
• No

07

If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

08

Have you ever engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility or juvenile facility or any other facility type (as defined in 42 U.S.C 1997)?

• Yes
• No

09

If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

10

Have you ever been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1 (c)?

• Yes
• No

11

CE - 26: Communicating Effectively - How well do you share information and ideas in ways that others can understand, relate to, and act on?

• I communicate unclearly, use poor tone, and ignore the audience.
• I share main ideas clearly and adapt to the audience when reminded
• I communicate clearly, listen actively, and explain complex ideas well.
• I craft messages that connect, inspire, and drive action across audiences.

12

CE - 26: Communicating Effectively - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.

13

DA - 26: Demonstrating Accountability - How well do you take responsibility for your actions, results, and performance?

• I avoid responsibility, deliver poor work, and resist feedback.
• I take ownership when prompted and meet basic expectations.
• I own results, meet standards, and respond to feedback professionally.
• I drive high performance, prevent issues, and model accountability.

14

DA - 26: Demonstrating Accountability - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.

15

FPP - 26: Following Policies and Procedures - How well do you apply rules, policies, and procedures in your work?

• I struggle to follow rules or apply policies correctly, which can lead to confusion or mistakes.
• I follow rules with support and help correct issues, but I sometimes apply policies inconsistently.
• I apply and explain policies accurately, adapt to routine situations, and help improve procedures.
• I guide others in applying policies, prevent compliance issues, and improve procedures based on experience.

16

FPP - 26: Following Policies and Procedures - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. Tip: Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) to explain how you have demonstrated this competency. Examples from work, military service, volunteering, education, or other life experiences are all valid.

17

If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Office of Juvenile Justice Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. Do you authorize the Office of Juvenile Justice, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Office of Juvenile Justice that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.

• Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.
• No. Do not contact my employers, past or present.

18

Please indicate your preferred work location:

• Office of Juvenile Justice-Central Office-Baton Rouge, LA
• Jetson Center for Youth-Baker, LA
• No Preference

Required Question

Employer State of Louisiana

Address 1201 N 3rd St

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802

Phone (866) 783-5462

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