Human Resources Generalist Jobs

For more information on the Unified Judicial System, please visit http://ujs.sd.gov.

Our employees are our most valuable resource and crucial to accomplishing our mission. We seek talented and motivated individuals to be the face of the court system and help ensure that the Court and all the people that come before it receives the highest level of service. Our dedicated staff work to enhance community safety and ensure victim’s rights while treating all individuals with dignity and respect.

The Unified Judicial System offers a comprehensive benefits package consisting of 10-12 paid holidays every year, extensive sick and vacation leave, paid family leave, military training leave, health and flexible benefits, regular working hours, continuing education opportunities, retirement benefits, a great working environment, and more.

Position Purpose:

This position supports the primary human resource functions of recruiting, promoting, and announcement activities and processes; providing the Family and Medical Leave services to employees; and providing ergonomic assessment evaluations for employees. Duties include:

• Managing the recruitment activities for the Unified Judicial System (UJS) to actively recruit for vacancies and openings and promote the UJS as an employer of choice;
• Managing the ergonomic assessment process for UJS employees to ensure employees workstations are set up ergonomically;
• Managing and maintaining the position descriptions for the UJS to ensure accurate, descriptive, and consistent descriptions;
• Completing payroll action forms (PA) and processes payroll during the absence of the Human Resources Specialist;
• Completing special projects and reports as needed to assist the Human Resource office;
• Performing other work as assigned.
• Managing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) processes in the Human Resource office to ensure compliance with federal and state law and UJS policies and procedures;
• Ensuring job openings are thoroughly advertised and applications are accurately routed to the appointing authority;

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Recruitment tools and resources such as social media platforms and other resources to promote the Unified Judicial System and recruit applicants;
• Classification methodology and evaluation;
• Human resource rules, policies, and procedures related to FMLA and ergonomic assessments/evaluations;
• Microsoft applications specifically Word and Excel.

Skill in:

• Critical thinking;
• Time management and effectively prioritizing workload.
• Problem-solving problems that arise and have not occurred in the past;

Ability to:

• Organize and create detailed spreadsheets;
• Create queries on various personnel/human resources data;
• Interpret and apply rules and procedures;
• Effectively promote the Unified Judicial System as an employer of choice;
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a wide variety of people.
• Maintain confidentiality of UJS employees’ personnel and medical file information and work-related issues;
• Adhere to established deadlines and timeframes;
• Travel monthly for in-state for career fairs, recruitment activities, and ergonomic assessments and some out-of-state for recruitment and training;

Successful completion of a criminal background investigation is required for employment.

The State of South Dakota, Unified Judicial System does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The Unified Judicial System as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

You may view our benefits information at https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/pubs/Come_work_for_us.pdf.

"An Equal Opportunity Employer"