Management Analyst I – Human Resources

Do you have a passion for helping others? Are you a Human Resources professional eager to take on challenging work and contribute your ideas as part of a collaborative team? Do you want to make a meaningful impact in a charming and diverse community? Turn your passion into a career in public service with the City of Menlo Park!

We are seeking an empathetic, customer-service oriented individual able to put their research and analytical skills to work to help ensure that Human Resources is seen as a trusted, consistent, and responsive partner to help departments solve problems and our fellow employees thrive.

Here in Menlo Park, we get excited about supporting our team’s professional growth, because we recognize that people are our most important asset. As an integral part of our tight-knit Human Resources team, the Management Analyst will support our day-to-day operations and have opportunities to take on challenging projects, improve our processes, and help shape the future of our organizational culture. Our Human Resources team currently has six members, and we are expanding to add a seventh to help build more capacity to serve the organization.

The Management Analyst should be a subject-matter expert in multiple areas of human resources, such as: recruitment, employee compensation and benefits, labor relations, employee relations, workers’ compensation, and training and development. Responsibilities include prioritizing and assigning work, training and mentoring city staff, and demonstrating the ability to manage multiple projects and services.

The City offers hybrid and flexible schedule options. The Management Analyst position is eligible for a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off) and working from home 1-2 days per week.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate possesses a genuine desire to serve the Menlo Park community, exhibits humility and a strong desire to learn and grow professionally, and proactively delivers well-researched solutions to problems that arise. The ideal candidate is successful at building relationships and collaborating throughout the organization; showing empathy and active listening; and applying policies and solving problems with a flexible and adaptive mindset. Experience in a public agency and with a unionized workforce is preferred, though we welcome candidates with human resources experience in for-profit, non-profit, or military service settings.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in business or public administration or a related field
• One year of increasingly responsible experience performing administrative, operational, management, and/or financial analysis

Deadline to Apply: Sunday, October 6, at 11:59 p.m.

• Tentative Oral Board Panel Examination date: Week of October 21, 2024.
• Tentative Department Selection Interviews: Week of October 28, 2024.

The City of Menlo Park is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the City of Menlo Park not to discriminate against all qualified applicants or employees. We will make reasonable efforts in the selection process to accommodate persons with disabilities.