HUMAN RESOURCES TECHNICIAN at City of Montebello – Montebello, California

This classification is set to receive the following salary increases:

July 2026 – 5%

July 2027 – 2.5%

• Provides a wide variety of assignments for the Human Resources Division in areas including but not limited to, personnel processing, new hire orientation, recruitment and selection, health and safety, and other human resources operational functions; relieves professional and/or managerial positions of office details.
• Receives visitors, schedules appointments; ensures adherence to division procedures, including records retention; establishes and/or maintains filing and retrieval systems for files and records.
• Prepares and assists in administering standardized employment exams, performance tests, and oral boards; computes scores and assist in establishing passing points and eligibility lists.
• Processes new enrollments and conducts orientations.
• Prepares, composes, edits, assembles and distributes correspondence, documents, reports, forms, and other materials related to Human Resources Department
• Prepares specialized reports requiring collection of information from various sources and requiring special formatting of materials; initiates response to correspondence and drafts correspondence for others' signature; assists in the performance of administrative tasks.
• Provides staff support related to the City's employer-employee relations program, including duties requiring access to confidential information utilized in the development of management positions in the contract negotiations process.
• Provides staff support involving the following aspects of the City's employer-employee relations program: employee discipline; employee related litigation; processing of EEOC and FEHC complaints; reductions in force; departmental reorganizations; performance evaluations; probationary releases; closed promotional testing; and confidential medical information.
• Researches and responds to requests for general and specific information from the public, other departments and agencies; provides information related to and explains division and department/City policies and procedures.
• Performs a variety of office support tasks including typing and/or data entry, proofreading, filing, editing, word processing, spreadsheets, and data base development and maintenance; sorts, files, prepares, and/or processes a variety of documents and records according to established procedures.
• Makes travel and meeting arrangements; prepares or assists in the preparation for meetings/classes including room arrangements, participant notification, materials/agenda packets and distributes appropriately; may takes minutes at meetings and transcribe recorded dictation.
• Answers telephone calls, routes calls and takes messages; schedules appointments and meetings, and drafts and responds to e-mails.
• Oversees the work of temporary and/or seasonal employees; provides training in specific tasks.
• Responds to other agencies requests and employment verifications.
• Assist with open enrollment, deduction changes, and survey responses/data gathering.
• Assists with processing some Risk management related matters.
• Assists the Human Resources front counter.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Basic principles and practices of personnel administration.
• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations including administrative and departmental policies and procedures affecting personnel and salary placement.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping.
• Principles of business letter writing and basic report preparation.
• Principles and practices used in dealing with the public.
• Alphabetical, numerical, and subject matter filing systems.
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel software.

• Maintain computerized and manual files and records.
• Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines.
• Operate office equipment and computer applications related to the work.
• Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with applicants, staff, management, vendors, consultants, brokers, the City attorney, the general public, and others encountered in the course of the work.
• Safe driving principles and practices.
• Perform related duties as required.

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid California Driver's License by time of appointment.