HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST A/B/C/SPECIALIST
Salary
$3,127.00 - $6,136.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
26-77 HR Analyst
Department
Department of Environmental Quality
Division
OMF HUMAN RESOURCES
Opening Date
07/22/2026
Closing Date
7/31/2026 11:59 PM Central
About this Job
The Department of Environmental Quality/Office of Management and Finance has a vacancy.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's (LDEQ) mission is to provide service to the people of Louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety and welfare.
Join a dedicated Human Resources team that supports more than 700 employees across multiple LDEQ offices. In this position, you'll play a key role in ensuring accurate payroll and benefits administration, maintaining data integrity, and supporting critical compliance functions that keep the agency running smoothly. This position offers meaningful, fast-paced work with opportunities to contribute to agency-wide improvements and strengthen HR operations.
An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:
Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
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:
Payroll & Benefits Support - Maintain and analyze payroll, benefits, retirement, and timekeeping data in LaGov HCM to ensure accuracy and timely processing.
Reporting & Auditing - Generate, audit, and reconcile HR reports used to monitor personnel actions, data integrity, and compliance across multiple divisions.
Employee Administration - Process separations, reallocations, permanent status actions, and other personnel transactions while ensuring documentation accuracy.
Agency & Vendor Coordination - Communicate with OGB, LASERS, TRSL, OSUP, and other agencies to resolve benefits, retirement, and payroll matters.
Special Projects & Support - Assist with policy development, crisis leave administration, PPA processing, and serve as backup within the Benefits and Payroll Consultant Group.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment, job appointment (a temporary appointment not to exceed four years), or promotion of permanent classified employee. If the position is filled as a job appointment, it could be converted to a probational appointment should funding become available.
Domicile: East Baton Rouge
Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Human Resouces Analyst A, B, C or Human Resources Specialist depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.
Compensation: This position offers a Special Entrance Rate (SER) listed below. This is the minimum compensation that may be offered. The job title and salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.
Overview of the five major offices within the agency: It provides information on the mission, function, and organization along with a biography for each member of management.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order 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.
Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application if possible (PDF format preferred). The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.
You must submit an equivalency evaluation statement for any international degree(s) by the closing of this announcement.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Sarah McFarland
LDEQ/Human Resources
P.O. Box 4303, Baton Rouge LA, 70821
225-219-3850
This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.
Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. Equal Opportunity Employer.
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:
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):
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Communicating Effectively - How well do you share information and ideas in ways that others can understand, relate to, and act on?
02
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.
03
Demonstrating Accountability - How well do you take responsibility for your actions, results, and performance?
04
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.
05
Following Policies and Procedures - How well do you apply rules, policies, and procedures in your work?
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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.
07
Are you a permanent classified employee of the State of Louisiana?
08
Do you have Human Resources experience at a state agency?
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Do you have experience working with Civil Service Rules and regulations?
10
Describe your level of experience with Civil Service rules. Which rules are you most familiar with? If no experience, enter N/A.
11
Do you have experience with LaGov HCM entry and maintenance of personnel actions?
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Describe your level of experience with LaGov HCM. What types of actions have you processed? If no experience, enter N/A.
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Do you have experience with insurance and benefits?
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Describe your level of experience with insurance and benefits. If no experience, enter N/A.
15
Do you have experience with timekeeping in LaGov ERP?
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Describe your level of experience with timekeeping in LaGov ERP. If no experience, enter N/A.
17
Do you have experience with the CATS time system and e-certification through LEO?
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Describe your level of experience with the CATS time system e-certification through LEO. If no experience, enter N/A.
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What is your definition of customer service?
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