Personnel Office
The Personnel Office is comprised of one part-time and seven full-time employees. The office is responsible for providing support to the three divisions and the Administrative Section of the GBI in all human resource matters. The routine responsibilities include the following: recruiting and hiring of new employees; processing personnel transactions; handling employee relations matters; classifying positions; developing new and revising existing agency jobs; monitoring the compensation structure; establishing minimum job qualifications; administering Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) services; administering the agency's drug screening program; overseeing the performance management process; assisting employees with benefits; serving as the liaison for workers' compensation; coordinating the student internship and youth apprenticeship programs; and managing the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
The Office of Personnel coordinated management training for new supervisors, which included evaluating employee performance and legal issues. Personnel Office staff made concerted efforts to ensure that equal employment opportunities were available to a diverse population by making its job vacancy notices available to a variety of audiences and organizations. The office also provided recruitment information via private and government web sites. In addition to their regular duties, Personnel Office staff provided information and assistance for the national reaccreditation process through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
(CALEA) as well as implemented an agency telework program. Representatives of the Personnel Office are currently participating in statewide meetings to provide input into the new Career Banding System, the state's new classification system that will be implemented in 2006.
FY'04 Personnel Office Activity:
- Approximately 719 applications for employment were received and processed.
- Approximately 574 personnel transactions were completed and processed (promotions, new appointments, transfers, retirements, separation, etc.).
- Approximately 120 applications were processed for the internship program, with 25 college students placed.