Salary : $77,188.80 - $103,438.40 Annually
Location : Sacramento
Job Type: Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number:
Department: Human Resources Department
Opening Date: 06/23/2026
Closing Date: 6/30/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Description
The Sacramento Public Library is hiring for a Human Resources Coordinator position. This journey-level HR generalist role provides professional-level coordination, analysis, and program support across a broad range of human resources functions, working in partnership with HR leadership and HR Partners on more complex or sensitive matters.

The Human Resources Coordinator (HR Coordinator) provides journey-level HR generalist support across key HR functions, including benefits and leave administration, employee and labor relations support, training and development coordination, classification and compensation support, talent acquisition, performance management support, compliance, and workforce administration. The HR Coordinator exercises independent judgment in researching and analyzing HR issues, interpreting established policies, procedures, labor agreements, and applicable employment laws, preparing information and recommendations, and providing guidance to employees, supervisors, managers, HR peers, and external partners on routine to moderately complex HR related matters. The position supports consistent, compliant, and effective HR service delivery and escalates complex, high risk, or precedent setting matters to HR Partners or HR leadership as appropriate.

Examples of Duties

• Benefits and Leave: Administers and supports benefits and leave programs; interprets established laws, policies, and procedures; provides information and guidance to employees and supervisors regarding eligibility, requirements, and processes; coordinates documentation and timelines; and supports compliance with FMLA, CFRA, ADA, workers' compensation, and related regulations, escalating complex cases as appropriate.
• Classification and Compensation: Supports classification and compensation activities by gathering and reviewing job information, researching comparable classifications and compensation data, analyzing organizational needs, and preparing summaries and preliminary recommendations for review by HR Partners or leadership.
• Compliance and Policy: Applies established HR policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreements, and federal, state, and local employment requirements; research policy and compliance questions; prepares information, reports, and draft guidance; and supports consistent application across the organization in consultation with HR Partners or leadership.
• Employee Relations: Provides support on routine to moderately complex employee relations matters, including performance concerns, documentation, workplace concerns, grievance preparation, and conflict resolution; research issues, organizes records, documents findings, and prepares recommendations for review by HR Partners or leadership.
• Labor Relations and Workforce Administration: Supports labor relations and workforce administration by researching contract and policy questions, preparing reports and documentation, coordinating workforce transactions, supporting grievance and disciplinary processes, and helping ensure workforce actions are administered consistently and in compliance with applicable requirements.
• Performance Management and Organizational Support: Provides guidance and support to supervisors and managers on performance management processes, evaluation practices, documentation standards, and employee development resources; coordinates related processes and refers complex performance or conduct matters to HR Partners or leadership.
• Program Evaluation and Service Delivery: Reviews HR programs, workflows, data, and service delivery practices; identifies trends and opportunities for improvement; prepares reports and recommendations; and supports implementation of process improvements that enhance employee experience, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Talent Acquisition: Coordinates and supports recruitment activities in partnership with hiring managers and HR staff; reviews staffing needs, supports recruitment planning, screens applications, coordinates interview and selection processes, and provides guidance on fair, consistent, and compliant hiring practices.

Qualifications
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:Any combination of equivalent education and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred, or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of increasingly responsible professional human resources experience involving support for two or more HR functional areas, such as benefits and leave administration, recruitment and selection, employee relations support, labor relations support, classification and compensation support, compliance, performance management support, training coordination, or workforce administration.
• Experience researching, interpreting, and applying established HR policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreement provisions, and employment-related laws and regulations (i.e., FMLA, ADA, COBRA, and ACA) to routine or moderately complex HR matters.
• Experience using HRIS, applicant tracking, reporting, spreadsheet, and document management systems to research information, maintain accurate records, prepare reports, and support HR service delivery.

Preferred Qualifications:

• HR experience in the public sector and/or a unionized environment.
• Professional certifications such as PHR, SHRM-CP, CCP, or related credentials.

Supplemental Information
Knowledge of:

1. HR practices and principles and the ability to accurately interpret them to staff.
2. Thorough Knowledge of common productivity software including word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs as well as online search and database tools and relevant HRIS systems.

Skills and Abilities:

1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
2. Maintain strict confidentiality.
3. Effectively and efficiently organize, track, and maintain personnel records and other relevant documentation.
4. Research, analyze and present complex information.
5. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and work as a team.
6. Understand the customer's needs and deliver services by focusing on the customer.
7. Take initiative to ensure positive and successful customer experience by contributing to finding solutions, regardless of assigned responsibility.
8. Respond to customers and address customer complaints/problems in a timely, accurate, courteous, respectful and friendly manner.
9. Possess attention to detail and follow through on tasks effectively and efficiently.
10. Establish priorities and organize workload effectively and efficiently while paying attention to detail and complete assignments under pressure.
11. Maintain a pleasant and productive working atmosphere; and
12. Keep relevant parties informed of all major issues and recommend changes as appropriate.

Working Conditions

Physical and Environmental Conditions:

• Work occurs in a normal office environment with acceptable lighting, temperature and air conditions. Occasional light lifting of materials up to 20 pounds and sitting for extended periods of time viewing a computer monitor and detailed data. Requires repetitive motion in the operation of a computer. Position requires frequent verbal communication, talking, hearing, sitting, reaching, keyboarding and repetitive motion of hands/wrists, and handling.
• The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, libraries, meeting and training rooms, e.g., use of safe workplace practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls and observance of fire and building safety regulations. May occasionally have to deal with angry or hostile individuals.

Non-Represented employees are eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and more!
01

The information provided in your application must support your selected answers to the supplemental questions. The information you provide will be verified and documentation may be required. Please be as honest and accurate as possible. You may be asked to demonstrate your knowledge and skills in a work sample or during an interview. By completing this supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.

• Yes, I understand and agree
• No, I do not agree

02

Do you have personal transportation for job-related travel?

• Yes
• No

03

Which statement below best describes your highest level of education in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field from an accredited college or university?

• Associate degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Professional degree
• Doctorate degree
• None of the above

04

Please list your degree(s) and major(s) of study. If you qualify for the role based on your education, please attach your diploma or transcript.
05

Which statement best describes your relevant increasingly responsible professional human resources experience involving support for two or more HR functional areas, such as benefits and leave administration, recruitment and selection, employee relations support, labor relations support, classification and compensation support, compliance, performance management support, training coordination, or workforce administration?

• I have at least 1 year of experience
• I have at least 2 years of experience
• I have at least 3 years of experience
• I have at least 4 years of experience
• I have at least 5 years of experience
• I have at least 6 years of experience
• None of the above statements apply

06

Do you have at least one year of HR experience in the public sector or a unionized environment?

• Yes
• No

07

(Select ALL that apply) I have experience in the following areas:

• Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA's), and Policies and Procedures
• Completing employee relations investigations and drafting investigative reports
• Writing professional-level legally defensible reports and responses
• Working with state or federal personnel employment laws
• Advanced knowledge of just cause principles
• Extracting and synthesizing information from various HR databases
• Providing consultation on performance management issues
• Benefits
• Leaves (FMLA, PDL, CFRA, etc.)
• Classification and Compensation
• Workers' Compensation
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Recruitment and hiring support
• None of the above

08

Do you have at least 2 years of experience proficiently using Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)?

• Yes
• No

09

Tell us about your overall HR experience. Briefly explain what you did within different areas of HR such as benefits and leaves administration, employee relations, training, classification and compensation, hiring support etc. Please mention employment dates, employer name(s) and your responsibilities. If you have no experience, please write "None".
10

Tell us about your experience researching, interpreting, and applying established HR policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreement provisions, and employment-related laws and regulations (i.e., FMLA, ADA, COBRA, and ACA) to routine or moderately complex HR matters. If you have no experience performing these tasks, please write "None".
Required Question