Human Resources Specialist

THE OPPORTUNITY

The City of San Gabriel is recruiting for a Human Resources Specialist. The Human Resources Specialist is an integral position within the Human Resources Department and plays an important role throughout the organization. This position provides an exceptional opportunity for the ideal candidate to develop a career in human resources management with our historic “City with a Mission.” A career with the City of San Gabriel offers excellent pay and benefits, outstanding training and career development opportunities, and a great location for living and working in Southern California.

The ideal candidate has outstanding character, integrity, work ethic, attitude, and more than two (2) years of increasingly responsible technical or administrative experience in a human resources discipline. The ideal candidate also seeks a challenging assignment and is innovative, intelligent, technically astute, organized, resourceful, compassionate, and committed to public service excellence.

Under the direction of the Human Resources Director, the Human Resources Specialist performs a variety of highly sensitive and moderately complex human resources and risk management functions and participates in all aspects of the Human Resources Department. The following briefly describes the primary purpose and duties to be assigned to this position:

• Serve as the City's lead training and development coordinator, and assist with the development, implementation, and administration of a comprehensive citywide employee training and development program.
• Coordinate and administer all citywide mandated trainings.
• Coordinate and administer a supplemental employee training and development program (elective training program).
• Process and maintain the City's higher education tuition reimbursement program.
• Assist the Personnel Bureau with employee matriculation, performance management, and record keeping.
• Assist the Risk Management Bureau with workers' compensation and general liability claims administration.
• Serve as a backup to the Benefits and Recruitment Bureaus.
• Perform other related duties throughout the department or organization when needed.

For more detailed information regarding the job duties and minimum requirements for this position, please click the link below for the Human Resources Specialist class specification.

Human Resources Specialist

Any combination of experience and education may be considered. The following lists the qualifications, knowledge, skills, and abilities that are either required or beneficial for this position:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible administrative or technical work experience is required.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Public Administration, Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, or related field is very beneficial.
• Demonstrable work experience in human resources management, organizational development, and/or risk management is very beneficial.
• Professional certification (e.g., PSHRA, HRCI, SHRM) in Human Resources Management is beneficial.
• Demonstrable work experience in local government is beneficial.

Candidates must complete a City of San Gabriel online application. Applications must be thoroughly prepared and cogent, and include the following three items as attachments to the online application: (1) cover letter, (2) professional résumé, and (3) copies of all professional certifications required and/or applicable for the position.
DO NOT SUBMIT DRIVER’S LICENSE with item #3. Driver’s license will be validated upon conditional offer of employment.

This recruitment is scheduled to close at 11:59pm on Sunday, February 15, 2026, or when a sufficient volume of applications has been received, whichever occurs first. Because the application period may close at any time prior to February 15, please do not hesitate to apply.

The following is the tentative schedule for this recruitment. Please prepare your schedule in advance to accommodate the anticipated recruitment schedule. Note that this…