The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.

For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Personnel Analysts are responsible for performing comprehensive personnel functions for a state department, division or agency. Work may involve employee relations, recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, employee development, benefit administration, staffing and payroll.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) provides services in support of protecting our citizens and visitors by promoting safer communities through prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, education and enforcement. The DPS strives to be a premiere public safety agency and provides advanced law enforcement services to the citizens of Nevada. The incumbent will be part of a 13 person team that provides professional and customer-oriented human resource services to the DPS. The DPS Human Resources Office is looking for a human resource professional who is a self-starter, knowledgeable and motivated. The incumbent will primarily handle DPS recruitment activities for the northern part of the state. This includes effective planning and management of the entire recruitment process; administering written and physical fitness exams; coordinating and completing the scoring of exams; and certifying hiring lists to management. The incumbent provides advice to management to ensure hiring practices are consistent with statutes, regulations and policies. The incumbent is also responsible for participating in the development and revision of oral exams, and training and experience rating exams. Incumbent meets with management to discuss classification needs and assists with preparing position questionnaires (NPD-19 Forms). This includes serving as the liaison for DPS management and the Nevada Division of Human Resource Management throughout the classification process. Additional duties include interpreting and applying employment laws, rules regulations; conducting training; researching and providing statistical information to management. This position requires extensive interactions with employees and applicants, and the selected candidate must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with others.

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: