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State of Nevada Announces
An Open Competitive Recruitment for:
PERSONNEL OFFICER 1 - HR Officer I
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -  $52,032.96 to  $77,402.16  PAY GRADE: 36
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.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur in this geographical location.
Department: Health and Human Services
Division: Welfare and Supportive Services Division
Location: Las Vegas, Boulder City, Indian Springs, Jean, Henderson
Job Class Code: 07.522
RECRUITMENT INFORMATION
Announcement Number: 35978
Open to all qualified persons.
Posted 12/10/2018
Close Date: 01/07/2019
Recruiter:
   KARA SULLIVAN
   Phone: **None**
   Email: ksullivan@nvcourts.nv.gov
Applications accepted for another Expired
The Position
Personnel Officer's plan, organize and administer personnel services such as employee relations, selection, training and payroll in an assigned agency.
Incumbents function as first-line supervisors who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; assign and review work; and initiate disciplinary action.
The Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) engages clients, staff, and the community to provide public assistance benefits to all who qualify and reasonable support for children with absentee parents to help Nevadans achieve safe, stable, and healthy lives. DWSS supports and empowers its employees and supports productive and meaningful career growth and is committed to achieving the highest standards of excellence with comprehensive training programs. The DWSS Human Resources Office is looking for a Human Resources professional that is a self-starter, knowledgeable, motivated and enjoys working in a fast-paced Social Services Agency. The incumbent will be part of a 14-person team that provides professional and customer-oriented human resources services to over 2000 employees. The selected candidate will supervise the Las Vegas Human Resources Office providing supervision and directing the work activities of professional and/or technical staff delivering comprehensive HR services; work closely with and report to the HR/Personnel Officer II; communicate with agency employees, supervisors and managers, offering viable solutions to complex HR issues. This position will be tasked with the ongoing development of the Divisions' succession planning Pathways to Possibilities program which will involve working with a core team of agency program staff in developing the infrastructure of the program, and continuing administration which is critical to the Division. This position will also have a key role in employee and management relations, disciplinary issues, grievances, mediation and development and presentation of HR training, based on the needs of the agency. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ***

To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
    Graduation from an accredited four year college or university in personnel management, business administration, public administration or related area and three years of progressively responsible professional personnel management experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Special Requirements
    A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.
    A State of Nevada/FBI background check will be required of the selected applicant.
The Examination
If there are five or fewer qualified applicants, the exam will consist of an application evaluation. (This statement does not apply for Until Recruitment Needs are Satisfied (URS) announcements).
PERSONNEL OFFICER 1 (07.522) Training and Experience Exam
The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.

Those applicants deemed amongst the most qualified will be contacted directly by the hiring agency for interview.
1) Describe your experience, including the number of years, in the supervision of professional staff. Please include the titles of the staff you supervised.
2) Describe your experience, including the number of years, in employee and labor relations in the following: 1) interpretation and application of laws and regulations such as NRS 281 and 284, FLSA, FMLA, ADA and EEO, 2) responding to employee grievance issues through negotiation with employees, employer representatives and agency management, 3) providing consultation to agency supervisory and top management staff, 4) respond and justify employment actions before various hearing bodies (e.g., Personnel Commission, EMC, Hearing Officers, NERC, etc).
3) Describe your experience in planning for recruitment and retention.
4) Describe your experience in the development and communication of personnel policies and procedures.
5) Describe your experience supervising payroll operations.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
For more information about state employment, visit the following:
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: http://pebp.state.nv.us
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB
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Email
Direct Inquiries or Correspondence to:
Division of Human Resource Management
Northern Nevada
209 East Musser Street,
Room 101
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
Division of Human Resource Management
Southern Nevada
555 East Washington Avenue,
Suite 1400
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-1046

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868


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