HR MANAGER - EMPLOYEE SERVICES

Under general direction, performs a variety of high level sensitive and in-depth analytical technical work in human resources management and labor relations; serves as the business process owner of the Human Resources Information System (HRIS); oversees employee relations, employee performance management and the centralized countywide Human Resources/Payroll employee programs; and performs related work as required.

This is an Open Competitive/Countywide Promotional recruitment being conducted to fill a current full-time vacancy in the Washoe County Human Resources Department. The list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.

For more information on this position, please see the Job Specification at

https://www.washoecounty.gov/humanresources/Careers/jobspecs.php

This position becomes effective July 2025.

Five years of full-time progressively responsible professional human resources experience including employee and labor relations and working with programs governed by state and federal regulations with at least two of those years acting in a supervisory/management capacity; AND a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in human resources management or a closely related field OR any equivalent combination of experience, education and training.

LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE
A valid driver’s license is required at the time of appointment.

IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE

• Master’s degree in human resources or business administration
• Full time experience managing a team that oversees an agency HRIS system
•  CLRP (Certified Labor Relations Professional) from the National PELRA (National Public Employer Labor Relations Association) 
• Five years of managerial experience over diverse teams
• At least three years of full-time experience investigating complaints and charges of discrimination
• Experience in negotiating and administering labor contracts for agencies with at least 2,000 employees
• Experience handling union grievances
• Experience effectively mediating and resolving employee grievances, workplace disputes, and labor-management conflicts.

This is a Confidential position and is not covered by a collective bargaining unit.

Background checks will be conducted on selected applicants through the State of Nevada and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Per the Washoe County Background and Reference Checks Policy, new and rehired employees are required to submit to a fingerprint based background investigation.  Effective January 1, 2025, the $39.00 fee associated with this background investigation will be paid by the employee (if applicable) and deducted automatically from the first paycheck. Employment is contingent upon the results of the background check, although a record of conviction will not necessarily bar an applicant from employment.

Washoe County requires its employees to reside in the state of Nevada or neighboring California communities such as Truckee, South Lake Tahoe or Susanville as of their first day of work.

Washoe County hires all new employees at the minimum rate of the salary range and eligible employees may receive an annual merit increase of 5% until they reach the maximum salary for the classification.  Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater. 

TO BE CONSIDERED:

Submit the required application at: https://jobs.washoecounty.us/joblisting/

In addition to the application, the following documents must be included with the application before the filing deadline in order to be considered:

• Cover Letter 
• Comprehensive resume which includes how the applicant meets the Ideal Candidate criteria 

Candidate materials will be reviewed to identify candidates with the most potential for success in the position and those candidates will be invited to participate in the interview process.

TENTATIVE TIMELINE 

Recruitment Deadline: January 24, 2025.

The week of January 27, 2025, top candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview.

Interviews will be held the week of February 3, 2025.

Please be advised you can log in to your NeoGov account and click on “Applications” to view a list of the recruitments which you have applied for, your submitted application for each recruitment, a copy of the job listing, and your applicant history for each recruitment.  In addition, you can also click on “Inbox” to view the notices which have been sent to you for each recruitment. If you have any updates to your contact information after your application is submitted, please contact careers@washoecounty.gov.

 If you have any questions regarding the Online Application Process you can find additional information at the following link:  https://www.washoecounty.gov/humanresources/faq/online/appprocess.php

Questions: Julie Paholke
jpaholke@washoecounty.gov

 


  

Salary : $123,406 - $172,765