Work Unit:
Administrative Solutions, Division of Human Resources (HR) exists to provide decentralized human resource services to the general public, applicants, managers and employees who work for the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Consultation services include: benefit administration; compensation; employee relations; exam development; HR policy development; job analysis; job evaluation and classification; organizational development; New Employee Orientation; performance management; interpretation of CDHS HR policy, state personnel rules, state and federal employment laws; progressive discipline; records management; recruitment; responding to grievances, appeals, charges of discrimination; reorganization issues; retention; selection and selection appeals; settlement advice; strategic planning and overall HR guidance to CDHS managers, supervisors and employees.

What you will be doing:

• Provide proactive HR consultation to assigned customers throughout the organization pertaining to job evaluation, position description creation & maintenance, and overall organizational structure.
• Conduct training for CDHS leadership and staff on job evaluation and position description requirements and best practices.
• Provide ongoing coaching and mentoring based on client needs.
• Responsible for reviewing, updating, inputting data, and approving Personnel Action Forms (PAFs) in the HRIS system for all assigned client groups. Evaluates and determines that PAFs are complete with all required information and documentation prior to final HR approval.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree from an accredited College or University in Human Resources, Business Management, Psychology, or other related field. AND Two years experience in HR business writing and consulting with customers in evaluating and developing position descriptions.

• Additional applicable education will substitute for the experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Effective Team collaboration
• Strong critical thinking skills and problem solving skills
• Previous experience in healthcare recruiting
• Ability to work autonomously
• Proven expertise in federal, state, and local employment laws, regulations, statutes, and rules;
• SPCP Job Evaluation certification and/or SPCP Selection certification
• Exemplary critical thinking/problem solving skills: ability to research, collect and analyze data and provide recommendations; ability to synthesize, interpret, and report on complex or technical information, use intuition and experience to complement data,
• Excellent organizational skills; the ability to set and track goals and timetables to achieve maximum productivity
• Strong customer service skills

• The successful candidate in this position will be willing to submit to and able to successfully pass a criminal background check.
• The successful candidate in this position will be able to independently travel throughout the Denver metro area.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

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We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~