• Phoenix, AZ 85007
• Salary: $60,000 - $76,000 per year
• Full time Contract

Requisition Id: #7598

• Fosters a work environment in which people will choose to be motivated, contributing, and happy to include:
• Trains, coaches, and supports people managers toward ensuring the employer-employee relationship is one of reciprocal value
• Monitors and analyzes the employer-employee relationship through surveys, conversations, and other data, prepares reports and analytics to support positive employee relations, and recommends positive employee relations solutions
• Provides guidance and support to people managers in the performance management of their teams
• Resolves workplace disputes, and conducts formal investigations into complaints when warranted
• Ensures that relations with employees comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, and ADOR Personnel Policies
   

• Proposes, drafts, implements, interprets, trains, and reviews personnel policies and procedures, human resources guidelines
• Responds to employee and manager requests related to policy interpretation
• Tracks maintains awareness of past precedence, and policy exceptions to ensure fair and equitable application of policies
   

• Developing, maintaining, and coordinating detailed project plans to define roles and assignments, metrics, process documentation, actions and minutes for internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitating/attending project meetings
• Monitors project and audited milestones
• Prepares written reports for internal/external stakeholders documents results, KPIs and quality improvement
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with stakeholders managing expectations
• Coordinates and facilities meetings
   

• Administers benefits and wellness plans to include participating in the planning and implementation of employee programs such as open enrollment
• Ensuring ongoing ACA compliance
• Prepares benefits communications to include developing and delivering clear, concise and relevant employee communication regarding benefit and wellness programs and events; developing content for newsletters, email and other benefit communication pieces; and working closely with the communications team to align messaging with the overall employee communication strategy.
•  

• Remains current on all laws, regulations, policies, and best practices related to taxation through regular engagement in activities such as: self-directed research, conferring with other practitioners and technical experts; subscriptions to regulatory/legal/industry newsletters and briefs; membership industry associations and attendance at meetings/events; and or participation in training
• and others continuing education opportunities.
• Actively contributes to team and individual effectiveness through the following: -

1. -Attends staff meetings and huddles of work unit or district; and may cascade and track information as indicated
2. -Completes all required training in a timely manner.
3. -Participates in assigned work teams as appropriate.
4. -May complete periodic metrics, projects, huddle boards and reports as requested.
5. -Prepares for and actively participates in 1:1 coaching with supervisor

• Maximizes work processes and deliverables through lean principles within the Arizona Management System (AMS); and provides recommendations for process improvement, and engages in continuous improvement efforts as assigned 
   

• Knowledge of human resources/personnel principles and practices
• In depth knowledge of employment laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures pertaining to personnel administration and employee relations, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, HIPAA

• Excellent verbal, written, and listening communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demeanor
• Effective organization and time management and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work in high-pressure situations
• Proficient in the use of a PC in a Windows environment; in the use of the Internet; in the use of MS Office Applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel, PowerPoint; and in the use of Google Suite applications such as Gmail, Sheets, Docs, and Drive.
• Proficient in the use of HRIS applications

• Ability to clear a comprehensive background and clearance process that includes an Arizona tax compliance verification, and a criminal background check through the FBI via level one fingerprint clearance through the Arizona Department of Public Safety
• Ability to thrive in a service-centric organizational model
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to work in a confidential manner, ensuring information is shared with internal and external individuals in an appropriate manner
• Ability to learn LEAN concepts, principles and tool
• Ability to understand and solve problems by applying intermediate analytical skills to include collecting all the relevant information and data needed to address the problem; organizing, classifying and synthesizing the data into fundamental issues; from the information, identifying the most probable causes of the problem; reducing the information down into manageable components; identifying the logical outcomes from the analyses of the data collected; and, identifying the options and solutions for addressing the problems analyzed
• Willingness and ability to embody ADOR’s core values of Do the Right Thing, Commit to Excellence, and Care About One Another

• In the course of performing the essential duties one must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

• Bachelor Degree in Business, HR or related field
• Previous experience with LEAN/SIx Sigma
• SPHR, or similar HR certification