Senior Program Manager; DOT​/STATEWIDE​/BUS

Salary

$29.58 - $47.33 Hourly

$61,531 - $98,449 Annually

This position is a Pay Band 75

The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) supports the operations of state government by providing essential services, including managing recruitment, training, compensation, benefits, and performance. This position is within the Human Resource (HR) Operations Division, which supports the department in fostering a productive, inclusive, and compliant workplace while ensuring the well‑being and development of its staff.

This position may be located in any NMDOT District office statewide and will be supervised by NMDOT General Office personnel.

This Senior Program Manager will assist the HR Division, the Communications Division, and the Districts with strategic planning and coordination on recruitment efforts statewide, including rapid hires, job fairs, radio ads, social media posts, and developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with schools across the state. The position will have positive organizational impact on NMDOT outreach, recruitment, and hiring, improving the agency's ability to attract the most qualified applicants.

The primary responsibilities of the Senior Program Manager will include:

• Coordinate and facilitate priority recruitment efforts and projects with HR, Comms, and the Districts.
• Collaborate with divisions, bureaus, and units across the agency to timely address recruitment issues.
• Develop and maintain productive recruitment relationships with local schools statewide.
• Monitor and provide status reports on project process.
• Recommend procedural process and recommend changes to improve recruitment and project outcomes, as needed.

All the New Mexico Department of Transportation staff including managers, supervisors and District HR Support.

• Interpreting the NM State Personnel Rules and Regulations.
• Good decision and recommendations on all aspects of Human Resources actions.
• NM Statewide Human Resources Accounting Reporting (SHARE) system Recruiting.
• Providing HR Consultation to multiple level employees.
• Working in a cooperative team environment backing up other employees.
• Ability to be flexible with work assignments.
• Auditing skills.
• Provide human resource operations assistance to HR staff and state employees.
• Experience providing excellent customer service.
• The ability to identify alternative solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Bachelor's Degree and five (5) years of experience in program administration or project management in areas related to the purpose of the position. Any combination of education and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling nine (9) years may substitute for the required education and experience.

• High School Diploma or Equivalent AND 9 years of experience
• Associate's degree AND 7 years of experience
• Bachelor's degree AND 5 years of experience
• Master's degree AND 3 years of experience
• PhD degree AND 1 year of experience

• Education and years of experience must be related to the purpose of the position.
• If Minimum Qualification requires a specific number of "semester hours" in a field (e.g. 6 semester hours in Accounting), applicants MUST have those semester hours in order to meet the minimum qualifications. No substitutions apply for semester hours.

• Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License.
• Must possess and maintain a current Defensive Driving Course certificate from the State of New Mexico or must pass and receive a Defensive Driving Course certificate as a condition of continued employment.