Human Resources Technician

human resources technician 3

*** this recruitment may close without further notice depending on the number of applications received. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible***

the department of transportation (ndot) is pleased to announce an opportunity for a skilled and motivated human resources technician 3 to join our team in carson city, nv. This position plays a key role in supporting employees, strengthening organizational processes, and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality hr services. The hr technician will provide comprehensive support across various hr functions, including recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, benefits administration, and compliance.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys problem-solving, and is committed to promoting a positive workplace. Some of the key responsibilities for this position are assisting in the recruitment process, supporting new hires' onboarding and orientation processes, responding to employee inquiries, providing guidance on hr policies and procedures, and ensuring compliance with state and federal employment laws and internal policies.

Please note that this position requires a consistent work schedule of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, monday through friday, to ensure adequate coverage. This schedule is a firm requirement of the position and is not flexible at this time.
*** applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the u.s, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Please note that this position is on-site and does not offer remote work options. The job duties section listed in this announcement reflects the statewide class specifications for all positions and does not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position***.

human resources technicians perform a wide variety of human resources activities including human resources records processing, recruitment and examining, new hire orientation, list certification, and payroll support duties. While payroll support duties may be performed a portion of the time by human resources technicians, the majority of duties involve human resources activities. While positions dedicated to payroll duties are appropriately classified in accounting-related series, some positions in this series specialize in one or more human resources functions and others may serve in a generalist capacity.

Supervisory responsibility may be assigned at any level in the series, but this responsibility does not, by itself, warrant allocation to a higher level.

graduation from high school or equivalent education and two years of technical personnel/payroll experience which included researching information, applying rules and regulations, and problem solving in areas such as recruitment and examining, payroll, interviewing and selection, and other related personnel/payroll functions; or one year of experience as a human resources technician ii in nevada state service; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

receive and review requests and authorization to fill a vacancy; verify selective recruitment criteria needs and obtain approval; check availability of existing hiring lists and/or consider alternative methods of filling vacancies according to established policies and regulations; certify eligible hiring lists or request certified hiring lists from centralized human resources; maintain accurate hiring lists by updating the human resources database after interview results are received, and surveying applicants for interest, availability and/or special skills.

develop or assist in the development of recruitment plans; draft job announcements;…