Human Resource Manager - Deputy HR Administrator

Lead the human resources function shaping how the Oregon Youth Authority supports the 1,200+ staff who protect Oregon's youth and communities. OYA is hiring a Deputy HR Administrator to direct day-to-day personnel administration, guide a team of Senior HR Analysts, and serve as a key partner in labor relations and collective bargaining for an agency operating nine facilities and community programs statewide.

This role requires strong HR leadership and labor relations experience to showcase your ability to navigate complex personnel issues, lead a team, and work effectively within a collective bargaining environment. If you bring proven supervisory experience, sound judgment on complex people issues, and a commitment to equitable, people-first HR practice, we want to hear from you.

• Direct the day-to-day operational functions of personnel administration and human resource management for OYA, including decisions that affect youth correctional facility operations.
• Supervise and support a team of Senior HR Analysts, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, professional HR services agency-wide.
• Negotiate collective bargaining agreements and administer and interpret labor contracts, serving as a key point of contact for union representatives.
• Provide guidance and consultation to managers, employees, and union representatives on state and federal laws, rules, policies, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Guide progressive disciplinary actions, grievance management, and resolution processes.
• Oversee investigative methods and procedures, and review and approve investigative reports from HR staff.
• Develop and implement short- and long-range HR policy planning, goals, and objectives, including statewide programmatic and public policy changes affecting Oregon’s juvenile justice system.
• Champion organizational culture change, ensuring HR services align with OYA’s strategic goals and its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and positive human development.
• Make recommendations to agency leadership on program and policy modifications with impact across OYA and other state agencies.

The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is a national leader in the juvenile justice field, pioneering the implementation of a positive human development framework for its work with staff and youth, and using data to match the right youth with the right services. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions to support youth under our care. Our agency mission is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.

If you are looking to join a team that values individual and cultural differences and the opportunity to contribute in the success of youth reformation by enriching our workforce with diversity, OYA wants to hear from you! People of color, women and other members of historically underserved communities are strongly encouraged to apply! For more information please visitwww.oregon.gov/oya.

• Six years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience;
  OR
• three years of related experience and a bachelor's degree in a related field.

You do not need to have all of these qualities to be eligible for this position.

• Direct supervisory experience — you’ve formally supervised employees, not just led projects or teams, including responsibility for their performance, conduct, and daily work direction.
• Sound judgment on complex people issues — you’ve managed conflict resolution, performance concerns, or policy interpretation independently.
• Union and labor relations experience — you’ve worked collaboratively with unions, whether through negotiation, consensus-building, or collective bargaining administration.
• A track record of leading change — you’ve designed, supported, or implemented organizational or cultural change initiatives, such as DEI efforts, process improvement, or workforce development.
• Investigative or fact-finding experience — you’ve conducted or supported sensitive…