Senior Human Resources Advisor

The North Dakota Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is looking for a Human Resources (HR) professional to serve as our next Senior Human Resources Advisor.

This is a unique opportunity to influence how Human Resources operations, technology, policies, and programs support agencies across Team ND. You'll serve as a trusted advisor, lead complex process improvement efforts, support statewide classification administration, and help shape the systems, processes, and technology used by HR professionals throughout state government.

We're looking for someone who is confident in their expertise, comfortable navigating uncertainty, energized by using technology to improve how work gets done, and able to connect the dots across Human Resources operations to develop practical solutions. If you're the type of person who doesn't just solve today's problem but asks, "How can we make this work better for everyone tomorrow?"

we'd love to hear from you.

As the Senior Human Resources Advisor, you’ll:

• Lead enterprise HR process improvement efforts that simplify work, reduce manual steps, and strengthen consistency across Team ND.
• Use technology, automation, and data to improve workflows, strengthen decision-making, and simplify how HR work is accomplished.
• Research and interpret federal employment laws, North Dakota Century Code, North Dakota Administrative Code, statewide HR policies, and HR best practices.
• Advise agency HR professionals and internal partners on complex policy, process, system, and operational questions.
• Support classification administration, workforce analysis, data and open records requests, and the Shared Leave Program.
• Mentor HR team members and help strengthen knowledge, capability, and consistency across the HR community.
• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert on HR operations, technology, policy, and processes while providing practical guidance to agencies and internal team members.
• Facilitate complex or difficult conversations while building trust, strengthening relationships, and helping others move toward solutions.
• Lead cross-agency work groups, projects, and enterprise initiatives by bringing together diverse perspectives and helping teams move from discussion to decision.
• Build support for new ideas and enterprise initiatives by influencing through expertise, collaboration, and trusted relationships rather than formal authority.
• Evaluate HR operations and processes to identify opportunities that improve efficiency, strengthen consistency, and reduce organizational risk.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Brings broad professional HR knowledge and understands how programs, policies, systems, data, and employee lifecycle processes work together.
• Sees the connections between HR operations, technology, policy, classification, workforce data, and the employee lifecycle and uses those connections to solve complex problems.
• Uses sound judgment and strong problem-solving skills when guidance is limited or several solutions are possible.
• Builds trusted relationships through expertise, professionalism, confidence, and credibility while influencing others without formal authority.
• Translates complex legal, technical, policy, or data information into practical guidance.
• Remains composed, organized, and solutions focused while balancing competing priorities.
• Looks beyond the immediate issue to identify opportunities for continuous improvement through better processes, technology, automation, and data.
• Values teamwork, accountability, curiosity, honest communication, and shared success.
• Communicates with confidence, professionalism, and credibility when partnering with HR professionals, agency leaders, and executive leadership.
• Demonstrates confidence, initiative, and sound judgment while leading conversations, facilitating groups, and guiding others through complex HR issues.

We aren't looking for someone who has all the answers on day one. We're looking for someone who asks thoughtful questions, builds trusted relationships, and has the confidence to lead others toward better solutions.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring at least four years of…