Human Resource Manager | WCCW

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Human Resource Manager

Full Time | Permanent | WMS Band 02

Location: Washington Corrections Center for Women | Gig Harbor, WA

Salary Range: $107,400 Annually

In order to provide the best customer service to the Washington Corrections Center for Women facility, this Human Resource Manager position is a full time, in-office role. This position may be eligible for telework upon request.

At the Washington State Department of Corrections, we value our staff as our greatest asset. Within each Human Resource group, HR Managers serve as the backbone of the team.

We are seeking a strategic, forward-thinking HR Manager to lead, mentor, and provide expert-level guidance to the human resources team at Washington Corrections Center for Women!

As a mid-level manager, you will support the Employee & Business Support Services teams by ensuring high-quality professional services are delivered to appointing authorities, leaders, and managers.

This includes providing expertise in organizational growth, workforce planning and development, employee development, and risk identification and mitigation.

Through this work, you will help ensure the Department of Corrections can successfully fulfill its mission to improve public safety by positively changing lives.

The HR Manager oversees the administration of multiple comprehensive employee programs and promotes effective HR management by ensuring HR consultants deliver accurate information, thoughtful consultation, responsive customer service, and consistent support to employees, management, and executives.

We are looking for a leader with a strong passion for public service who is excited to develop, coach, guide, and supervise both professional and paraprofessional consultants.

If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply.

A completed application packet will include:

Requirements

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service, committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

As a Human Resource Manager, some of the tasks you will enjoy performing include:

• Ensuring comprehensive professional level administration of multiple, complex HR programs in accordance with Agency policy, WACs, CBA, and laws that influence key business decision and include, but are not limited to, classification and compensation, recruitment, screening and selection, employee relations, labor relations, leave programs and corrective/disciplinary actions
• Ensures appointing authorities, executive staff and key leaders are provided with comprehensive and sound direction in the application of Agency policy/procedure, collective bargaining agreements and state/federal human resource law
• Managing and supervising professional level staff
• Developing program standards and delivery methods to train and support managers, staff, supervisors and HR consultants
• Takes appropriate corrective action and recommends the initiation of an investigation or disciplinary action as necessary
• Supports HR staff members seeking out ongoing developmental opportunities and ensures that performance reviews and training requirements are completed in a timely manner
• Assuming accountability for the HR office space and equipment in the local HR offices, ensuring a safe working environment and the availability of necessary equipment and supplies, doing so prudently and cost effectively
• Taking appropriate corrective action and recommends the initiation of an investigation or disciplinary action as necessary
• Ensuring staff demonstrate quality customer service, which is emphasized in their career development. Develops and implements sound performance management criteria
• Modeling strong performance and customer service standards
• Supporting HR staff members seeking out ongoing developmental opportunities and ensures that performance reviews and training requirements are completed in a timely manner

Qualifications

What we need (required qualifications):

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least three years of professional - level human resources experience, which included experience in at least three of the following:
  • Administering classification and compensation
  • Recruitment, screening, and selection
  • Interpretation of rules and regulations
  • Employee and labor relations
  • Corrective and disciplinary action
• At least one year of experience supervising HR staff. Experience may be gained concurrently with professional HR experience
• Extensive working knowledge of all aspects of HR and professional trends
• Ability to provide consultation and direction on most complex issues and questions, especially in the areas of employee discipline, employee relations, classification, compensation, recruitment, screening, and selection
• Knowledge of state and federal employment and labor laws and relevant court decisions impacting employers
• Ability to analyze information, define problems or objectives, formulate logical and objective conclusions, recognize alternatives, and make recommendations
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with both employees and managers at all levels of the organization
• Able to convey a positive and professional image to employees and external contacts
• Strong influence, change management, and relationship building skills
• Ability to use technology and computer systems to improve efficiency, accuracy, and quality of work
• Ability to use (or learn to use) Microsoft Word to independently draft formal documents for others’ review and signature
• Ability to coach and mentor others
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment and successfully manage a busy workload with multiple shifting priorities

What will make your application stand out (preferred qualifications):

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Human Resources Management, Business or Public Administration, social sciences, or related field, from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP or IMPA-HR certification.

Additional Information

Vision: Working together for safer communities.

Mission: Improving public safety by positively changing lives.

Our Commitment: To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.

Our Core Values:

DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• This recruitment may be utilized to fill more than one position.

Please include a minimum of three (3) professional references with your application.

A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies.

If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.**Please note: Phone number AND email address are required for all professional references.

• A background check including criminal record history will be conducted prior to a new hire. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.
• Employees may work directly with or near incarcerated individuals in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply.

We are committed to maintaining a drug and alcohol-free work environment, and our employees are expected to comply with all state and federal laws.

A pre-employment drug test may be administered as part of the selection process, and applicants who test positive for any controlled substances, will be disqualified from consideration.

• Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is an aerosol pepper spray made available as a means of self-defense and/or de-escalation. Applicants with sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
• Animal care projects are a common component of most Washington State prisons, including dog and cat programs. Applicants with animal sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a priority health issue for DOC employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire.

When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment will also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results.

Foreign equivalent degrees awarded outside the United States must have a credential evaluation report attached to your application.

You may request the required evaluation/documentation from www.wes.org and www.aice-eval.org. Until this documentation is provided, you will not be selected to move forward in the hiring process.

DOC complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements for the federal employment eligibility verification form I-9.

The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States consistent with the requirements of that form.

https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

• DOC does not use E-Verify; therefore, we are not eligible to extend STEM-Optional Practice Training (OPT). For information, please visit www.uscis.gov.

What We Offer:

As an employee of the Department of Corrections, your work-life integration is a priority.

Washington State employees are offered one of the most inclusive and competitive benefits packages in the nation.

Besides comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision, these perks also may include:

• Remote/telework/flexible schedules (depending on position)
• Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation and so much more!

PERS: State Employees are members of the Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). New employees have the option of two employer contributed retirement programs. For additional information, check out the Department of Retirement Systems' web site.

For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email mackenzie.conley@doc1.wa.gov or call us at 509-630-9160. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.