DEPT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS

Central Office Human Resources

  100 N 15th Ave, Suite 103

Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Salary:  $40,496.00 - $63,000.00*

*Salary dependent upon experience

Grade: 20

CLOSE DATE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) is searching for an energetic, outgoing, and self-motivated HR Recruiter who would be responsible for promoting and filling ADJC career opportunities; utilizing social media to seek out potential applicants; networking and building relationships with community and educational partners; implementing recruitment marketing strategies; utilizing the state’s enterprise recruitment system to compose and post job announcements; reviewing and screening applicant qualifications; preparing hiring lists; and making offers of employment.

The job duties of a HR Recruiter include, but are not limited to the following:

- Sources potential applicants by utilizing social media, the State’s Page-Up recruitment system, commercial job boards, and community/educational contacts
- Drafts and post job announcements for various positions to include: Youth Corrections Officers Series, Administrative, Security, Professional, Health, Trades, and Information Technology job classifications
- Reviews applicant resumes for applicable knowledge, skills, and abilities, and creates hiring lists of qualified candidates
- Ensures Position Descriptions (PDs) are up-to-date, and all salary requests conform to state guidelines
- Promotes ADJC career opportunities and benefits, at in-person/virtual career and job fairs, community events, educational career days, and military transition events
- Consults with agency customers to develop recruitment and marketing strategies for the hard-to-fill vacancies
- Tracks pre-employment process which includes fingerprinting, background investigations, drug tests, medical/physical examinations, employment verifications, file reviews, and reference checks
- Administers and proctors pre-employment assessments to include the Diana Screen, and the  Promote IMPACT assessment
- Supports the Arizona Management System (AMS) by participating in team huddle board meetings, tracking and reporting recruitment metrics, and authoring/updating recruitment unit standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Prepares and processes position actions to include position description updates, position establishments, reallocations, and organizational changes
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Recruitment strategies and best practices to include drafting job announcements, job board postings, applicant sourcing, social media and vacancy tracking
- Computers and various technology devices and software programs essential for recruitment efforts such as video conferencing and Google Suite (Gmail, Docs Sheets, Slides)

-HRIS System

-Page-Up recruitment system

- State personnel rules and governmental practices
- Agency policies and procedures

SKILL IN:
- Verbal and written communication
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Time management and organization
- Providing excellent customer service including all levels within the organization
- Multitasking, to include monitoring, tracking, and following up on action items

ABILITY TO:
- Maintain confidentiality
- Adapt to changing environment while producing high-quality, accurate work
- Provide HR consultations
- Analyze and evaluate HR data
- Develop standard work and procedures
- Interact effectively and professionally

Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or closely related field and two (2) years experience in Human Resources OR; equivalent experience.

REQUIRED: Ideal candidate must possess recruitment experience

REQUIRED:  Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a comprehensive background investigation.

Current State of Arizona employees: In order to be considered for this position, it requires acceptable performance history as demonstrated by not have been issued a letter of suspension or have been involuntarily demoted within one year preceding this job posting close date, and have an overall rating of “meets expectations” or higher on the most recent employee performance evaluation.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function on the job, then the following requirements apply.  Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license records checks.  The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked or suspended.  Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all driver training.  An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.010).

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:

-Affordable medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability plans

-Top-ranked retirement and long-term disability plans

-10 paid holidays per year

-Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years

-Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly

-Deferred Compensation Program

-Wellness Plans

For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)

- New membership begins the 27th week of employment

- Immediately vested in retirement contributions

- Defined Benefit

Attention current State of Arizona employees:  Please contact our Human Resources Office at employment@azdjc.gov  if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.  Persons with a disability may request reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602)364-1023.  Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.