DEPT OF REVENUE

Address: 1600 W Monroe St Phoenix, AZ 85007

Salary: $93,500 per year 

Grade: 25

Closing Date: 12/28/2025

Position Summary:
As a member of the Human Resources Team, this position is responsible for managing the talent function and the Talent Team, which serves as a subject matter expert and provides HR service and support to employees and managers on various topics such as recruitment and selection, clearance and preboarding, classification and compensation, HR data and reporting, offboarding, and organizational design.

Supervision:
This position performs supervisory and management duties over a team of up to 4 employees, varying in titles and grades.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Supervisory
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with ADOR’s core values, agency policies, applicable standard work, and applicable laws. Responsibilities include:
     * Actively participating in the interviewing and hiring processes and ensuring successful functional onboarding of new employees
     * Planning, assigning, coordinating, and overseeing the daily work of direct reports in alignment with the strategic, operational, and tactical                        priorities  of the organization
     * Conducts one-on-one meetings providing constructive, balanced, regular performance feedback, coaching, and mentoring
     * Setting reasonable stretch performance goals and conducting mid-year and annual performance appraisals
     * Recognizing and rewarding performance excellence, culture championship, and continuous improvement efforts
     * Communicating and enforcing agency policies and programs.
     * Applying corrective action, addressing complaints and resolving problems in a timely fashion, involving and collaborating with leadership and                Human Resources as appropriate
Talent Program Management

Under the direction of the Chief Human Resources Officer, ensures effective, value-added delivery of HR/Talent services and support to the agency personally and through subordinate staff, to include the following:
     * Develops, implements, trains, coaches, and models for the Talent team and agency managers, programs, procedures, best practices, standard work,          tools, and resources that support the attraction, onboarding, development, and retention of an optimally staffed high-performing workforce.
     * Works with business unit leadership to understand the key functions in the agency to ensure the Talent Team can effectively recruit and screen                 candidates with skill sets that match open positions.
     * Ensures fair and equitable application of HR policies, procedures, and practices are administered by the Talent team and agency managers,                     including, but not limited to:
               * Classification and compensation
               * Talent acquisition
               * New hire clearance and preboarding
               * HRIS data maintenance, integrity, reporting, and analytics
               * Organizational design
               * Talent review process for supervisors and their teams
               * Offboarding
               * HR compliance and audit
     * Partners with the Employee Relations Manager in all HR related matters, including, but not limited to:
              * New hire clearance and preboarding
              * HRIS data maintenance, integrity, reporting, analytics
              * Talent review process for leaders and their teams

Project Management/Contribution
     * Leads and actively participates in projects with cross-functional teams as assigned to include:
               * Developing, maintaining, and coordinating detailed project plans to define roles and assignments, metrics, process documentation, actions,                   and minutes for internal and external stakeholders.
               * Facilitating/attending project meetings
               * Monitors the project and audited milestones
               * Prepares written reports for internal/external stakeholders, documents results, KPIs, and quality improvement
               * Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with stakeholders, managing expectations
               * Coordinates and facilities meetings
     * Engages as project business lead and/or SME, as applicable, to ensure the successful execution of all mandated and non-mandated projects.

Agency/Department Compliance & Continuous Improvement
     * Remains current on all laws, regulations, policies, and best practices related to staffing and recruiting through regular engagement in activities                 such  as self-directed research, conferring with other practitioners and technical experts, subscriptions to regulatory/legal/industry newsletters and           briefs, membership in industry associations, attendance at meetings/events, and/or participation in training and other continuing education                       opportunities.
     * Actively contributes to team and individual effectiveness through the following: -
               * Attends and leads staff meetings and huddles of work unit or district, and may cascade and track information as indicated
               * Completes all required training in a timely manner.
               * Participates in assigned work teams as appropriate.
              * May complete periodic metrics, projects, huddle boards, and reports as requested.
              * Prepares for and actively participates in 1:1 coaching with a supervisor
     * Maximizes work processes and deliverables through lean principles within the Arizona Management System (AMS), and provides                                    recommendations for process improvement, and engages in continuous improvement efforts as assigned.

Other duties as assigned

Education & Experience
     * Any combination that meets the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs); typical ways KSAs are obtained may include, but are not limited to: a               relevant degree from an accredited college or university, such as a Bachelor’s Degree (e.g., B.A.), training, coursework, and work experience                   relevant to the assignment.
     * Minimum of seven years related experience in Human Resources, with a focus on talent (class & comp, recruiting, preboarding, HRIS, talent                  review, org design, etc.)

Knowledge/Understanding
     * Knowledge of human resources/personnel principles and practices
     * In-depth knowledge of employment laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures pertaining to personnel administration and talent, EEOC,                FLSA, & ADA.

Skills
     * Excellent verbal, written, and listening communication skills
     * Excellent interpersonal skills and demeanor
     * Strong organization and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work in high-pressure situations
     * Effective project management skills with the ability to lead and direct the work of teams without formal supervisory authority
        Proficient in the use of a PC in a Windows environment; in the use of Google Suite applications such as GMail, Sheets, Docs, and Drive; in the                use of MS Office Applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel, and PowerPoint; and in the use of the Internet.

Abilities
     * Ability to clear a comprehensive background and clearance process that includes an Arizona tax compliance verification, and a criminal                            background check through the FBI via level one fingerprint clearance through the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
     * Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and also participate collaboratively as part of a team
     * Ability to establish and maintain an inclusive and innovative environment that collaborates and empowers others to be engaged in the mutually                beneficial outcome.
     * Ability to understand and solve problems by applying intermediate analytical skills to include collecting all the relevant information and data                  needed to address the problem; organizing, classifying and synthesizing the data into fundamental issues; from the information, identifying the                most probable causes of the problem; reducing the information down into manageable components; identifying the logical outcomes from the                  analyses of the data collected; and, identifying the options and solutions for addressing the problems analyzed.
     * Willingness and ability to embody ADOR’s core values of Do the Right Thing, Commit to Excellence, and Care About One Another

Additional Job Demands
     * In the course of performing the essential duties, one must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force              frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
     * No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

- A Bachelor's degree in human resources or related
- Previous supervisory experience
- SHRM CP, or SPHR
- Experience with Continuous Improvement/LEAN

The final candidate will be required to abide by the the following pre-employment checks:
-Employment Verification and Reference Checks
-State and Federal Criminal Background Check, including fingerprinting
-Arizona Tax Filing Records Check
-If applicable, ASEDRA Authorized Driver Identification Check

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

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 a world class comprehensive benefits package including:
-Paid time off for holidays, sick days, annual leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and civic duty leave
-Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
-A robust and affordable insurance plan that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability options.
-Higher education discounts for State employees and tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per fiscal year, available to seek further career advancement or certification in Continuing Professional Education.
-Work-life balance and additional options for life betterment such as the Infant at Work Program, State Wellness Program, Public Transit Discounts, Alternate Work Schedules, and Telework opportunities.

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Top ranked Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) provides 100% employer matched contributions (enrollment eligibility will be effective after 27 weeks of State employment). ASRS provides a lifelong benefit based on years of service earned, or worked, and your ending salary. Learn more about ASRS at: https://www.azasrs.gov/content/new-and-prospective-members.

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the ADOR Talent Team at talentgroup@azdor.gov.


*The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.