Human Resources Technician

Position Overview

The Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is recruiting for a Personnel Technician 2 located in Carson City, NV. This position is located within the Human Resources department. DCFS provides an atmosphere of innovative thinking, teamwork, and friendly co-workers, and is a great place to work. Incumbent will be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the DCFS-HR office – processing new and existing employee paperwork;

new hire orientation; maintaining hard and soft copy files; employee benefits – insurance and retirement (PEBP & PERS) paperwork; investigating errors and processing corrections; entering data into state and division computer programs; providing assistance as needed to employees and supervisors. Liaison with the Division of Human Resource Management on technical level work. Will coordinate recruitment in Neogov and will assist employees and supervisors as needed.

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services, together in partnership with families, communities and other government agencies, provides support and services to assist Nevada’s children and families in reaching their full human potential. DCFS is an extremely complex organization with incredibly dedicated and professional staff committed to building strong communities through strengthening families. This is a full-time position with an anticipated work schedule of 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.

Applicants must be authorized to work in ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa currently.

• Receive and review requests and authorization to fill a vacancy; verify selective recruitment criteria needs and obtain approval; check availability of existing hiring lists and/or consider alternative methods of filling vacancies according to established policies and regulations; certify eligible hiring lists or request certified hiring lists from centralized Human Resources; maintain accurate hiring lists by updating the Human Resource database after interview results are received, and surveying applicants for interest, availability and/or special skills.
• Develop or assist in the development of recruitment plans; draft job announcements; participate in outreach activities including job fairs; prepare and place advertising in newspapers, trade journals, and websites.
• Receive and evaluate employment applications for eligibility according to required minimum qualifications and notify applicants; schedule appropriate examination; administer or coordinate testing; process results and notify applicants; generate certified eligible hiring lists in accordance with pertinent statutes, rules and regulations and monitor list usage for compliance.
• Review hiring packets for required approvals and documentation in accordance with Human Resources regulations; provide new hire orientation and information regarding retirement, pay schedules, insurance benefits, timekeeping, leave, and agency and State policies.
• Process various types of employee Human Resources transactions; enter into the Human Resources/payroll database in a live production environment, or audit transactions processed by others to ensure accuracy; participate in automated system testing as needed.
• Provide liaison services for employees regarding workers’ compensation; coordinate early return to work and modified duty; complete necessary forms, monitor lost time, and arrange for FMLA to run concurrently.
• Maintain Human Resources, recruitment, and training files and records in accordance with established records retention schedules.
• Respond to Human Resources related questions from employees, management and the public by researching applicable laws, regulations and policies; provide requested job announcements, applications, forms and other Human Resources documents as requested.
• Conduct basic research, compile data and assist in the preparation of final reports.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Under general supervision, incumbents perform a wide variety of Human Resources functions that may include preparing and processing Human Resources documents; applying agency approval to Human…