Human Resource Specialist Institutional

Final date to receive applications: 1/18/2026 (7:00 PM EST)

Job
-00169

Title:

Human Resource Specialist Institutional

Pay Grade: 14

Salary: $46,090.80 Annually

Employment Type:

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

Hiring Agency:
Justice & Public Safety Cabinet | Department of Corrections

Location:

3111 Spurr Road, Lexington, KY 40511 USA

The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) mission is to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and to provide a safe, secure, and humane environment for staff and offenders. The DOC offers opportunities for offenders to acquire skills that facilitate non-criminal behavior. We are seeking a Human Resource Specialist Institutional to provide liaison services between institutional management and the agency personnel office, supporting multiple human resource programs, applicable statuses, and regulations.

• Provides technical assistance to all levels of institutional management in areas such as classification, compensation, recruiting, benefits, disciplinary actions, layoffs, and grievance procedures in accordance with personnel laws and rules.
• Consults with agency central personnel and payroll offices to obtain and relay information on personnel Coupon matters.
• Advise, counsel, and communicate with onsite staff.
• Plans, prepares, and submits documentation for personnel and position actions requests for the facility to the agency and central office.
• Arranges interviews for applicants and communicates with them concerning employment procedures.
• Reviews and evaluates requests for personnel and position actions and makes recommendations concerning such actions.
• Coordinates transfers, promotions, or other personnel actions with human resource staff at other adult institutions and the central office.
• Planners, coordinates, and performs orientation and exit interviews.
• Prepares reports for budget, turnover, recruitment, workers compensation, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  Nature activities.
• Develops staffing patterns.
• Supervises the grievance procedure and conducts disciplinary hearings.
• Assists with professional development and training as needed.

• Education:
  
  Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.
• Experience, training, or skills:
  Two years of professional experience in human resource administration.
• Substitute education for experience:
  None.
• Substitute experience for education:
  Administrative, business, research, and/or clerical experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Current or prior military experience will substitute for the required college on a year-for-year basis.
• Special requirements:
  None.

Incumbents working in this job title perform duties in an office setting. Minimal travel may be required.

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Amy Robey ey.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D

Entry level

Full-time

Human Resources

Government Administration