DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY

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DES serves more than 3 million Arizonans. Our Mission is to strengthen individuals, families, and communities for a better quality of life.

HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS ANALYST

Job Location:

Division of Developmental Disabilities
Human Resources Unit
Address: 1789 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix AZ 85007
www.azdes.gov

Posting Details:

Salary: $53,000.00 - $55,238.00 Annually

Grade: 20

Closing Date: August 27, 2025

Job Summary:

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps Arizonans thrive? At the Department of Economic Security (DES) we strengthen individuals, families and communities for a better quality of life. DES is looking for individuals who are committed to service, community, and teamwork. To learn more about DES please visit des.az.gov; or click on the link here to view ‘Our DES’ video. Come Join the DES Team!

The Department of Economic Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities are seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Human Resources Operations Analyst. Under the direction of the manager, the Human Resources Operations Analyst performs work of considerable difficulty dealing with complex, sensitive and highly confidential personnel related actions of all aspects of employee personnel, classification, staffing and recruitment, and employee relations actions to ensure compliance with DES policies and federal and state regulations while providing instruction, guidance and excellent customer service to employees, managers, and human resource professionals.

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, 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.

Job Duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serves as the Analyst for all personnel and classification work within the division. Provides technical analysis and review, guidance and training to other professionals within the division. Conducts quality assurance reviews for all personnel and classification actions submitted; reviews salary calculations and verifies accuracy and completion of paperwork. Develops reports and presents findings and data.
• Processes all personnel actions into AZ360 within established deadlines and follows up on outstanding items requiring action by Human Resources Administration; Maintains confidential records/documentation related to all personnel actions; maintains all of the Divisions’ employee personnel files, both active and inactive. Conduct New Employee Orientation (NEO) paperwork for the division’s new hires.
• Meets/consults with Division staff and management to obtain information for purpose of writing PDs; determines required knowledge, skills and abilities; reviews positions within Division/Department with similar job responsibilities for purpose of maintaining consistency within Division; drafts PD; finalizes accordingly; prepares required paperwork to establish new FTE’s in a timely manner. Reviews existing PDs to determine the need for updating.
• Maintains division performance management system with proxy authority; reviews reports relating to appraisal completion for the division; contacts liaisons and managers regarding appraisal completion; assists supervisors and managers with appraisal related issues, including deleting, updating evaluation dates, reverting or pushing evaluations in the appraisal system.
• Runs a daily Fingerprint Clearance Card report checking for suspensions, denials and revoked cards. Creates monthly reports from division tracking syste