About Our Job

The Denver Public Library (DPL) is a growing urban library system that serves the City & County of Denver. DPL sees more than 4 million visitors every year across its 27 locations, serves Denver’s most vulnerable communities through outreach and mobile services, hosts thousands of programs a year and manages a collection of more than 1.4 million physical and digital materials. We believe a strong library is vital for a strong community. DPL is committed to serving the evolving needs of Denverites through inspired programming, diverse collections, culturally-representative spaces and equitable policies & procedures.

Denver Public Library’s Values that we embody on the daily:

WELCOMING: We make our resources, services and expertise accessible for all, recognize the inherent dignity in each person, and provide safe places where everyone can be themselves. 

CURIOSITY: We foster a culture of exploration, innovation and forward thinking by creating environments that support learning and growth. 

CONNECTION: We are neighbors. We foster relationships, listen and act to build and strengthen our community. We bring people together to share information, ideas and experiences.

 EQUITY: We work to change inequitable practices, structures and policies, and attitudes that drive them, to provide opportunities for every person in our community to thrive. As we do so, we actively examine our roles in perpetuating oppressive systems. 

STEWARDSHIP: We are accountable to our community, using our resources responsibly. We lead with honesty and integrity, protect privacy and preserve and share the full history of our Denver community. 

More than just books, the Denver Public Library (DPL) is a vibrant hub connecting our city. We're talking millions of visitors, vital outreach, and a commitment to making Denver a stronger place for everyone. And at the heart of it all? Our incredible team – the folks who make the magic happen.

That's where you come in! We're looking for a detail-oriented and people-focused Human Resource Technician II to be a crucial part of our HR team. Think of yourself as a guardian of smooth processes, ensuring everything runs seamlessly for the amazing individuals who serve our community every day.

About You

Our ideal candidate:

• Perform quality control on all personnel transactions to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures, career service rules, city charter and federal and state regulations

• Schedule Human Resource related meetings

• Assign and escalate HR Tickets ensuring DPL staff questions are assigned to the appropriate staff member and answered correctly and timely

• Responsible for the management of our P-card and paying invoices promptly

• Partner with Learning and Development to ensure New Employee Orientation runs smoothly

• Monitor office supplies and other HR supplies to ensure inventory is kept in stock

• Audit and reconcile all personnel transactions by identifying the desired result and codifying the request to ensure that all applicable rules, policies, and procedures are adhered to

• Stay current with changes in related career service rules, employment laws, and procedures to ensure accurate processing of personnel transactions

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal HR partners and external city agency clients and serve as a consultant and liaison to handle non-routine questions, resolve problems and misunderstandings

• Educate internal and external customers on career service rules, OHR policies and practices

• Assist with onboarding, I-9 verification, and compliance

• Develop and continuously review internal processes and procedures to ensure continuous quality control of personnel transactions

• Recommends, develops, and establishes, processes, procedures or instructions to meet specific needs and challenges for assigned human resource functions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education requirement: Graduation from high school or the possession of a GED, HiSET or TASC Certificate.

• Experience Requirement: Two (2) years of experience in an administrative environment.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: A combination of appropriate education and experience may be substituted for the minimum education and experience r