State of Tennessee Hiring for HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER – at Nashville, TN Full Time

RECRUITING AND RETENTION MANAGER

Tennessee Department of Correction

Nashville, TN

$7,275 – $11,642 per month

This is an Alternative Workplace Solutions-eligible position and the assigned work location will be based on the individual hired and may include the opportunity for remote work. Statewide travel, including trips to the TDOC Central Office in Nashville, and occasional overtime will be required.

Closing Date: 04/19/2023

Who we are and what we do:

The mission of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is to operate safe and secure prisons and provide effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety.

How you make a difference in this role:

The department manages and operates or oversees 14 state prisons housing approximately 21,000 offenders. In addition, the department supervises some 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community correction and operates eight Day Reporting/Community Resource Centers across the state. The department is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA).

Job Overview:

This position is responsible for developing and executing statewide programs related to recruiting and retention. The individual selected will work with agency leaders across the organization to build and sustain a pipeline of talent into TDOC. In addition, this position is responsible for assisting with statewide retention programs and developing and reviewing selection tools designed to ensure the agency has a highly qualified and capable workforce.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the agency-wide subject matter expert for all phases of the hiring process to include design, review, and approval of job postings, management of pre-employment screening programs, and the new employee onboarding process
• Work with leaders across the organization to identify, develop, and execute recruiting strategies to fill positions, with special emphasis on front-line positions such as Correctional Officers and Probation/Parole Officers
• Build and sustain relationships with colleges and universities, high schools, employment agencies, professional associations, and other organizations to promote TDOC employment
• Assist with developing high-quality recruiting materials across multiple platforms, including print, digital, and social media
• Manage the hiring process for executive-level positions, to include development of a high-quality and appropriate announcement and posting across all relevant platforms
• Prepare and execute recruiting strategies for hard-to-fill specialty positions
• Create and maintain a variety of reports related to recruiting and retention

Required Experience:

• Full-time, high-volume recruiting experience in military, law enforcement, or related field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact professionally with staff members at all levels of the organization
• Ability to build and sustain strong relationships with internal and external customers and lead others toward a common goal
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Be a creative, positive, and energetic self-starter with a collaborative and mission-driven work style
• Possess a high degree of initiative with the ability to work independently or with a team
• Must be flexible, adaptable and well organized

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree and experience equivalent to substantial (five or more years of) increasingly responsible and varied full-time professional human resources work; OR four years of increasingly responsible professional general human resources experience with the State of Tennessee. Additional graduate coursework in human resources administration or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years. Qualifying full-time professional human resources experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.