Human Resources Manager

The City of Tucson offers a career-focused Human Resources Manager role supporting designated department(s) through HR business partner services and leading HR personnel in a Shared Services satellite. This position plays a central part in strengthening employee relations, advancing talent acquisition, ensuring HR compliance, and improving HR processes, with ongoing training and development for the team.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and support for employee relations activities in assigned area(s), including information, interpretation, advice, training, and counseling to management and employees regarding workplace concerns and disagreements, performance management, workplace climate and culture, supervision, and union environment considerations while ensuring compliance with City, state, and Federal laws and rules.
• Address questions and issues from employees and management related to workplace concerns, appropriate corrective and disciplinary actions, and labor agreement interpretation and implementation.
• Coordinate or conduct investigations of alleged employee misconduct, including interviewing, and prepare or assist supervisors with required documentation.
• Facilitate subject matter responses for employee and department questions related to Payroll and Leaves & Accessibility.
• Serve as facilitator and mediator when appropriate.
• Support talent management priorities to help the City hire excellent and diverse talent, partnering with department leaders, managers, and supervisors on recruitment and hiring strategies.
• Review job duties and qualifications to develop recruitment tools, analyze trends and patterns using data and statistics, and monitor compliance with City, state, and Federal regulations.
• Provide training to employees and supervisors on hiring processes, procedures, and legal requirements, and ensure proper collection, verification, analysis, and reporting of human resource information.
• Direct classification and compensation activities in assigned area(s), including auditing new, vacant, and occupied positions and completing comprehensive reviews of position responsibilities.
• Interpret and allocate positions to the appropriate classification structure using the City’s classification and compensation system, and explain audit results to employees, supervisors, and officials.
• Support organizational reviews involving structure, salaries, and workforce capacity, and interpret rules and laws that may affect the City, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• Train managers and supervisors on classification and compensation systems and processes, assist departments with interpretation and application of laws, policies, and procedures, and act as a change agent for classification and compensation initiatives.
• Exercise leadership for classified staff by providing guidance, training, workload management, conflict resolution, leave authorization, performance standards, and evaluations.
• Provide interpretation, information, and advice regarding City policies and procedures, labor agreements, Arizona Revised Statutes, Civil Service, City Charter, City Code, Administrative Directives, department policies, and other rules that may impact the City.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and external requirements, work with HR Leadership and the City Attorney’s Office on potentially litigious issues, and review business processes to recommend optimizations and improved efficiencies.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to resolve complex workflow and process needs, implement adaptable HR processes, and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Five (5) years of relevant experience
• Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis
• A valid and unrestricted driver’s license with two (2) years of licensed driving is required

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA coverage
• Pension plan plus optional Roth and pretax deferred compensation savings
• Paid time off program: 38 paid days off in the first year, increasing steadily in subsequent years
• Twelve weeks of paid parental leave
• Paid tuition reimbursement
• Student loan repayment
• Off- and on-the-job training
• Employee resource groups
• Paid volunteer hours

Additional Details

• Location: Tucson, AZ (onsite)
• Supervision: Exercises supervision over HR personnel in a designated Shared Services satellite
• Work is performed under the supervision of the HR Administrator
• Working conditions: Mostly office environment; requires on-site presence; occasional early mornings, nights, and weekends
• Position profile: J1033 - Human Resources Manager
• Compensation grade: G111
• Hourly range: $38.91 - $58.36 USD
• FLSA status: Exempt
• Position type: Regular, full time
• Department: Human Resources Department
• Background check: Designated to require a criminal background check; City of Tucson is a Second Chance Employer

Posting close date: Applicants must submit their completed application by 09-21-2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST.

Special application instructions: This role supports either the Tucson Fire Department or the Public Safety Communications Department, with one position assigned to each department. Department assignments may change in accordance with management rights. During the online application process, applicants must submit an updated resume at the time of application; applications without a resume will be considered incomplete. Resumes submitted after the closing date will not be considered.

Schedule: Highest scoring applicants will be invited to an in-person interview on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, and if needed, Friday, October 9, 2026. Hiring interviews may occur during the week of October 12, 2026.

Work arrangement and sponsorship: This position is based on-site at a City of Tucson facility. Remote or hybrid work arrangements are not available. The City of Tucson does not provide VISA sponsorship, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout employment.

Recruiter contact: Demetria B. Zazueta, (520) 837-2251, [email protected].