DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

Driving the future of transportation with a diverse and innovative team
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Address:  ADOT Communications
1655 W. Jackson St. Phoenix, AZ 85007

Salary: $95,000 - $105,130 

Anticipated Salary: $100,127.45

Grade: 24

Closing Date: 04/22/2024

Is strategizing, creating and guiding a large organization’s culture your passion? The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking for a leader to manage our Employee Engagement and Recognition team. The perfect candidate would be an energetic, creative, detail-oriented professional, to join the award-winning ADOT Communications and Public Involvement team. This position will manage four team members to create in-person and virtual employee events, oversee programs including new employee orientation, first year experience, employee engagement surveys, mentoring, as well as agency awards and recognition. The ideal candidate also will have a strong communications background, assisting with content creation and writing. This position reports to the Assistant Communications Director for Internal Communications and serves as backup.

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, and 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.

• Manage staff: Performance reviews, work assignments, leave requests, discipline & professional development; implement employee engagement
  programs, mentoring, new employee orientation, first year experience & annual employee engagement survey. Sets annual goals with staff members & for programs, assesses effectiveness by using analytical skills, data tracking tools, problem solving methods & 1:1 Coaching sessions.
• Responsible for the agency's awards/ statewide recognition programs, employee awards, director awards, leadership meetings, recognition & employee engagement events.
• Meets with the Internal Communications team, collaborates in communicating messages to employees on the employee engagement/recognition
  programs. Knows Associated Press (AP) Style Guide.

Knowledge in:

Being a manager and overseeing personnel including work assignments, performance reviews, mentoring and discipline.
Program planning, including employee engagement and recognition programs.
Planning and managing in-person and virtual events.
Communication techniques that attract employee support for employee engagement and recognition programs.
Strategic planning that aligns programs with the agency’s strategic plan.
English language usage, grammar and punctuation to the Association Press (AP) style.
Familiarity with state procurement statutes.
Writing for internal audiences.

Skill in:

Specialized interpersonal skills to listen to and work with agency stakeholders.
Oral, visual and written communication to be utilized extensively with internal stakeholders.
Verbal, written and visual presentations that communicate the agency’s programs and objectives.
Dealing diplomatically with a wide variety of employee stakeholders.
Collaboration and team building experiences.

Ability in:

Develop innovative and creative employee engagement and recognition programs that improve the employee experience and culture at ADOT.
Effective use of analytical skills, data tracking tools, problem solving methods and coaching sessions to set annual goals with team members and for programs.
Research and resolve issues raised by key stakeholders.
Present information to an internal audience through verbal, written and visual communications.
Work collaboratively with a team-oriented, free-flowing organizational structure.
Adapt to diverse needs and scheduling changes.
Travel within the state of Arizona for in-person events.

Position requires a minimum of an Associate’s Degree or more in Public Administration, Communication, Marketing, Public Relations, Human Resources or a closely related field and at least two years’ experience in supervising and managing staff.

This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, and the following requirements apply.  Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:
• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System (ASRS) is required.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 712-8188. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. ADOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.