CDPS commits to cultivating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work environment. We ensure that we recruit, retain, and promote engaged employees. Our approach to diversity is simple - it's about embracing everyone! We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a reflex, not an initiative. Our strength is our promise to be inclusive with intentional strategies to welcome and uplift our employees to thrive - while building a more equitable workplace. CDPS is an equal opportunity employer. See our EEOD Utilization Report (2020)

At CDPS we nurture a centric culture driven by our commitment of creating a safer Colorado, an inclusive workplace where everyone can be their own authentic self. We model a culture of collaboration, support and growth to our employees. Our culture has public service focus, and we strive to provide innovative solutions and services to our fellow Coloradans!

If you are passionate about public safety service, and are eager to dedicate your career to serving Coloradans, this is the organization you want to join!

We are committed to providing public safety services to our fellow Coloradans in their times of greater needs such as: safety on our roads, preparing and mitigating environmental disasters, disaster recovery, combating crime, school safety, and victim recovery.

You’ll have the opportunity to challenge yourself and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career while making a difference in our community!

When you join CDPS, you are joining a team of exceptional individuals and together you will be inspired, motivated and supported to become the best you can be.

Unmatched Benefits:

Did you know that only 15% of employers offer a defined contribution plan? CDPS offers unmatched retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans.

CDPS provides generous time off including 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation, sick leave, and wellness days.

Medical and dental options are available for permanent employees and their dependents. We also offer short and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance that includes legal resources and discounts.

Additional benefit we offer include reduced college tuition at CSU Global and DeVry University.

• Position forges and maintains professional, productive relationships with customers/colleagues. Guides and coaches appointing authorities through all phases of the hiring process, meets or surpasses the customer service performance metrics established for this professional activity, including timelines, accuracy of documentation, monitoring, and meeting deadlines.
• Contributes to the CDPS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan deliverables and goals, focusing on EDI implementation in recruitment and selection practices.
• Develops job analysis and collaborates with appointing authority or designee to identify, determine and rate competencies, skills, abilities, and knowledge required to successfully perform job duties.
• Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
• Reviews employment applications, informs job applicants of details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, or promotion opportunities.
• P repares job announcements and advertisements and identifies effective recruitment strategies.
• Independently determines best assessment exams, develops exam materials for oral, performance, and assessment devices. Administers comparative analysis processes applying best practices in equitable hiring.
• Promotes CDPS careers through a variety of social media, virtual and in person events. Sources qualified job candidates, using sources such as computer databases, networking, Internet recruiting resources, media advertisements, job fairs, recruiting firms, or employee referrals.
• Designs, selects, and adopt practices that streamline human resources selection processes.
• Applies position control practices department wide.
• Analyzes recruitment results including exam impacts to applicant demographics to make suggestions for improved recruitment methods for positions that prove to be difficult to fill.
• Position provides a full range of job classification and evaluation duties. Serves as a consultant in guiding appointing authorities or their designees through all phases of the job classification/evaluation process.
• Assesses customer's level of knowledge, experience and comfort in understanding the Position Description process.
• Consults with appointing authority or designee and conduct necessary research to thoroughly understand the customer's business needs and the essence of the specific position, its functions and how it contributes to the agency's mission.
• Partners with customer/colleagues to develop, create and/or update position descriptions. Learns to provide appropriate level of service/guidance/training to ensure appointing authority or designee creates a meaningful job description in and effective and efficient manner. Ensures the outcome results in a solid work product.
• Evaluates position and chooses proper classification.
• Participates in professional development, training and process improvement opportunities, department orientation and events. Assists with data analytics. Works towards state certifications in selection, job evaluation and personal services.

• Highly motivated, engaged, self-driven.
• Organized, results-driven.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and be adaptable to changing assignments.
• Strong attention to technical detail.
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills.
• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Working effectively independently and collaboratively as a team.
• Excellent time and project management skills.
• Ability to analyze, develop and evaluate issues and develop recommendations to resolve issues of efficiency of work operations.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite, Google suite, and other desktop software, and ability to quickly learn other software systems.