Human Resources Manager

Human Resources Manager

Job no: 493416

Work type: Full Time

Location: Lakewood, Denver

Categories: Staff (Professional-Technical)

Title: Human Resources Manager

Position Type: Professional Tech Full time

College: Red Rocks Community College

Division: Office of the President

Department: RRCC Human Resources

Campus: RRCC Lakewood Campus

Location: Lakewood

Salary Range: $73,241 - $80,566 annually

Who We Are:

Red Rocks Community College exemplifies extraordinary. We are dedicated to our Vision and Mission, which promote student achievement, staff empowerment, and community engagement. We live our values: Learning, Collaboration, Community, Belonging, and Empowerment.

RRCC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.

Job Summary:

The Human Resources Manager supports the mission and goals of the College and the Human Resources department. This position oversees accurate and timely end to end monthly and biweekly payroll cycles. Human Resources liaison between college and CCC system payroll teams. Manages all new hire processing, employee status and compensation changes, backend benefit and leave data entries, and compliance requirements. Oversee data management including entry, auditing and reporting for faculty, staff, and students at the college. Identifies opportunities to strengthen internal controls, improve processes, increase efficiency, and support consistent, compliant HR operations. Supervises one classified staff team member.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Communication - Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively considering the audience and nature of the information, makes clear and convincing oral presentations, actively listens to others, and responds appropriately. Understands and interprets written material including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables and applies what is learned from written material to specific situations. Uses effective communication skills and communicates information in an understandable and organized manner free from stereotypes and microaggressions. Produces effective written information which may include technical material that is appropriate and accessible for the intended audience.
• Self-Management - Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals, displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing work in a timely manner, works with minimal supervision, is motivated to achieve, and demonstrates responsible behavior. Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility as applicable.
• Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, and concern, develops and maintains relationships, may deal with people who are escalated and/or distressed, relates well to people from varied backgrounds and situations, and is cognizant of individual differences. Ability to deescalate, and redirect dialogue to a productive discussion.
• DEIB - has awareness of, embraces, promotes, and implements diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practices.
• Problem Solving and Reasoning - Identifies problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information, and uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations. Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information, analyzes information, and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Attention to Detail and Workload Management - Demonstrates a high degree of accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail. Effectively manages high-volume workloads, competing priorities, and frequent or changing demands while maintaining quality and meeting established deadlines. Organizes and prioritizes work appropriately, follows through on commitments, and maintains accuracy and consistency.
• Planning and Evaluating - Organizes work, sets priorities, determines resource requirements, determines short or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them, coordinates with other organizations or departments, monitors progress, and evaluates outcomes.
• Teamwork - Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity, fosters commitment and team spirit, and works with others to achieve goals.
• Conflict Management - Manages and resolves conflicts, grievances, disagreements in a constructive manner to minimize negative impact.
• Integrity/Honesty - Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization, displays high standards of ethical conduct.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Two (2) years' experience in HR, new hire processing, data entry, reporting, or closely related experience.
• One (1) year of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to find other's errors.

Physical & Cognitive Demands

The following are some of the physical and cognitive demands commonly associated with this position.

• Occasionally moves, positions, and transports files and office materials weighing up to 10 lbs.
• This is largely a sedentary role. This position operates in an office environment and constantly uses a computer, and routinely uses standard office equipment including phones, copiers, etc.
• The person in this position constantly communicates with internal and external constituents and students. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Cognitive demands include comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, synthesizing, negotiating, communicating, instructing, and interpersonal skills.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Red Rocks Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process and/or during the course of employment, please contact Jennifer Matthews, Vice President of Human Resources, at View phone number on click.appcast.io, View email address on click.appcast.io, or Room 1024, 13300 W. 6th Ave. Lakewood, CO 80228.

Starting Salary

Starting salary range for this position is $73,241 - $80,566 annually, commensurate with education and experience. This is a full-time, FLSA-exempt position. This position has been exempted from the State Classified System.

To Apply

All applicants must submit:

1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement.

Candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications as related to the duties and responsibilities of the position. Candidates may redact any personally identifiable information on their materials including but are not limited to age, date of birth, and dates of attendance and date of graduation for educational institutions. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

If you have questions regarding this position, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Benefits

• At RRCC, we value and uphold a commitment to a workplace that focuses on employees. In addition to rewarding and meaningful work, we offer a comprehensive selection of benefits to support our employees, including:
• Strong, flexible retirement benefits including Colorado PERA's Defined Benefit Plan or Defined Contribution Plan. RRCC contributes 21.61% of your salary on your behalf. Supplemental retirement plans including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans are also available.
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and flexible savings benefits.
• Employee assistance services such as counseling, professional coaching, financial planning, and more, are available to you and members of your household at no cost through the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP).
• Generous paid time off benefits including up to 15 hours of annual leave and 10 hours sick leave per month, 10 paid holidays per year, and up to 18 hours for academic and volunteer activities.
• Tuition assistance for employees and their eligible dependents at any community college within the Colorado Community College System or CCCOnline.
• State employees are eligible to participate in BenefitHub which offers discounts for retailers and services and other benefits resources.
• Employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Additional information about this program can be found on the Colorado Division of Human Resources website.

Notice to all Applicants

• Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, a motor vehicle record review.
• Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in their application material.
• Final candidates are required to submit unofficial transcripts for non-instructional positions and official transcripts for instructional positions to Human Resources within thirty (30) days of hire.
• Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
• Red Rocks Community College participates in E-Verify.
• Red Rocks Community College is a tobacco and smoke-free campus.
• All RRCC employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.
• Finalist must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace.
• Employees may not have a combination of overtime exempt and non-exempt positions within the System at the same time. Employees in overtime exempt positions may be eligible for additional assignments, such as teaching or other non-instructional academic work, outside of their regular position duties. Payment for additional assignments shall be in accordance with the College's or System Office's applicable pay schedule for similarly situated positions where the work is being performed. Work on additional assignments must be completed when the employee is not receiving regular pay for another position and are subject to all applicable workload limits.

Advertised: 06 Oct 2026 Mountain Daylight Time

Applications close: 20 Oct 2026 Mountain Daylight Time

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