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All applicants for State of New Mexico jobs must apply through the New Mexico State Personnel Office, unless stated otherwise. Search the site using the job ID # listed below. We cannot accept applications or resumes directly sent to our office.

Questions? Contact EDNM’s Human Resources Manager Sainie Atencio, at Sainie.Atencio@edd.nm.gov or call 505-795-3186.

View the Personnel Office Application Guide and learn more about state employee benefits.

EDNM Job Opportunities:

Senior Human Resources Generalist (Santa Fe)

Job ID 169000
Salary: $56,931 – $85,396 annually
Apply by 11/13/2026

This position is a comprehensive Senior Human Resources Generalist role responsible for managing the full employee life cycle, ensuring legal compliance, and advising management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Talent Acquisition & Onboarding: Coordinating recruitment activities and facilitating new hire onboarding and benefits orientations.
• HR Operations & Administration: Processing complex personnel and payroll actions, managing records, and conducting classification and compensation analyses.
• Management Consultation: Advising Department leadership on staffing, performance management, disciplinary actions, and other human resources functions.
• Compliance & Quality Control: Ensuring strict adherence to State Personnel rules, EEOC, FMLA, ADA, and other labor regulations while reviewing HR work for accuracy.
• Process Improvement: Developing and refining HR processes to deliver efficient services and participating in agency-wide initiatives.

Qualifications:

• SoNM Recruitment, employee relations, payroll, and personnel administration;
• SHARE Human Capital Management System (HCM)
• State Personnel Board Rules and federal and state laws
• Bachelor’s Degree in any field and one (1) year of experience in human resource operations; recruitment, selection, payroll, compensation and benefits administration, labor relations, investigations, HR-related training experience, and/or occupational analysis.
• Any combination of education from an accredited college or university and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling five (5) years may substitute for the required education and experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License.
• Must possess and maintain a current Defensive Driving Course Certificate from the State of New Mexico or must pass and receive Defensive Driving Course Certification within six (6) months of date of hire as a condition of continued employment. Travel may be required.

Attorney (Albuquerque)

Job ID 168933
Salary: $83,790 – $134,063 annually
Apply by 11/28/2026

This position provides legal support to the Department’s programs and staff. In addition to assisting the General Counsel with a broad range of legal matters, the role serves as the Department’s Chief Records Officer. In this capacity, the position oversees the administration of all Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) requests, working with the Operations team to implement a process that ensures responses are timely, accurate, and fully compliant with applicable legal requirements.

• All Attorney classifications must be and remain licensed as an attorney, in good standing, by the Supreme Court of New Mexico, or licensed as an attorney and in good standing by the highest court of another state and eligible pursuant to the limited license provisions (See Rules 15-301.1 and 15-301.2 NMRA).
• Must possess and maintain a current driver’s license.
• Must obtain and maintain a State of New Mexico defensive driving certificate.

More information about open positions can be found on the NM State Personnel Office website.

Unless otherwise stated, apply for all state jobs on the NM State Personnel Office website.