Internship Opportunity: Human Resources Training - Denver

Internship Opportunity: Human Resources Training - Denver

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Salary

$17.00 - $26.00 Hourly

Location

Denver, CO

Job Type

Temporary (9 months or less)

Job Number

HAA-OEDintern-05/25

Department

Department of Transportation

Division

Division of Human Resources

Opening Date

05/29/2025

Closing Date

6/15/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Primary Physical Work Address

2829 W. Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204

Hiring Pay Rate

Exact pay within posted range will be determined based on qualifications.

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

Erin.Hardin@state.co.us

Type of Announcement

This is a temporary position. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. 

• This is a temporary position that is limited to a maximum of 9 months, with no benefits other than sick leave. Temporary employees accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, capped at 48 hours. 
• Applications will be reviewed as they are received. It’s in your best interest to apply as early as possible.

About CDOT 
Do you want to make a difference in Coloradans’ lives?  Do you have a passion for helping people and keeping them safe? At the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), you’ll have the opportunity to do just that. The work our people do contributes to keeping Coloradans and visitors safe and provides freedom, connection, and experience through travel. Please visit our careers page to learn about CDOT and how we are making Colorado a great place to live, work and play, now and for the future! Also, check out our excellent benefits package!
 
CDOT for All
CDOT’s strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to https://studentaid.gov/pslf/
 

Description of Job

The Office of Employee Development (OED), within the CDOT Human Resources (HR) Division, seeks a motivated, responsible college student or recent graduate who is pursuing a career in human resources, learning/training, and/or organization/employee development. This part-time collegiate internship aims to provide meaningful experience in the areas of training, learning, and employee development to students with proven academic performance and a strong desire to learn and contribute.
 
OED coordinates training and learning for employees across the state. This includes: delivering leadership training; managing the required supervisor training curriculum; organizing IT and technical training; leading SAP training; managing and growing a curriculum of practical/job-related training; leading the Transportation Engineering Training Program (TETP); coordinating National Highway Institute (NHI) training for the engineering division; overseeing required compliance training (e.g., cyber security, HR legal and policy), administering the statewide learning management system (LMS); running reports in the LMS; partnering with the Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) on related and complementary training offerings; administering the CDOT tuition and certification reimbursement program; and delivering Maintenance and Operations training across the state.
 
This internship is a great opportunity for a college student who is seeking experience working in any business setting. In this position, you will gain significant Human Resources (HR) and business organization experience, including:
 

• Computer use: Google Meet, Adobe, MS Office, VPN, Intranet, and using multiple software environments (training, testing, production)
• Data presentation: Presenting data via Excel reports
• Business writing: Writing internal communications about training and related programs
• Design experience: Learn website design using Google sites as well as graphic design and writing for the web
• Diverse business skills: Conducting meetings in person and virtually; prioritizing work duties; time management with multiple projects/assignments; problem solving and troubleshooting issues for various project; leadership/initiative when taking on and learning new assignments; adaptability in how you use resources to accomplish tasks; and creativity in terms of design, process improvements, etc.

Major duties and responsibilities:
The internship will serve an important role in helping coordinate training and learning. Key duties can include:
 

• Learning management system (LMS): Learn the CDOT LMS and serve as an administrator, which includes managing courses; scheduling and monitoring classes: supporting instructors; recording learning after classes are held; producing a wide variety of reports from the system and formatting them for customers; and more
• Tuition and certification reimbursement program: Learn the program and process; receive employee request for reimbursement; process and track requests
• Training administrative support: Support trainers with various tasks, such as: pulling and sending training materials; communication with regional staff in support of training duties, helping maintain the training storage areas; reviewing training materials (e.g., editorial review); and so forth. Additional duties for this internship (based on applicant’s skills and interests as well as on office’s needs) will include:
  • E-Learning and Technical Training: Test e-Learning; participate in development and design reviews; help test e-Learning for content quality, usability and functionality; and build and test data for technical training classes
  • Training tool development: Help create tutorials, how-to instructions and practical training tools that the workforce needs.
  • Virtual Web Sessions: Support virtual web training delivery by serving as a moderator during live sessions and doing other related training coordination activities
  • Training: From time to time, attend training classes led by OED or DMO Training instructors, shadowing trainers and assisting with some training delivery as appropriate
  • National Highway Institute Training: Assist with coordination and scheduling of training for classes requested through these programs
• Other job duties as assigned

Work Environment: 
 

• Expected work schedule is between Monday through Friday
• It is anticipated that this role will work approximately 30-35 hours per week
• Ability to work in an active, collaborative, team-oriented environment is a must
• Use a computer to accomplish everyday work duties
• Work can include working remotely via a computer, so the student needs a reliable Wi-Fi connection; CDOT will provide a laptop
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. (e.g., boxes of training materials, set up training rooms, etc.)

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications 
 

• A recent college graduate. Recently graduated means the individual should have attended an accredited college or university and have graduated with an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree related to Human Resources within the past three years.

 
OR
 

• Any full-time college student enrolled in an accredited community college, college, or university seeking an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in an area related to Human Resources. (For Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree programs, full-time is equivalent to 12 credits. For Master’s and Ph.D. programs, full-time is often 9 credits.)

OR

 

• A certified participant in the Colorado Refugee Services Program