Human Resources

The Personnel Department administers all insurance, retirement and voluntary benefit programs for employees. The department's responsibilities also include facilitating County-wide staff recruitments; processing all new hires and terminated employees; administering salary/compensation programs; negotiating, implementing and maintaining four employee union contracts; maintaining County-wide employee records and centralized personnel files; administering the unemployment benefit program and ensuring compliance with established County policies/procedures as well as State, Federal and EEO laws and regulations.

Deschutes County Organizational Chart