The state is actively recruiting “experienced professionals interested in a career in public service,” especially those displaced due to Hurricane Helene or recent federal cuts.
Gov. Josh Stein’s office announced Friday a new website for those interested in working for the state.
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The website encourages people “to consider coming to work with the state of North Carolina” and provides resources for servicemembers, their spouses, and veterans to apply for positions in the state government.
Interested public servants can apply on www.nc.gov/joinNC where applicants will be connected with an employment recruiter from Office of State Human Resources to help match their skills to a job in state government.
“If you have recently been displaced from your career of service, North Carolina encourages you to apply,” Office of State Human Resources Director Staci Meyer said. “My team at OSHR will help you find a job that matches your needs.”
Stein said in the release that North Carolina “is a great place” to live, play and work.
“Public servants help make our state everything that it is, and there are many talented people looking for work right now. The State of North Carolina is proud to welcome smart and dedicated public-spirited people to join our team,” he said.
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In addition to the website, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality officials and staff took advantage last week of having an audience invested in the state’s water resources to recruit for the understaffed agency.
Secretary Reid Wilson told the more than 300 academics, students, researchers, state and local government representatives and others at the N.C. Water Resources Research Institute’s annual conference Thursday morning that the agency has jobs available, “good ones, everything from engineers to chemistry technicians to program environmental program specialists.” He added that there are also internships for students.
WRRI held the conference March 19-20 in the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. The University of North Carolina System’s multi-campus program funds and disseminates water research, educational programs and training opportunities.
The first day of the conference, NCDEQ’s Division of Air Quality Director Mike Abraczinskas said during a roundtable with a half-dozen other staff that his division has 203 positions statewide and about 25 are vacant. He added that there’s “great opportunities” currently and forthcoming in the division.
NCDEQ Chief Deputy Secretary John Nicholson addressed concerns with the pay scale Wednesday during the roundtable.
He explained Wednesday during the roundtable that the agency’s top priority right now is investing in the staff and their wages.
“We have taken a hard look at the health of the department. Everybody works extremely hard on difficult issues. If we don’t have skilled people in our positions within the department, we can’t do our job, and we argue that we have good people and they should be paid a fair wage,” he said. “And so that’s a was our big push to the government for his budget that he just released today was the number one ask of us.”
