Welcome to Human Resources!

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The Human Resources Department coordinates services and programs which assist all City Departments in recruiting and maintaining a qualified and diverse workforce, and provides employment-related services to the City's 150+ employees and to job applicants.

Functions performed by the Human Resources Department include:
Employee recruitment, assessment, selection and orientation.

Classification and compensation, including development and maintenance of job descriptions and salary schedules.

Employee relations, including labor negotiations with three organized bargaining units a non-represented and a management/confidential group.

Maintenance of employee personnel records, confidential background evaluations, and workers compensation.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

The City of Newport is an Equal Opportunity employer, and accords full and equal consideration for employment on the basis of merit or other relevant, meaningful criteria. The City encourages applications from under-represented group members. The City does not discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, mental or physical disability or any other protected class.

How to find Personnel information on this web site:

Union Contracts & Salaries
The City of Newport has three unions and one non-represented group. The three current contracts are listed in the column to the left. You can view each by clicking on the specific title.

Benefits
City of Newport employee benefits are also listed under the Quick Links column. Click on the individual benefit to find more information, or various employee forms. (forms coming soon)

Job Descriptions
Job descriptions are listed under individual departments. (coming soon)

City Employment Application
Although the City of Newport does not accept applications for positions not currently being recruited, the most up to date application in PDF format can be downloaded at any time. We do not currently have on-line application acceptance.

Employment
Please submit a fully completed City of Newport employment application and Waiver, plus any additional information that is needed to identify the most qualified applicants. This may include a resume, references, work samples, supplemental questionnaire, or other similar materials. Applicants that do not submit a fully completed City of Newport application and Waiver will not be considered for employment.

It generally takes 5-10 working days for the applications and supplemental information to be reviewed and to notify those who will be interviewed, after the closing date.

Each applicant will receive a response from us by phone, and/or by mail/email to the address provided in your application materials with regards to the status of their application.

Due to staffing levels the City of Newport DOES NOT verify the receipt of your application materials. It is the applicants responsibility to ensure the timely arrival of those materials for any job they wish to be considered for.

Worker's Compensation
If a City of Newport employee is injured on the job, there are necessary steps that must be taken under City and State regulations. Forms and explanations can be downloaded by clicking on the correct title on the left and then downloading the individual PDF documents.

Key Personnel Contacts
This document consists of important information for City of Newport employees, including names, addresses and phone numbers of benefit providers.