Project Manager #00000964-24400, Full-Time, Perm, in Albuquerque, NM

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 67,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Rx

Paid vacation and sick leave

Eleven paid holidays

Flexible work schedules and alternate/

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is seeking a Project Manager in Albuquerque, NM. This full-time, permanent position supports the Administration Division by planning, coordinating, and auditing project work, developing reports, training staff, and ensuring policy adherence.

Responsibilities include developing project plans, monitoring milestones, conducting compliance audits, preparing findings, and communicating with judges, staff, and vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; five years of general project management experience.
• Experience supervising staff or leading teams preferred; supervisory substitution may apply.
• Knowledge of state procurement rules and grant compliance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, integrate and coordinate project work across court entities.
• Conduct process and compliance audits; prepare detailed reports with findings.
• Develop project plans, monitor milestones, and report progress to stakeholders.
• Provide training to staff on policies and procedures to ensure adherence.
• Coordinate with judges, administration, and vendors to achieve goals.

Skills

Project management

Auditing

Reporting

Training staff

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Odyssey

Job description

Project Manager #00000964-24400, Full-Time, Perm, in Albuquerque, NM

# of Positions: 1

Opening Date: 09-08-2026 - Close Date: 09-21-2026

Target Pay Range/Rate: $31.978-$39.972 per hour or $66,514.24-$83,141.76 annually

The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is recruiting for a full-time, perm Project Manager #00000964-24400, for the Administration Division in Albuquerque, NM. Essential Tasks: Under direction from Administration, this position will be responsible for planning, organizing, integrating and coordinating project work for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court. Job task include but are not limited to conducting audits on court processes and procedures and compliance audits. Prepare and compile detailed reports on findings and when necessary, make recommendations to correct issues and/or develop and implement forms, policies and procedures. Provide training to staff on processes and procedures to ensure understanding of and adherence to policies and procedures. Develops project plans, monitors, tracks and reports on the successful completion of milestone and deliverables. Work independently to analyze problems and devise and implement solutions in accordance with appropriate policies and procedures of the Court. Conduct project evaluations, and develops recommendations to improve future projects. Facilitates communication between parties involved in the project implementation ensuring stakeholder work together effectively. Participates in strategic planning meetings. Have the ability to get along with others and to work under stress. May perform other duties to meet the operational needs of the Court. A copy of the complete job description is available at https://metro.nmcourts.gov/ or may be requested at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse in the Human Resources Division.

EXAMPLES OF JOB DUTIES

• The Project Manager plans, organizes, integrates and coordinates project work of the AOC, judiciary, or judicial entity.
• Integrates information systems between groups and users including judges, court administration and other stakeholders.
• Ensures specific and individual projects are carried out on time, within budget, and in alignment with goals; a project manager may manage multiple individual projects at a time.
• Serves as the primary contact and team leader with overall responsibility for daily project operations, coordination, management and reporting.
• Identifies, analyzes, and makes recommendations to resolve problems and implement solutions within the AOC, Judiciary, judicial entity, or court.
• Develops project plans, monitors, tracks and reports on the successful completion of milestones and deliverables.
• Focuses on streamlining processes, and ensuring team members meet deliverables.
• Determines needed resources and establishes a team for project completion.
• Manages non-technical requirements and project staff for successful project completion.
• Participates in strategic planning meetings and project budget reviews or forecasting.
• Provides status, administrative and financial progress reports to supervisor(s).
• Negotiates monitors and coordinates activities of vendors involved in projects.
• Facilitates communication between parties involved in the project implementation ensuring clients and vendors work together effectively.
• Researches and writes grant applications in order to secure funding, and administers and oversees grant-funded projects.
• Conducts project evaluations, and develops recommendations to improve future projects.
• Analyzes data and complex problems, conduct intensive research, and acts as a team lead for special projects.
• Assists with the procurement process, which may include requests for proposals and contract management and ensuring that state procurement requirements are met when soliciting bids.
• May advise the court's judges and management team on performance measures and case management best practices, and assist in equitably assigning caseload to the court's judges.
• Develops and prepares comprehensive statistical and management reports and procedures that assist in the evaluation of data in relation to established goals.
• Evaluates data accuracy and integrity against approved judiciary data standards and provides recommendations to management for remediation of any errors or anomalies as well as ways to increase quality output.
• Conducts compliance audits and ensures that errors are corrected.
• Evaluates new business processes against data standards and standard operating procedures to ensure data integrity.
• Manages and participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for programs and staff.
• Facilitates training of personnel based on changing needs, caseload requirements, court policy, as well as judicial and legislative directives, which may include new employee orientation.
• Represents the Court at internal and statewide committee meetings.
• Develops, prepares, and/or makes oral and written presentations, and training.
• Coordinates and works with courts to achieve statewide goals, and serves as a liaison with other court staff and state agencies.
• Works independently to analyze problems, devise, and implement solutions in accordance with appropriate policies and procedures of the judicial entity.
• May respond to requests for information from legislators and analyzes bills and legislation that may affect projects.
• May attend legislative hearings, and assist in research, legislative bill analyses, and fiscal impact reports.
• May supervise.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES/QUALIFICATIONS

The successful applicant should demonstrate knowledge of project management techniques including monitoring and reporting compliance; state and federal grant compliance methods; facilitation techniques; basic principles of budgeting, cost analysis and fiscal management; project budget preparation and tracking of projected and expended project funds; project status reporting; grant research and proposal writing techniques and judiciary rules, policies and procedures, court's organization; case flow management; auditing case files, quality assurance principles and data standardization; correcting errors using the case management system; expertise with Odyssey; knowledge of NM Judicial Branch Personnel Rules; legislative processes, tracking of legislative initiatives and legal terminology; state purchasing procurement rules and regulations; supervisory techniques and coaching techniques, recruitment, interviewing and selection techniques, management of programs and staff through the coordination of people and resources.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The following functions are representative, but not all-inclusive of the work environment and physical demands an employee may expect to encounter in performing tasks assigned to this job. Work is performed in an office or court setting. A valid driver's license and travel may be required. The assigned work schedule may include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime. The employee must regularly interact positively with co-workers, clients, the public, judges, and justices.

This job description is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions performed.

BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Rx, Short, and Long Term Disability Insurance Programs, employee assistance program (EAP) [http://www.mybenefitsnm.com/]
• State paid life insurance, supplemental and dependent life insurance
• Optional flexible spending accounts for medical, day-care, and travel expenses
• Paid vacation and sick leave up to eight (8) weeks
• Eleven (11) paid holidays
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan
• Lifetime Defined Benefits Retirement Plan [http://www.nmpera.org/]
• Flexible work schedules and alternative work locations
• Free health care, Rx, and lab work at the facility (Stay Well Health Center) in Santa Fe, NM
• Bilingual compensation
• Training and career development opportunities
• Higher education opportunities, educational leave, and tuition reimbursement
• May qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
• May receive overtime holiday or shift differential pay
• May receive physical fitness leave
• These benefits vary by job classification or need

QUALIFICATIONS

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in any field.
• Education Substitution: Four (4) years of relevant experience in project management, business or public administration, court management or criminal justice system, or a directly related field may substitute for education on a year for year basis.
• Experience: Five (5) years of general experience in project management, business, public administration, court management or criminal justice system, training, or a directly related field, and one (1) year experience supervising multiple staff.
• Experience Substitution: None.
• Supervisory Substitution: Leadworker duties may be considered on a prorated basis for supervisory experience at a rate of one (1) year of performing Leadworker duties equals six (6) months of supervisory experience. Assigned Leadworker duties include but are not limited to: train, mentor, and develop employees; direct, plan, schedule, assign, and review the work of others; develop or assist in the development of employee performance plans and appraisals; and address concerns and troubleshoot problems. An additional one (1) year of directly related experience may substitute for the supervisory experience provided the incumbent attends the NMJB Supervisory Mentorship Program Training at their earliest opportunity.

The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applicants selected for an interview must notify the Human Resource Division at [phone] of the need for an accommodation