Erin Norvell explains her new duties with Human Relations. (Nick Jacquot)
Erin Norvell is the now the new employment and training coordinator in Human Resources (HR) at NIC. She is originally from Boise, Idaho.
Norvell’s position is new to NIC. Before it was created, NIC lacked any sort campus-wide coordination in respect to training. A dedicated individual to that end is a precedent for NIC.
She truly enjoys the social aspect of her job and her favorite part is helping people develop and learn which is very moving.
“I get to attend many of our trainings,” said Norvell.
As time goes on, Norvell hopes to get more employees involved in the training process.
“The organization is only going to get better, the more employees engage in their own development, their own education, and kind of stick with the whole lifelong learning, which is part of the mission,” said Norvell.
Thanks to Norvell’s hard work, they now have 12 different training sessions scheduled for this fall, and hope to schedule more for the spring.
Norvell was very excited to transition from senior administrative assistant to new employment and training coordinator. Norvell continues to handle all job postings, application intake, including new duties such as training.
She moved to Coeur d’Alene in 2005, after her husband was transferred for work.
“It was kind of hard for me, because I had just gotten a teaching job. I was teaching seventh grade, which is what I went to school to do,” said Norvell, “And all of my family and friends were in Boise.”
Norvell attended University of Idaho where she received her undergraduate degree and bachelor’s degree in history with a secondary teaching certificate and is currently enrolled in the Master’s Degree program for Adult and Organizational Learning and Leadership (AOLL). She hopes to graduate in May of 2012. She took her first job as senior administrative assistant in HR at NIC in 2007. She is also the Staff Assembly Chair and a senator.
“That has been a very good experience… This is my fourth year on the Senate,” said Norvell. “I’ve been on Staff Assembly the whole time as well.”
By the end of the year, Norvell hopes to have created and automated HR’s training system so that they can make it easier and more convenient for employees to sign up for a training session.
“I want to get more employees who haven’t attended these trainings before, to go.”
In the future, Norvell wants to still be here at NIC because she loves all the people with whom she she meets and works. She says she hopes to still be within the same setting she is now, which is an open and socially friendly environment. She says she enjoys seeing and talking to people every day and doesn’t want to have a position in an office where she has to close the door.
“I’m hoping to still be here in five to 10 years. I enjoy what I do from an employee engagement perspective. I don’t necessarily want to see myself get into a position in HR where I have to sit back in an office and don’t get to see people. I really like the social interaction and being able to meet people,” said Norvell.
