Details
Posted: 19-May-22
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Location: Chicago, IL
Job Description:
Provides HR support to departments and division in core HR areas including divisional initiatives, talent management, recruitment, onboarding and engagement.
Builds credible relationships across the organization to help facilitate effective employee communications, problem solving and solution-based outcomes.
Serves as a member of Library-wide committees and manages day-to-day Workday processes.
Works with HR Director to create, coordinate, and schedule new hire orientation for all new hires.
Works with HR Director to engage employees and managers through succession planning, process mapping and professional development opportunities.
Proactively alerts HR Director on all potential HR issues and prepare potential solutions.
Employment Services
Provides full cycle recruitment for student and staff positions to include coordinating the creation of job descriptions with hiring manager, sourcing candidates, phone screening and interviewing. Posts positions to appropriate library sites and other appropriate venues.
Coordinates and documents searches comprehensively which may include gathering and synthesizing information from other offices.
Assists in identifying a diverse candidate pool through networking and outreach.
Assists Library HR with academic recruitment process as required.
Coordinates the on-boarding process for new hires.
Works with the Office of International Affairs, University Human Resources and Payroll for employment matters involving work authorization.
Payroll/Time & Attendance
Oversees the timely processing of payroll including weekly time in Workday, payroll adjustments, and any additional extra service payments.
Data entry of probationary increases, negotiated wage increases and annual merit increases.
Employee and Labor Relations
In partnership with University Human Resources and Employee and Labor Relations, provides counseling on benefits, leaves of absence, and policies (Library specific and University-wide).
Counsels supervisors on performance management, employment law, policies and procedures, and the collective bargaining agreement.
In collaboration with HR Director, advises management on corrective and disciplinary actions; assists in preparing for grievances, arbitrations, and responses to legal/agency complaints.
Works with HR Director to administer performance management process, including communication and support to supervisors and employees about the process.
Acts as a neutral party in fact-finding and investigatory meetings.
Assists with employee recognition events.
Visibility/Communication
Serves as an advocate for HR policies, procedures and practices as well as communicate policy updates.
Represents Library HR in various settings within the larger University at meetings and via directed communications.
Other
Supports staff hiring processes, including developing job descriptions, interviewing and reference checking, handling employment offers, and conducting orientation. Drafts templates and routine offer letters. Maintains appropriate human resources data and records, solving a range of straightforward problems using standard procedures.
Provides professional support to a unit's employee/labor relations efforts, including handling grievances, disciplinary warnings, and employee complaints.
Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Experience:
A minimum of three (3) years of experience as a human resource professional.
Recruiting experience.
Experience in a higher education environment.
Labor Relations experience.
Staff engagement experience.
Performance management experience.
Coaching experience.
Licenses and Certifications:
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
Preferred Competencies
Working knowledge of employment regulations and typical human resources procedures.
Demonstrated ability to handle confidential matters with discretion.
Ability to manage interpersonal relationships and interact with clarity, tact and courtesy with faculty, students, and others.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement.
Demonstrated excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills utilizing appropriate resources to resolve issues.
Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
Ability to learn and use a range of position-related computer applications.
Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with diverse constituencies.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate the work of others.
Foster partnership and collaboration.
Exhibit business acumen and organizational astuteness.
Celebrate diversity and inclusion.
Communicate effectively and with influence.
Demonstrate strategic agility.
Display emotional intelligence.
Exhibit resilience and optimize resources.
Application Documents
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