Position Summary:

• Serves as a subject matter expert and primary resource on job postings, recruitment, hiring, and employment processes for RU–N HR Liaisons.
• Provides strategic guidance and independent analysis on employment transactions, policy interpretation, and contractual compliance prior to UHR review and approval.
• Coordinates and leads recruitment operations for the Newark campus, ensuring alignment with University policies, collective bargaining agreements, and federal/state employment regulations.
• Partners with University Human Resources (UHR) to review, resolve, and streamline complex hiring actions and serve as the campus liaison for all recruitment-related matters.
• Designs, develops, and delivers training for HR Liaisons and departmental staff on the Applicant Tracking System, recruitment best practices, and compliance standards.
• Generates, analyzes, and interprets recruitment and workforce reports, providing data-driven insights and recommendations to support leadership decision-making.
• Leads process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency, and candidate experience across recruitment operations.
• Collaborates with RU–N IT and University systems teams to identify and resolve technical or process integration issues, ensuring continuous system optimization.
• Supports the HR–Newark leadership team in the planning and implementation of special projects, events, and HR initiatives.
• Oversees office operations, including calendar management, project tracking, and internal communications, ensuring timely and accurate responses to inquiries.
• Serves as a liaison to campus departments and employees, promoting HR excellence, collaboration, and service-oriented solutions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, and/or Communications or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of office administration, organization, coordination, report writing, and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Also requires two years of relevant experience.

City: Newark

State: NJ

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Posting Number: 25ST2509

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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