Job Summary Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Manages the recruitment process, including job postings, candidate screening and interviews; negotiates with leadership and candidates.
- Consults with unit leaders on organizational design and planning, providing strategic advice to help meet the unit's business objectives.
- Collaborates and develops recruiting strategies to shape the organization's talent philosophy; meets current and/or anticipated staffing needs.
- Ensures recruiting and staffing needs are met in a timely manner.
- Leads enterprise-wide HR initiatives that support long-term business goals, including mergers, restructures, and large-scale change management efforts.
- Influences and shapes a culture of continuous improvement through proactive identification of trends, challenges, and opportunities in the workforce.
- Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues with continued partnership, counsel, and support from Centers of Expertise (COEs) and Academic Affairs.
- Leads efforts to enhance employee engagement and retention, using data-driven strategies to address key challenges and opportunities.
- Coaches and partners with leaders to help determine best solutions regarding policy interpretation, performance issues, workforce planning, change management, conflict resolution to ensure alignment and consistency across the university.
- Provides HR consulting and problem-solving solutions on issues to leaders and managers.
- Collaborate with HR COEs to implement and support university-wide initiatives; ensures school/unit needs are understood and met.
- Ensures compliance with university policies and employment laws.
- Communicates policy changes and updates to employees.
- May supervise staff.
- Provides mentorship to junior colleagues.
General Responsibilities
- Utilizes and applies in-depth HR body of knowledge and skills to provide strategic guidance for academic and/or staff HR related matters like salary administration, hiring, training, policy interpretation, promotion and tenure, unit restructures, workforce planning, etc.
- Resolves and provides solutions to the most complex employee relations issues with continued partnership, counsel, and support from COEs.
- Develops, implements, and drives recruiting strategies to meet current and/or anticipated staffing needs.
- Coaches and partners with leaders to create actionable plans for improving leadership effectiveness and continuous improvement for employee engagement.
- Provides strategic academic and/or staff HR consulting and problem-solving solutions on complex issues to leaders and managers to ensure alignment and consistency across the university.
- Provides advice to leadership for development in support of a strong human capital strategy.
- Collaborates with HR COEs to roll out and support university wide initiatives, ensure client's needs are understood and met, and deliver change management interventions.
- Provides HR support for academic personnel processes, including administration for academic leaves, policy review and consultation, visa-processing coordination, and facilitation of promotion and tenure procedures.
Qualifications Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required Preferred WORK EXPERIENCE
Required - 7 years of progressively responsible experience in multiple HR disciplines or a related field.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Preferred - SHRM-SCP/SPHR within 1 year from date of hire.
SKILLS
Required - Excellent collaboration and team building skills.
- Effective conflict management skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates project management skills.
- Develops and delivers effective presentations.
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
- Effective leadership skills.
- Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback.
- Demonstrates knowledge of key principles and practices of HR including talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation practices, compliance with federal and state laws.
- Experience in working with organization's leaders advising and coaching supporting and driving strategy to build and support effective teams.
- Demonstrates effective coaching and consulting skills.
Working Conditions / Demands This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location IU Indianapolis Campus
Advertised Salary $85,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year based on experience
Benefits Overview For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .
Job Classification Career Level: Advanced
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Human Resources
Job Family: HR Generalist/HRBP
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