Generalist, FA/HR

Grade 104

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: 75,000 - 85,000
  
  

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

The Faculty Affairs and Human Resources Office in the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) seeks a Faculty/Human Resources (F/HR) Generalist to assist with the overall Faculty and HR operations of the School. This position reports to the Senior Director, Faculty and Human Resources.

Responsibilities

• Incumbent will work closely with the HR leadership (Associate Dean, Sr. Director and Director/Associate Director) to innovate on all personnel/academic appointments processing, from tracking incoming transactions, requests to reviewing employee documents and ensuring accurate e-filing and tracking open-items as identified by leadership. - 25 %
• The incumbent will work on special projects, and staff and handle routine data requests; maintain filing system. - 20%
• In partnership with the MSPH HR leadership, provides day-to-day guidance and support to the assigned MSPH Administrative units, Centers and Departments on a variety of HR issues including talent acquisition and management, leave processing and appointment processing. The F/HR Generalist will partner with units to provide expert advice and support on recruitment and staffing related issues. - 20%
• The incumbent will assist HR leadership in managing the annual faculty appointment renewal process and will develop tracking systems to monitor the renewal/termination of off cycle appointments for faculty and researchers. - 15%
• In conjunction with HR leadership, the incumbent will draft and disseminate announcements to ensure that MSPH stakeholders are informed of updates to HR policies and other relevant news and information. As a member of the HR team to provide operational support and backup to team members as needed. - 15%
• Other related duties as assigned. 5%
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education, training, and experience, plus three years of related experience.
• Must have the ability to work independently and efficiently.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills required along with superior customer service skills.
• Word processing, spreadsheets, and database (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required; experience with HR software, i.e., HRIS or HRMS such as PeopleSoft.
• High level of confidentiality is required, ensuring that the utmost discretion in all matters is maintained.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interest in HR and/or Faculty Affairs policies and principles.
• Prior Higher Education experience.
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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