Generalist, FA/HR

• 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

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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