HR Associate: Classification & Compensation Expert

University of Illinois Springfield; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid time Off

Tuition waivers

Job summary

University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) seeks an experienced HR professional to act as a Division Liaison for Academic Professionals, Civil Service, Extra Help, Hourly, and Faculty. You will manage pre-employment, onboarding, separations, and salary-related processes across multiple systems, including Banner and SUCSS.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of professional HR experience, with strong knowledge of classification and compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Administration, Management, Organizational Administration, Public Administration, Labor Relations, Business Administration or a field closely related to the position.
• Two (2) years (24 months) of work experience performing professional-level human resources duties.
• Additional education, training, and/or work experience in the area of specialization inherent to the position, may be required.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex Employment functions for AP, CS, EH, Hourly, and Faculty categories, including those done in Cornerstone, JDXpert, PRMS, HRFE, Banner, Paris, Retropay, NEWT, and others
• Perform the pre-employment and onboarding processes in Tracker I9, UI New Hire, and HireRight and other pre-employment screening applications
• Perform employee separation processes including exit interviews, SURS reporting, leave balance adjustments, and payout processing
• Implement mass salary changes including those related to union contracts, annual salary program, minimum wage changes, and prevailing wage rates. Perform Banner configuration maintenance and SUCSS range updates. Perform salary studies at the position, department wide or campus wide level.
• Perform classification and compensation activities for all JDXpert requests for the assigned Division, including analysis of duties, assigning the appropriate classification, making the exemption decision for AP positions, completing salary studies, completing job audits, and creating positions in HR Front End.
• Counsel and advise various constituents on both internal and external policies and procedures. Interpret, implement, and maintain policies and programs that support the values and culture of the organization ensuring compliance with university, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding personnel practices. Recommend procedural/policy changes as appropriate.
• Facilitate or participate in trainings related to HR policies and procedures, job descriptions, and classification, compensation, and employment processes at the division or campus level
• Develop and prepare narratives, reports, and statistics including benefit and salary summaries, employee positions and staff demographics
• Represent UIS HR in meetings at the campus, UI system, or state level as requested
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Administration / related field

Tools

Cornerstone

JDXpert

PRMS

HRFE

Banner

Paris

Retropay

NEWT

Job description

University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) seeks an experienced HR professional to act as a Division Liaison for Academic Professionals, Civil Service, Extra Help, Hourly, and Faculty. You will manage pre-employment, onboarding, separations, and salary-related processes across multiple systems, including Banner and SUCSS.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of professional HR experience, with strong knowledge of classification and compensation.