HR Coordinator & Chair Assistant (Math Dept)

University of South Carolina; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 39,866 - 48,725; Full time

Job summary

The University of South Carolina seeks an HR Rep/Assistant to Chair in the Mathematics Department. The role oversees faculty/staff HR actions, coordinates searches, and supports administrative needs for the Chair and department. Strong data handling and policy interpretation are essential.

Responsibilities include hiring coordination, purchasing, travel, and maintaining personnel records. The position requires a bachelor's degree and 1+ year of related experience, with a 37.5-hour week and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a job related field and 1 or more years of job related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job related certification, training, education, and/or experience.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, to manage and prioritize multiple deadlines, and to complete tasks effectively and on time.
• Ability to provide accuracy of work and ensure confidentiality of private and sensitive information.
• Knowledge and ability to investigate, interpret, and explain state, university, and college policies and procedures related to human resources and related subjects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate human resources actions for all FTE faculty and staff, research grant faculty and staff, and temporary faculty (TFAC) and staff in the Department of Mathematics.
• Request and coordinate all faculty and staff hiring.
• Submit actions in People Admin to include, but not limited to, creating and updating position descriptions; creating and submitting job ads/postings; creating and submitting hiring proposals.
• Serve as back-up for graduate and undergraduate student hiring.
• Initiates HR actions in the HCM Peoplesoft system to include, but not limited to, job changes, additional pays, additional assignments, status changes, account changes, reappointments, separations/terminations.
• Work with FTE faculty in the department to coordinate and process Summer Instruction and ECOM hires.
• Review all HR documents prior to Department Chair approval.
• Will work with International Services on actions associated with international faculty members or research scholars.
• Maintains departmental personnel files.

Skills

Independent work

Deadline management

Confidentiality

Policy interpretation

Data organization

Communication

Office software

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Adobe Pro

Teams

Zoom

Job description

The University of South Carolina seeks an HR Rep/Assistant to Chair in the Mathematics Department. The role oversees faculty/staff HR actions, coordinates searches, and supports administrative needs for the Chair and department. Strong data handling and policy interpretation are essential.

Responsibilities include hiring coordination, purchasing, travel, and maintaining personnel records. The position requires a bachelor's degree and 1+ year of related experience, with a 37.5-hour week and a