HR Generalist: Staff & Student Support (Ann Arbor Onsite)

University Of Michigan; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

University of Michigan's Taubman College seeks a human resources specialist to support staff and students, manage HR activities, and build partnerships across the college. You will respond promptly to HR issues and help maintain a positive work environment.

Based in Ann Arbor, the role combines on-site and occasional off-site work, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, contract compliance, and time reporting, with opportunities to influence processes and develop people.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
• 2-3 years of human resources and customer service experience.
• Data entry experience with an HR information system such as PeopleSoft.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR support to staff, students, and faculty and resolve a wide variety of concerns.
• Manage the hiring process for staff and student positions using the university's applicant management system; process postings, prepare job folders, screen and sort candidates, forward resumes, schedule and participate in interviews, conduct reference checks, and prepare/extend offers.
• Oversee onboarding and offboarding processes and ensure new employees complete all mandatory university training and serve as the I-9 compliance officer.
• Manage the GSI appointment process, including maintaining the task list and timeline, preparing and posting positions, forwarding resumes and gathering candidate preferences, preparing offer letters and fraction calculation forms, processing offers in eRecruit, serving as a point of contact for GSIs and faculty, and conducting GSI orientations.
• Serve as the college expert on GEO, USU and UM-PRO union contracts and ensure college compliance.
• Plan the annual calendar of community building activities and meetings for staff and execute all logistics, gather feedback, assess outcomes, and identify future improvements.
• Oversee the annual personal development process for staff, review and update the template annually and ensure staff and their managers complete the process.
• Create and update templates for workflows, draft policies, and proactively identify process improvement opportunities including using new technology and documenting best practices.
• Develop content for the staff and student HR sections of the college intranet and update as needed.
• Coordinate with SSC to process PAR transactions, including new hire appointments, changes, annual salary adjustments, and additional payments, and serve as a designated approver.
• Oversee time reporting for staff and temporary employees, answer questions regarding proper time reporting codes, run queries for missing time or approvals and follow up, troubleshoot payroll errors.
• Assemble and maintain all employee personnel records, in compliance with legal requirements and university protocols.
• Assist the HR manager for faculty affairs with promotion and tenure and faculty search tasks, as needed.

Skills

HR experience

Customer service

Data entry

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

PeopleSoft

Job description

University of Michigan's Taubman College seeks a human resources specialist to support staff and students, manage HR activities, and build partnerships across the college. You will respond promptly to HR issues and help maintain a positive work environment.

Based in Ann Arbor, the role combines on-site and occasional off-site work, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, contract compliance, and time reporting, with opportunities to influence processes and develop people.