Human Resource Specialist
| Company | Fort Hays State University |
|---|---|
| Location | Ellis, KS, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level |
Requirements
- Four years of Human Resources experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Plans, organizes and develops processes and/or programs relating to the comprehensive benefits programs.
- Administer benefit programs to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Counsels employees regarding retirement and other benefit plan options.
- Analyze benefits and compensation and other human resource programs.
- Strategic development skills to develop, evaluate and implement an effective HRMS onboarding processes.
- Interprets policies and procedures related to staffing for the campus community.
- Accurately respond to inquiries and apply academic compensation models as well as standard compensation models.
- Assist with calculation and application of annual compensation changes and communication with campus community.
- Review employee changes for accurate bi-weekly payroll processing.
- Provides advice on the resolution of employee relations, classification and salary, and other employment related complaints and/or grievances.
- Serves as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering policy and procedures and helping resolve work-related problems.
- Facilitates mediation or dispute resolution and grievance resolution activities.
- Investigates employee complaints and facilitates resolution.
- Partners to design and promote standardized processes, templates, tools and/or technologies for use in managing employee relations activities, corrective action administration and escalated issue resolution protocols.
- Process FMLA, shared leave, workers compensation, leave without pay, and provide disability counseling.
- Responds to ADA inquiries, reviews workspace and makes recommendations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Two years experience in a human resource related field.
- Experience in employee relations or conflict resolution.
- Skill in communicating effectively in situations of conflict and high stress.
- Demonstrated issue management/problem solving skills.
- Experience with Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), such as Workday.
- Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations governing Human Resources programs and the employment relationship.