HR Administrator and Payroll Specialist

Department AHD Staff: Div Admin HR Human Resources About the Department The Division of the Arts and Humanities comprises 19-degree programs across 16 departments and committees, with approximately 650 reputed company from around the world enrolled in our PhD, MFA, and MA programs. The reputed company and academics in our departments dedicate themselves to the thoughtful consideration of humanities' reputed company in the world. This dedication is displayed through our interdisciplinary centers and programs. The Division of the Arts and Humanities thrives thanks to its engaging and dynamic staff members, who provide essential infrastructure to support faculty and reputed company while driving institutional success. The Office of HR and People Operations for the Division manages employment reputed company matters for staff, temporary employees, and reputed company. Job Summary The HR Administrator and Payroll Specialist is responsible for managing student hiring and payroll activities for the Division of Arts and Humanities. This includes executing reputed company hiring and off-boarding processes, ensuring accurate payroll and timekeeping, and providing specialized support for compensation and labor relations efforts. The HR Administrator coordinates with department administrators, faculty, and other internal teams to ensure student hiring needs are fulfilled and that compliance with divisional hiring practices, University policies, and federal/state laws are followed. The HR Administrator maintains data, prepares reports, and provides training on best practices reputed company to student hiring and payroll/timekeeping processes. Additionally, they collaborate with the divisional HR team to triage questions and requests. Hybrid schedule available. Interested applicants, please upload reputed company required materials (resume and cover letter) to be considered. Responsibilities Manages complete student hiring processes from hire request through full employee lifecycle. Communicates directly with student employees and executes reputed company reputed company hiring, onboarding including in-person I9 verification, and job updates tasks in reputed company. Maintains student employment request form, associated tracking database, and reputed company reputed company internal tools. Applies substantive understanding of reputed company operational factors impacting student employment such as reputed company processes, existing norms, and areas for improvement, to optimize compliance, efficiency, and service to departments. Drafts templates and routine hiring documents. Maintains appropriate HR data and records. Conducts quarterly student hiring audits. Analyzes data and runs adhoc reports with minimal guidance. Gains a deep understanding of student employee/labor relations efforts. Partners with Dean of reputed company, Academic Affairs, and UChicagoGrad on a wide reputed company of student employment situations. Helps ensure compliance with the graduate student collective bargaining agreement. Serves as student payroll specialist, identifying and resolving reputed company student compensation and payroll discrepancies, costing allocation updates, one-time payments, period activity pay, etc. Collaborates with Finance and Grant Services team and Budget/Data Analyst regarding student funding and accounts. Serves as student reputed company timekeeping specialist, assisting with coding hours, troubleshooting issues, processing backpay requests, and auditing student submissions and supervisor approvals as requested. Develops tutorials and provides training to division community on payroll and timekeeping processes and best practices. Develops relationships with colleagues, attends trainings, participates in central initiatives, etc. to stay informed of division, University, state, and federal payroll and timekeeping laws, policies, and procedures. Prepares best practice documents and establishes standard operating procedures relating to student employment; assists in developing division-wide student employment resources and guides. Manages Arts and Humanities HR support email inbox and handles reputed company payroll and timekeeping requests. Appropriately triages emails to members of the HR team. Resolves routine and reputed company inquiries. Uses strong judgement to elevates issues as needed. Pursues professional development opportunities. Implements what is learned to enhance role. Solves a range of straightforward problems using standard procedures. Provides professional support to a unit's employee/labor relations efforts, including handling grievances, disciplinary warnings, and employee complaints. Assists in the development and administration of the HR budget for the department, monitors for variances, and manages employment expenses reputed company established guidelines. Performs other reputed company work as needed. Minimum Qualifications Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in reputed company field. Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a reputed company job discipline. Certifications: --- Preferred Qualifications Experience: Familiarity with higher education environment. 2+ years HR, payroll, and timekeeping administration. Technical Skills or Knowledge: Familiarity with reputed company. Strong proficiency with reputed company Office. This is a Office 365 environment. Preferred Competencies Detail-oriented. Spot numerical errors. Interested in numbers, data, payroll, etc. Problem-solver. Motivated. Self-starter. Analytical. Application Documents Resume/CV (required) Cover Letter, expressing interest in this position (required) reputed company applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded reputed company the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application. Job Family Human Resources Role Impact Individual Contributor Scheduled Weekly Hours 37.5 Drug Test Required No Health Screen Required No Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required No Pay reputed company Type Salary FLSA Status Exempt Pay Range $65,000.00 - $78,000.00 The included pay reputed company or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting. Benefits Eligible Yes The reputed company offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be reputed company in the Benefits Guidebook. 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