HR Specialist - George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
About the Job
Department: UL
Classification: Admin Office Specialist 3
Job Category: Classified Staff
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Pay Band: 03
Salary: Starting salary range in mid $50k's; commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
University Life (UL) Human Resources Services is a team-based unit in the UL Operations and Planning area, which oversees various support organizations including ITS, Finance, Assessment, and Communications and Marketing. The shared service model of UL Operations and Planning is designed to bring divisional strategy and leadership to these core functions, while addressing the unique needs of our individual units and providing more robust and coordinated services across UL. The UL HR Services unit serves over 35 units in University Life in a variety of HR functions, including full life cycle recruitment and HR consultation. The UL HR Services team works with Mason's central Human Resources and Payroll offices and the Provost's Personnel Management Team.
About the Position:
The HR Specialist serves in a cross-functional team member capacity, providing support for the Human Resources and Payroll functions within the University Life Human Resources (UL HR) Services team, under the direction of the UL HR Business Partner. This position mainly supports a portfolio of designated units within the University Life division and serves as a cross-functional divisional support for other units within University Life.
Primary responsibilities involve responding to employee and/or unit requests concerning HR policies, procedures, and processes; appropriately routing requests and working cross-functionally with the other members of the UL HR Services team, campus, stakeholders, and other support functions to resolve open cases in a timely fashion; supporting the hiring and onboarding of divisional staff; and processing personnel transaction form requests.
Responsibilities:
HR Services and Processes
Classification: Admin Office Specialist 3
Job Category: Classified Staff
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Pay Band: 03
Salary: Starting salary range in mid $50k's; commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
University Life (UL) Human Resources Services is a team-based unit in the UL Operations and Planning area, which oversees various support organizations including ITS, Finance, Assessment, and Communications and Marketing. The shared service model of UL Operations and Planning is designed to bring divisional strategy and leadership to these core functions, while addressing the unique needs of our individual units and providing more robust and coordinated services across UL. The UL HR Services unit serves over 35 units in University Life in a variety of HR functions, including full life cycle recruitment and HR consultation. The UL HR Services team works with Mason's central Human Resources and Payroll offices and the Provost's Personnel Management Team.
About the Position:
The HR Specialist serves in a cross-functional team member capacity, providing support for the Human Resources and Payroll functions within the University Life Human Resources (UL HR) Services team, under the direction of the UL HR Business Partner. This position mainly supports a portfolio of designated units within the University Life division and serves as a cross-functional divisional support for other units within University Life.
Primary responsibilities involve responding to employee and/or unit requests concerning HR policies, procedures, and processes; appropriately routing requests and working cross-functionally with the other members of the UL HR Services team, campus, stakeholders, and other support functions to resolve open cases in a timely fashion; supporting the hiring and onboarding of divisional staff; and processing personnel transaction form requests.
Responsibilities:
HR Services and Processes
- Serves as a cross-functional team member for the UL HR Services team, providing HR consultation and performing transactional functions for the division's 35+ units, with a primary focus on supporting a specific cluster of units;
- Serves as a subject matter expert on institutional and state HR policies and procedures;
- Actively supports and complies with all University policies, divisional standards, and departmental vision and goals;
- Professionally, efficiently, and accurately assists units via various designated process platforms and communication plans;
- Provides day-to-day support of the UL HR Services generic email account management which includes: Appropriately responding to requests for assistance or rerouting/escalating issues of concern to higher level leadership;
- Provides professional problem solving through research, partnering, and follow-up on issues while fostering customer/unit relationships, utilizing de-escalation tactics, and maintaining a high level of confidentiality;
- Processes required paperwork for employee transfers, changes in job classification, salary increases, and other related employment matters;
- Reviews and processes cyclical applications for monetary bonuses related to certifications, degree completion, and other achievements;
- Liaises with the Mason Benefits team on benefits related questions, under the direction of the UL HR Business Partner; and
- Assists other members of the UL HR team as necessary, including being cross trained/cross functional for essential HR processes to provide additional support/back-up as needed.
- Provides support to the UL HR recruitment and hiring process for UL units in varying levels of involvement, with a primary focus on supporting a specific cluster of units;
- Serves as a consultant with UL units on recruitment activities, providing oversight on search functions and ensures divisional standardized search policies and best practices are maintained;
- Responsible for the student staff and non-student hourly staff hiring and offboarding process in coordination with the Lead HR Specialist;
- Liaises with Mason HR and Mason Payroll to coordinate student and wage employee status changes;
- Guides and monitors International Students through the hiring process in
Source : George Mason University
