Recruitment Consultant - University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
About the Job
Department: University Human Resources
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: Position starts at $64,000; commensurate with skills and experience.
Compensation Band: OS-OA07-Fiscal Year 2024-2025
FTE: 1.0
Application Review Begins
November 7, 2024; position open until filled
Special Instructions to Applicants
Please submit a resume that includes your experience and education. We value transferrable skills, so please feel free to showcase any transferable skills applicable to this position.
Please include the names and contact information for 3 professional references. We will let you know before we contact any references.
Department Summary
The mission of the Office of Human Resources is to strategically partner with the university community as a comprehensive, innovative, and results-oriented department modeled on the very best human resources practices. Human Resources is a unit in the Finance and Administration portfolio. Finance and Administration is a vibrant and varied portfolio serving all aspects of campus life.
Working in UO Human Resources provides a unique opportunity to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. We strive to be champions for building and supporting a community that reflects a rich variety of racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, gender and sexual orientation, disability, cultural, and intersectional identities. We encourage applications from those whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and inclusion, who have been historically marginalized and currently underrepresented in higher education, who may have taken time off for family reasons, or who have built transferrable skillsets.
The Talent Acquisition and Classification & Compensation team within Human Resources supports the University’s efforts to attract, hire, and retain world-class faculty and staff. We provide strategic guidance, consultative support, and transactional assistance, as well as create tools and resources for all stages of recruitment and hiring. We also provide strategies and solutions so that units may achieve their classification and compensation objectives in an effective, efficient, consistent, and equitable manner. In 2024-2025, our most important strategic objectives are improving our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion and implementing compensation and attraction strategies to respond to the needs of our workforce. If you want to make a difference during a time of organizational change, this might be the opportunity for you.
Position Summary
You’ll provide strategic consultation to an assigned group of campus departments by offering expertise, tools, and resources regarding their unique recruiting and hiring needs. You’ll advise your partner units on search planning, recruitment outreach, selection methodologies, hiring processes, and onboarding activities.
You’ll consult with a wide variety of internal customers, from department-based HR representatives and front-line managers to senior leaders. You will help department HR representatives ensure that searches are planned and conducted effectively and efficiently. You’ll also maintain and clearly communicate procedures and practices, including best use of the talent management system for job postings, candidate review, search documentation, and offers.
If you like project work, there’s plenty of opportunity to build and implement. Current projects include revamping our model recruitment processes and tools, partnering on search advocacy, building awareness of and addressing implicit bias, developing training and e-learning modules for campus partners, and business process improvement. You'll be a subject matter expert: designing, developing, and delivering training; monitoring policies and procedures to ensure compliance and adherence to best practices.
As representatives of the Talent and Classification & Compensation team, we promote best practices in interactions with all constituents, reflecting the values of the University and aligning with our institutional commitment to maintain a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of our community.
While there is room for innovation and creativity in this role, there is also a lot of support. You’ll be part of a team of Recruitment Consultants and Recruitment Specialists, and you’ll work closely with other University Human Resources teams who can provide guidance, consultation, and subject-matter expertise.
This position assists and acts in a confidential capacity; the ability to handle confidential material appropriately and maintain an institutional perspective is critical.
This position is based in Eugene and has the option to work a hybrid schedule.
Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree and three years of professional human resources* experience OR an equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience.
* We welcome applications from candidates with diverse professional backgrounds, and we acknowledge that the professional competencies for this role can be developed in a variety of ways. Human resources experience could include any of the functional areas of HR (recruitment, onboarding, compensation, employee and labor relations, benefits, leaves administration, and more) or even experience with hiring and supervising teams. If your unique background and experience make you qualified for this role, please help us see that by explaining them in your application materials.
Professional Competencies
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and work effectively with colleagues, faculty, staff, and students from a variety of diverse backgrounds
• Understanding of the needs and experiences of job seekers and employees with diverse/marginalized identities, and commitment to advancing inclusion efforts in recruitment and retention
• Knowledge of effective strategies to build robust and diverse pools of applicants and run an inclusive search process
• Effective communication skills
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and consistent follow-through
• Excellent problem solving and customer service skills
• Ability to create, learn, and follow processes, including knowing when and how to deviate from processes and/or identify and escalate issues
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines in a high-volume, evolving environment
• Expertise using productivity software such as Microsoft Office
Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with recruitment functions, such as recruitment outreach, position description/vacancy announcement development, classification, FLSA, and candidate evaluation/selection
• Experience using HRIS and/or a Talent Management System
• Current PHR or SHRM-CP certification
• Experience with applying collective bargaining agreements to recruitment and compensation matters
• Experience in higher education or related field
FLSA Exempt: Yes
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit https://hr.uoregon.edu/about-benefits.
The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact us at uocareers@uoregon.edu or 541-346-5112.
UO prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy (including pregnancy-related conditions), age, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, familial status, citizenship, service in the uniformed services (as defined in federal and state law), veteran status, expunged juvenile record, and/or the use of leave protected by state or federal law in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by UO policy. Questions may be referred to the Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance. Contact information, related policies, and complaint procedures are listed here.
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