Join the College of Arts and Sciences as one of our Human Resources Coordinators. You will help the college with its recruitments and the hiring of a variety of employees from student workers to staff and faculty. In addition, you'll handle the processing of personnel changes for current employees to ensure their assignment details are accurate and they are paid on time. We’ll rely on you respond to the human resources needs of the College of Arts and Sciences by proactively carrying out a variety of day to day HR technician tasks and processes in the areas of recruitment and hiring as well as processing current employee assignment changes. You will use your knowledge of HR policies and procedures established by the University's Human Resources Department to answer questions and complete a variety of personnel action tasks.
To thrive in this role, you should be able to organize and communicate facts and opinions with a focus on customer service and effective working relationships with a variety of people. You should be able to learn and keep up with evolving human resources best practices and understand, apply and explain university policies, rules, and regulations relating to human resources functions. You should have the ability to research and problem solve when policies and procedures are not clear. Keeping your work organized is essential. You should be able to comprehend material from multiple sources and exercise good judgment in complex situations, propose viable solutions to problems, and make responsible decisions.
You should have experience with working on routine but highly detailed forms with high attention to accuracy under regular deadlines to ensure that employees are hired and paid on time.
You should be skilled in standard office software and platforms including word processing, PDF manipulation, mail merge, and spreadsheet use. You should be able to learn and use a variety of electronic forms, applications and software suites (Microsoft Teams and Google Suite applications) for paperless processing.
Minimum Qualifications: College coursework in human resources and two years of technical human resources experience, or an equivalent combination of progressively responsible, similar training and experience that is transferrable. Experience with providing customer service. Position Details: This position is located on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus in Anchorage Alaska and flexible on-site/hybrid/remote work arrangements may be considered in accordance with UA regulations. This is a full-time, non-exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 77, based on education and experience. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is identified. Review of application materials will begin immediately. Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient and viable number of qualified candidates have been identified.
To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.
UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.
The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Christine Lidren, Senior Operations Manager, College of Arts and Sciences, at cmlidren@alaska.edu. All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.
Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.
Access to the reports is available at: UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu. UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.