Assistant HR Business Partner

Southern Connecticut State University is a diverse and student-centered university dedicated to academic excellence, access, and service for the public good.

Southern provides a supportive and welcoming environment for all members of its community through a campus wide commitment to social justice.

Founded as a teacher’s college in 1893, Southern has evolved over the past century into a comprehensive public university of more than 9,000 students, offering graduate and undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and professional disciplines.

It is one of four universities in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System. The University is located in New Haven, a city rich with arts and culture, and less than 90 miles from New York City and 140 miles from Boston.

Support an assigned Senior HR Business Partner and area with the full employment lifecycle, including recruitment, hiring, benefits and leave management, performance management, training, and other HR / LER functions.

Serve as lead for administrative support on HR projects. Perform or assist with all transactional processes. Provide information and guidance on leave, benefits, and basic LER and faculty relations issues to customers with direction and guidance from a Senior HRBP.

Provide process support and assistance on HR Projects.

Supervision Exercised

May serve as lead for HR Assistants or student workers.

Examples of Duties

The following examples of duties illustrate the general range of tasks assigned to the position but are not intended to define the limits of required duties.

Other essential duties may be assigned consistent with the general scope of the position.

• Assist with recruitment, hiring and orientation of new faculty and staff.
• Assist with responding to basic employment-related processes and inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors in assigned area.

Route or escalate as appropriate to Senior HR Business Partner or other team members.

• Complete transactional processes throughout the employment lifecycle, including recruitment, hiring, training, leave, benefits administration, discipline / performance management, and termination with guidance as necessary from an SHRBP.
• Responsible for data entry into HRIS system and establishing controls to ensure accuracy and consistency of data.
• Assists with executing processes around contractual obligations outlined in the collective bargaining agreements.
• Update and maintain internal HR files and record keeping systems.
• Create and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders.
• May serve as a lead and provide direction to HR Assistants or student workers.
• Assist with special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Incumbents must possess proven ability to effectively work with a culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students.

They are expected to have excellent oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc.

Customer service orientation, ability to work collaboratively, and strong interpersonal skills are required, as is the ability to handle sensitive information in a professional and confidential manner.

Incumbents must have a working knowledge of HR functions, processes and requirements, which would normally be acquired three or more years of experience at the HR Administrative Operations Assistant level or a comparable position.

An Associate’s degree or University education which enhances a candidate’s professionalism and familiarity with the collegiate academic environment is desirable and may be substituted for some of the experience requirement.

Experience working in a higher education or other public institutional setting is desirable.