HR Generalist

University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison, WI

9d • $53,000 - $65,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the UW-Madison Libraries HR team and support the people who lead in curating, preserving, and sharing knowledge to advance the mission and strategic priorities of our world-class research university. As part of the Libraries HR, we serve more than 200 full-time staff and 300 part-time and student employees in multiple locations with a focus on collaboration, innovation, and service. We provide timely, professional, and positive support that builds strong partnerships across the Libraries and beyond. This position offers the opportunity to grow your HR career in a dynamic, high impact, and fast paced environment while contributing to the mission of the Libraries. As a HR Generalist, you will deliver frontline HR services across payroll, benefits, recruitment, and student support. You will work closely with colleagues and stakeholder committees to shape a positive employee experience. If you enjoy problem-solving, building relationships, and making an impact, this is the position for you. In this capacity, you will take on a variety of duties that ensure our employees receive timely and effective HR support, including, but not limited to: Payroll: Process bi-weekly payroll accurately and timely Benefits: Provide guidance related to benefits, including new hires, life events, and open enrollment Student Lifecycle: Process student hires, terminations, compensation changes, and promotions Employee Lifecycle: Support the employee lifecycle by onboarding and offboarding employees and processing various HR transactions HR Compliance: Conducts audits to ensure HR compliance and completion of staff training Process Improvement: Create and update process documentation and identify improvements that drive consistency and efficiency Parking: Facilitate parking assignments for employees This position is eligible for partial remote work. A remote work agreement may allow for a maximum of 40% remote per week. This position is full-time, 100%. Ongoing/Renewable

Requirements

• Knowledge of practices in payroll, benefits, and recruitment
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships
• Strong organization and problem-solving abilities

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Workday
• Experience working in higher education

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development, implementation, interpretation, and revision of work unit Human Resources policies and procedures according to institutional and legal rules and regulations (20%)
• Executes and audits work transactions and changes adhering to established policies and procedures to meet anticipated deadlines (30%)
• Receives, responds to, and resolves employee questions and problems (20%)
• Represents unit/program at institutional workshops, informational meetings, and training sessions (10%)
• Provides consultation, performs analytics, and/or maintains personnel files, communications, and materials for work unit through various mediums (20%)

Benefits

• generous paid time off
• competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance
• tax-advantaged savings accounts
• participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund
• generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave
• competitive insurances and savings accounts
• retirement benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees