Human Resources Coordinator

About the role

Indiana University (IU) Indianapolis Campus Human Resources (HR) is comprised of 30 plus human resources professionals. We work in conjunction with campus leadership and IU Human Resources to serve academic and/or administrative units on the IU Indianapolis Campus. As part of the larger IU HR community, we strive to be recognized and leveraged as a trusted resource, strategic partner, leader, and innovator that supports the university's mission, vision, strategic plan, and recognizes IU as a great place for all to work, learn, and grow.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Provides wide-ranging, high-level support to the HR team, including maintaining files and records, providing administrative support and processing transactions, directing questions to the right parties.
• Acts as the liaison between the HR team, employees, departments and external customers ensuring smooth communication and prompt resolution of all queries.
• Ensures the smooth functioning of HR processes and provides excellent service to university staff and faculty.
• Handles a range of responsibilities, including recruitment support, employee onboarding, record maintenance, and compliance with university policies and procedures.
• Handles some level of emerging exempt HR responsibilities.
• May lead or oversee hourly staff or lower-level appointed staff and may also provide guidance and mentoring to intermediate level coordinators.

General Responsibilities

• Coordinates, processes, verifies, and maintains academic and/or staff HR related work, which may include but not limited to: recruitment, training, benefits, employee relations, tenure, performance evaluations, classifications, I-9s and employee leaves of absences.
• Researches and analyzes academic and/or staff HR related topics to help assist in resolving issues and/or creating solutions.
• Creates, compiles, prepares, and analyzes reports and documents for academic and/or staff HR related activities.
• Performs and may coordinate data entry for processing transactions and maintaining and keeping information current for candidates, employees and/or retirees on a variety of academic and/or staff HR issues.
• Provides administrative and related support to other academic and/or staff HR staff.
• Supports and maintains academic and/or staff HR programs and events; maintains up-to-date records of actions, decisions, and time frames.
• Maintains high standards of confidentiality of all employee records and documents.

Education

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)

Work Experience

• 3 years of HR related experience plus advanced experience with Microsoft Office Suite products

Skills

• Demonstrates customer service skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities
• Friendly and service-oriented
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates written communication skills
• Experience utilizing Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize conflicting assignments and maintain focus on project completion

Pay

$45,000.00 - 48,500.00 based on experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)