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"Employment Coordinator"

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Employment Coordinator

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Position TitleEmployment Coordinator
Job DescriptionThe Employment Coordinator supports the full-cycle recruitment and employment process for the university. This role coordinates job postings, candidate screenings, onboarding and employment compliance while ensuring alignment with institutional policies, equal opportunity standards and strategic workforce planning initiatives. The Employment Coordinator serves as the key liaison between hiring managers, candidates and the Office of Human Resources; and assists the department with all functions of human resource management.

Essential Duties:
  • Facilitates all faculty and staff recruitment searches on the university’s applicant tracking system.
  • Advises hiring managers on recruitment processes, procedures and best practices.
  • Composes, recommends, and places job advertisements as necessary.
  • Schedules travel accommodations for candidate on-campus interviews, including flight and hotel.
  • Assists university department supervisors and managers with updating or creating job descriptions; ensuring essential job functions, education and skills are recorded appropriately and accurately.
  • Facilitates onboarding processes, including background checks and employment paperwork.
  • Maintains accurate employee records within the HRIS system.
  • Ensures hiring practices comply with federal, state and local employment laws; and monitors equal employment opportunity (EEO) compliance.
  • Assists the department with processing employment paperwork, payroll functions, budgets, data input, and customer service.
  • Maintains strict confidentiality; protecting sensitive employee data.
  • Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • State and federal employment laws and regulations
  • Technical proficiency in multiple platforms (Microsoft office, data management systems, google, etc)
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer service oriented
  • Strong organization, record management, report writing and analysis skills
  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Creative, visionary and innovative
  • Ability to maintain confidential information with tack and discretion
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, as applied to interaction with students, coworkers, administration and the general public
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field.
  • 2-4 years of experience in recruitment, employment coordinator or HR administration. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed.
  • Knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices.
  • Experience with HRIS or applicant tracking systems
Preferred QualificationsExperience working in higher education.
Physical DemandsSedentary work; exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
FLSAExempt
Additional DemandsMay work occasional nights and weekends * May require some travel
Hours of WorkM-F 8:00-4:30pm

Posting Detail Information
Posting NumberS821P
Open Date03/03/2026
Priority Deadline03/20/2026
Open Until FilledYes

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