Department

BL HUMAN RESOURCES (BL-HR-IUBLA)

Department Information

Indiana University (IU) Bloomington Human Resources (HR) manages day-to-day HR operations and drives the implementation of strategic people initiatives for 26 departments, units, and schools across the IU Bloomington campus. As strategic business partners, we provide subject matter leadership and consulting designed to increase workplace productivity and to develop improved processes for attracting, developing, and retaining people with the required skills and aptitude to meet current and future business needs.

Job Summary

If you are looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in higher education, we invite you to consider one of our HR Generalist openings across campus. These roles support a variety of schools, departments, and units, offering the chance to work closely with leaders and employees on key priorities across the employee life cycle, organizational effectiveness, change management, and HR policy and practice. As we fill current and future openings, we welcome candidates whose experience, strengths, and interests align with supporting our teams and advancing the mission of the university. Areas of responsibilities may include employment and selection, classification and compensation, employee relations, and ongoing HR support in assigned unit(s).

General Responsibilities

• Counsels academic and/or staff employees and management on various HR topics and functions; communicates and shares understanding of various human resource policies, procedures, laws, standards and other government regulations.
• Researches, responds to, and addresses various employee relation issues such as Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employee complaints, workers compensation, etc.
• Develops in-depth knowledge and skill in various HR functions, in addition to growing knowledge in HR policies, procedures, and legal requirements to provide quality HR guidance to academic and/or staff employees and managers.
• Develops a thorough understanding of the operational strategy and culture for recruitment coordinator, school or department.
• Contributes and/or manages various academic and/or staff HR activities, projects, or initiatives, such as recruitment, onboarding, engagement, or performance management.
• Researches and stays up-to-date on relevant academic and/or HR topics.
• May conduct research and analysis for local/department HR team or centers of expertise (COE) partners and develops solutions and recommends course of action.
• May lead small projects or activities.