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Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
HR Manager
Job Summary:
The College of Letters & Science seeks an HR Manager to support the L&S Administrative Regional Team (ART) 2. As the HR Manager, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by leading a dedicated team that supports the HR needs of our diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. Reporting to the L&S HR Director, you will lead a team of HR professionals responsible for delivering day-to-day HR, payroll, and benefits services to assigned units within ART 2.
Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Promote collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, and a strong sense of community and belonging within the HR Administrative Regional Team.

• Team Management: Provide HR expertise and oversee workload management to ensure the team effectively meets the needs of assigned units and employees.

• Collaborative Partnerships: Serve as a trusted point of contact and partner for department administrators, fostering productive and collaborative relationships across assigned units.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for process improvements, enhanced system utilization, and service excellence, ensuring compliance and responsiveness in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.

Who We're Looking For:
We're seeking candidates who bring a positive, proactive, and collaborative approach to problem-solving, and who thrive in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will:

• Exhibit sound judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting policies and procedures.

• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with care.

• Embrace change with a resilient mindset and drive continuous improvement.

Following an initial onboarding period, this position will have remote work flexibility up to 2 days per week and will work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week.
Key Job Responsibilities:

• Identifies, designs, implements, and monitors Human Resources and staff training programs consistent with strategic objectives and initiatives

• Identifies, proposes, implements, and interprets employment policies and practices for stakeholders, and provides recommendations for changes

• Serves as subject matter expert to support unit managers' alignment of business needs and human resources strategy

• Directs and manages unit operational functions and/or staff

• Monitors programs and practices to ensure compliance with human resources laws, regulations, and institutional policies

Department:
College of Letters & Science, Administration - Human Resources
The College of Letters and Science (L&S) is the heart of UW-Madison and home to a tremendous breadth and depth of departments and degree-granting programs in the humanities; natural, physical, and mathematical sciences; and social sciences.
Compensation:
The expected salary range for this position is $80,000 up to $106,000 for highly experienced candidates. Actual pay within this range will depend on experience and qualifications.
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Please review the summary of benefits for more information.
Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years relevant experience in Human Resources, payroll, or related role

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to maintain effective working relationships with managers, staff, and campus partners

• Demonstrated sound judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting HR policies and procedures

• Experience with improving processes, navigating change, and/or applying systems thinking to work

• Experience utilizing a Human Resource Information System (e.g. Workday, Peoplesoft, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct supervisory experience or equivalent experience leading/managing a team

• Human resources and/or payroll experience in a higher education or similar setting

Education:
Bachelor's degree preferred
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Contact Information:
Maria Antezana, maria.antezana@wisc.edu.
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Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
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