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The City University of New York · 1 week ago

HR Generalist - Classified Operations

New York, NY

Part-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$71K/yr - $80K/yr

4+ years exp

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the nation's largest urban public university, and the Graduate Center is its focal point for advanced teaching and research. The HR Generalist – Classified Operations will manage the portfolio of classified civil service staff, processing actions related to appointments, promotions, and terminations while ensuring compliance with civil service rules and regulations.

Higher Education

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develops and utilizes systems to track and update employee data pertaining to staffing levels (e.g. Gittleson floors), probation periods, seniority, longevity increases, continuous service, etc.; generates reports as requested

May partake in presentations, initiatives (e.g. employee surveys), and forums (e.g. focus groups) to engage and develop full-time and hourly and classified managerial employees to bolster performance

Collaborates with the Deputy Director to ensure compliance and proper application of various civil service rules and regulations, and pertinent Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA); serves as a resource for staff and responds to their questions and/or concerns

Conducts orientation for full-time and hourly and classified managerial staff; supports on-boarding and/or off-boarding of staff

Partners with Payroll, and Time and Leave to resolve pay and/or attendance issues; timely advises appropriate leaders and/or units of issues requiring immediate action

Reviews and accurately processes all OHR related forms including health insurance enrollment, retirement applications, reinstatements, and terminations for civil service and classified managerial staff

Handles recruitment for College Assistant positions; maintains database to ensure contractual work hours are not exceeded and contractual increases are processed timely and accurately

Administers civil service hiring pools for internal vacancies and conducts 1-in-3 review to ensure compliance with civil service rules and regulations; also attends city-wide hiring pools to oversee the interview and selection process to identify talent suitable for hire

Responsible for reviewing and accurately entering data into systems (e.g. CUNYfirst, spreadsheets, etc.); performs scheduled or ad-hoc data audits of CUNYfirst and PAYSERV records and affiliated systems to ensure data integrity; timely reports and corrects data errors; generates reports as needed

Maintains both personnel and electronic files for classified civil service staff and responds to inquiries

Distributes and ensures probationary and annual performance evaluations are timely completed and returned for all civil service staff; advises appropriate leaders/units (e.g. Learning and Development) of issues requiring corrective action, or meritorious performance deserving of recognition/reward

May supervise support staff

Prepares employment verifications and processes transfer requests

Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualification

CUNY Civil Service KnowledgeMicrosoft Office SuiteEnterprise Resource PlanningAnalytical SkillsCustomer Service SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsPresentation SkillsConfidentiality

Required

Bachelor's degree and four years' related experience required

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will not be offered for this position

Preferred

Knowledge of CUNY Civil Service White Collar and Blue Collar contracts

Familiarity with pensions and union benefits

Excellent customer service skills

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite – particularly Excel and Access

Working knowledge of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) such as PeopleSoft, Workday

Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills

Ability to interpret regulations and communicate this information to employees

Ability to work independently, use sound judgement and maintain confidentiality

Ability to prioritize tasks, be detail oriented, and have strong organizational skills

Ability to create presentations

Benefits

CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development.

We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off.

Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.

Company

The City University of New York

The City University of New York is the nation’s largest urban public university, a transformative engine of social mobility that is a critical component of the lifeblood of New York City.

Founded in 1847

New York, NY, US

10001+ employees