Human Resources Consultant

Position Summary
This position serves as a professional-level Human Resources (HR) Consultant for the Department of Medicine. This position has overarching responsibilities for Health Care System employees funded by the department. The position incumbent possesses expertise in managing human resources activities across employee types including SPA permanent employees UNC Health Care employees temporary employees and non-salaried faculty employees. This includes providing in-depth interpretation of University HR policies being knowledgeable of any tie-ins with UNG Heath Care System activities providing consultation and advice on general HR issues and concerns and implementing and advising on unit-level School of Medicine and campus-wide HR strategies and plans within the department. The HR Consultant will serve as the principal contact for managing the HR activities. Activities involve communications with key University central offices including the Office of Human Resources ( OHR ) the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office University Payroll Services and the HCS HR Office. The position incumbent will essentially function as an HR expert on human resources subject matter areas including classification and compensation recruitment and hiring employee relations leave administration and handling very basic benefits inquiries in consultation as appropriate with the Universitys Benefits Department. As a system complex user of ConnectCarolina (PeopleSoft) position incumbent will prepare approve and/or troubleshoot proposed or implemented HR actions to assure compliance with relevant Federal State and University policies and the institutions equal opportunity and diversity goals.

Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
The successful candidate must possess excellent oral and written communication skills sound business judgment tact and diplomacy and the ability to interact with personnel at all levels of the School/Division and University. The successful candidate must demonstrate a working knowledge of federal and state employment laws and regulations (e.g. FLSA FMLA ADA ) and have prior experience in consulting with internal clients on some combination of recruitment compensation employee relations position classification or employee benefits matters. Must demonstrate a Can Do customer service mentality. Must have the ability to dissect a problem and find the fundamental cause and offer a viable and logical solution.

Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Knowledge of PeopleSoft lnfoPorte and UNC TIM . Thorough knowledge of UNC Polices & Procedures for both SPA & EPA positions. Prior experience in the higher education setting is highly preferred.