ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST

Company: University of Washington
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

University of Washington Human Resources If you are using a screen reader and experience any difficulty accessing our web pages, please call 206-543-2544 or email UWHires and we will be happy to assist you. jump to content ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST Salary: Salary and benefits are competitive. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Shift: First Shift As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

UW Facilities manages the University's buildings, infrastructure and land, with more than 1,100 employees in a variety of fields. The Asset Management group includes Capital & Space Management, Real Estate, Sustainability and other teams responsible for planning and workload management. The Operations group includes Project Delivery, Maintenance & Construction, Campus Utilities & Operations, Building Services, Transportation Services and Safety. Supporting these groups, as well as the separate Emergency Management team, are the Business Intelligence & Information Technology group and the Finance & Administration group.

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, University of Washington Transportation Services will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

Transportation Services has an outstanding opportunity for an Organizational Development and Recruitment Specialist.

Under the general direction of the Director of Transportation Services, the Organizational Development and Recruitment Specialist will work to strengthen and enhance departmental efforts toward increased effectiveness, greater consistency, centralized resource management, and organizational alignment in pursuit of strategic objectives. The Organizational Development and Recruitment Specialist will lead and provide coordination at the department level of Transportation Service's recruitment, onboarding/offboarding and training and development programs. This position will also take an active role in developing standard operation procedures, development of metrics/key performance indicators (KPIs), implementing processes and policies to increase organizational efficiencies.

The work produced by this position involves providing exceptional and professional service to internal partners, external stakeholders, and Transportation Services customers. Additionally, this role participates as an active and collaborative member of the Transportation Services management team and is instrumental in contributing to the division's strategic management efforts.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Staffing / Recruiting / Retention (20%)

--- In coordination with UW Facilities Partner Resources and Transportation Services management, manage the recruitment of professional, classified, temporary and student staff. Generate job descriptions for new or re-classified positions based on appropriate system classifications and complete Professional Staff Position Description forms. Develop practices consistent with Facilities processes and policies and ensure consistency in recruiting throughout the department.
--- Provide support and guidance to hiring managers. Review and assess resumes and other materials submitted by applicants. Schedule interviews for candidates, serve on interview panels, and conduct reference checks.
--- Facilitate employee onboarding and off boarding, ensuring that documentation for hiring and separations is complete, that personnel files are completed, and that new hires have all access to business services required for their roles.

Personnel / Payroll Systems (20%)

--- Serve as point of contact for Workday, the UW human resources and payroll management system, and UW Hires for recruiting. This includes initiating hiring, termination, and job change actions; creating, changing, and closing job requisitions, and proposing/requesting changes to employee compensation.

Organizational Leadership and Engagement (15%)

--- Positively support all management directives and actively promote the purpose and foundational values of Transportation Services. Ensure adherence to all TS, UW and Facilities policies and procedures. Participate in strategic planning and performance measurement initiatives, including incorporating metrics and Lean principles into internal work processes, and promoting employee engagement in continuous improvement and innovation. Participates as an active and collaborative member of the Transportation Services management team.
--- Manage projects in close partnership and collaboration with other units, executing a high degree of independence, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
--- Lead and support the administration of employee recognition, department events, and teambuilding activities. Provide effective leadership of diverse team members and actively supports the department's values, mission and vision.
--- Represent Transportation Services in daily business, at UW meetings, and/or conferences with the public. Communicate with other internal and external service units to pursue collaboration and improvement opportunities.
--- Support Director with Executive Assistant duties during periods of absence

Training (15%)

--- Assess training and staff development needs, and formulate training solutions. Ensure quality and cost-effective delivery of training programs and track completion. Maintain training and compliance records pertaining to regulatory training, certifications, and licenses. Work with Facilities Partner Resources to identify customized training to serve departmental needs. Develop and generate training reports. Develop and enhance employee orientation, onboarding, and separation processes.

Policies & Procedures (10%)

--- Develop, update, edit, publish, and distribute standard operating procedures and apply administrative policies for the organization within assigned areas of responsibility, ensuring written processes reflect actual work performed.
--- Develop and maintain intranet resources for administrative, operational, and staffing information for Transportation Services staff, providing access to administrative section for each level within the organization. Link to UW Facilities and Transportation Services forms, documents, processes, and best practices. Work with each unit to consolidate the existing shared drive (I: drive) into a useable and intuitive SharePoint site.
--- Work with other Facilities departments on coordinating policies and procedures.
--- Provide secondary support to Executive Assistant to the Director with building coordinator duties, including submitting building work order requests, updating the security system, assist in building and off site secured entry keycard access.

Departmental Initiatives, Goals & Metrics (10%)

--- Work with Transportation Services leadership team to create and track departmental metrics, including operational dashboards, leader standard work, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Provide monthly, quarterly and annual reports documenting the status of processes, procedures and initiatives to support departmental decision-making.
--- Assist leadership team in creating and tracking departmental initiatives including but not limited to: Lean participation, goals & metrics, huddling and idea generation; Lean launches; safety programs; building based maintenance, inclusion initiatives, etc.

Central Records Management (10%)

--- Develop and maintain records management system for Transportation Services, ensuring compliance with all relevant guidelines. Work with UW Facilities Partner Resources and the Transportation Services management team to create and distribute records, including financial, compliance, personnel, training, FMLA, disability, labor relations and others. Work with administrative personnel within the division to maintain a complementary filing system.
--- Work with UW Records Management Services to improve and refine existing record keeping systems
--- Perform other related duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

--- Demonstrate personal integrity and trustworthiness.
--- Manage stressful situations and changing priorities effectively.
--- Anticipate, recognize and resolve problems.
--- Be responsible and accountable.
--- Use organizational skills and provide attention to details.
--- Be comfortable communicating and collaborating with a diverse group of people.
--- Maintain a positive, optimistic, and success-oriented attitude.
--- Exercise professionalism, which includes being tactful and courteous.
--- Exhibit a professional work ethic
--- Continuously promote a safe work environment.

Requirements include:

--- Bachelor's degree
--- Four years of progressively responsible applicable human resources experience.
--- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills; ability to work successfully with people at all levels throughout the organization and University community.
--- Excellent organizational skills; ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple programs and assigned tasks, and meet goals.
--- Excellent problem solving skills; ability to analyze complex information, and to define and solve problems.
--- Demonstrated flexibility to meet changing needs and unpredictable deadlines.
--- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate projects and groups.
--- Demonstrated ability to function effectively within a complex regulatory environment.
--- Demonstrated ability to interpret policies and procedures.
--- Demonstrated professionalism, confidentiality, poise, and composure in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
--- Proven ability to exercise a high degree of professional judgment and work independently with limited direct supervision.
--- Proven success in effectively organizing meetings.
--- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or equivalent and standard productivity software.
--- Experience developing presentations, documentation and reports in PowerPoint, SharePoint, Access, Adobe Acrobat, etc.
--- Ability to learn and use new computer software and programs.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

Desired:

--- Possession of a valid Washington State Driver's License
--- Experience with Learning Management Software
--- Experience collecting metrics and maintaining a metrics-driven dashboard
--- Experience in key TS, UW Business applications, and administrative computing systems (CAAMS, Workday, UW Hires)
--- Knowledge of current Transportation Services programs, products, services, and systems at the University of Washington
--- Knowledge of, and experience in, university culture, values, and sensitivities

Conditions of Employment:

--- Work may be required during hours beyond standard business hours or regularly scheduled shift, including weekends; professional travel may be required
--- Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office environment; however, work may include incidental outdoor or fieldwork with exposure to the elements and variable weather conditions. Work is performed in an open office environment - successful candidates will possess the concentration and social skills necessary to work in that environment.
--- Must be able to work in a non-smoking environment.
--- Regular and predictable attendance is required.
--- This position will be eligible to work remotely and onsite on a hybrid basis with supervisor approval.

As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here.


Application Process:

You will be asked to submit a cover letter AND your response (in a separate "Cover Letter Assessment") to the following (limited to 7900 characters):

"We would like to know more about your experience with equity and inclusion. Please tell us how you have committed yourself to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity and inclusion in your professional and/or personal life."


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Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law .

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu . COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT Per Governor Inslee's Proclamation 21-14.1 , employees of higher education and healthcare institutions must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no later than October 18, 2021 unless a medical or religious exemption is approved. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination. View the Final candidate guide to COVID-19 vaccination requirement webpage for information about the medical or religious exemption process for final candidates.

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