HR Manager, Medill

Department: Medill - Administration

Salary/Grade: EXS/8

The HR Manager serves as the senior administrative leader within Medill, providing strategic and operational leadership in the review, development, and implementation of policies and procedures that drive organizational excellence. This role also serves as the school's payroll administrator, overseeing and processing all school-wide payroll transactions.

The HR Manager is responsible for developing and executing Medill's human capital strategy and ensuring effective management of all human resources and faculty affairs functions. The position collaborates closely with the Senior Director of Business and Finance and the Associate Dean for Administration and Student Affairs to align HR initiatives with the school's strategic priorities.

Additionally, the HR Manager conducts comprehensive HR data analyses to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and support data‑driven decision‑making. This is a hybrid position, requiring three days per week on site.

Please note:

Supervisor provides overall objectives & in consultation with EE develops deadlines. Work is reviewed for fulfillment of objectives & overall compliance with policy & procedures. EE completes majority of activities without direction; consulting with supervisor only in regard to new or unusual circumstances.

• Budget & Financial
• Faculty Support
• Grants & Contracts
• Human Resources
• Regulatory Compliance
• Strategic Planning

• Serves a primary role in the development & implementation of annual budget including fiscal resource allocation of appropriated, discretionary, endowment & gift revenues.
• Typically involved in the budget management of numerous research grants.
• Responsible for payroll, purchasing, travel & entertainment (T&E) transactions & requesting new chartstrings using NU protocol.
• Prepares faculty salary recovery & summer salary.
• Creates & monitor recharge centers.
• Oversees prompt payment of invoices & related research of errors.
• Monitors open encumbrances & deficit chartstrings.
• Level II approver in NUFS.
• School level approver in HRIS.
• Routinely reviews & reconciles actual expenses to budget per NU Audit guidelines.
• Approves funds reallocation within budget as necessary & appropriate.
• Responsible to stop an expense that is inappropriate or against deficit chartstring.
• Negotiates with vendors for purchases & leases.

• Manages administration of faculty recruitment including ads, candidate communication, interview & visit, HRIS paperwork & orientation.
• Oversees the preparation of Promotion & Tenure cases.
• Interprets & applies policy & procedure.
• Oversees colloquium & seminar coordination, faculty travel planning. Ensures faculty completion of annual Conflict of Interest Survey.

• Oversees &/or completes pre- & post-award research administration.
• Utilizes established systems (effort reporting, direct cost charging/SDA, & financial reporting) to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations.
• Interacts with Principal Investigators (PIs) to build relationships, transfer knowledge & advise on research policies & procedures.
• Oversees payroll for research appointments.
• Ensures faculty completion of effort certification.
• Provides appropriate training for staff & PIs.

• Manages implementation of human resource programs, policies, procedures & talent management lifecycle & related mentoring & training.
• Posts positions to eRecruit, leads the recruitment & selection process.
• Manages area/unit structure & prioritizes & distributes staff workload.
• Oversees Performance Excellence plan for each employee & prepares annual review.
• Manages performance problems, administers leaves, approves timesheets & oversees completion of annual staff Conflict of Interest survey.
• Recommends complex HR solutions & implements decisions.
• Institutes departmental policy & implements school & NU policy.

• Manages implementation of all safety, security & compliance programs & ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, local & NU laws, regulations, policies & procedures.
• Develops innovative methods to…