HR Generalist

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (NW-GENA-IUNWA)

The Office of Human Resources at IU Northwest is a collaborative, service-focused team that partners closely with campus leadership, faculty, and staff to support a thriving and inclusive workplace. As a regional campus, our HR team works directly with departments and plays a visible, hands-on role in daily operations.

This position is ideal for an HR professional who enjoys building relationships, solving problems in real time, and serving as a trusted resource across a diverse academic community.

Indiana University Northwest is seeking a confident and collaborative HR professional to serve as a trusted partner to campus leadership, providing guidance across recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and compliance.

This role offers broad exposure across multiple HR disciplines and the opportunity to develop as a trusted advisor within a dynamic campus environment

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary HR partner for assigned campus departments, providing guidance to supervisors and staff on recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and policy interpretation.
• Leads full-cycle recruitment efforts, including consultation on position development, candidate evaluation, and onboarding strategy.
• Advises leadership on employee relations matters, including performance concerns, corrective action, conflict resolution, and leave administration (e.g., FMLA).
• Ensures compliance with university policies, federal and state employment laws, and HR best practices, and proactively identifies and addresses potential risks.
• Partners with campus stakeholders to support employee engagement, training initiatives, and performance evaluation processes.
• Maintains accurate and confidential HR records and documentation in alignment with university standards.
• Interprets and communicates benefits information to employees, serving as a knowledgeable resource during enrollment and life events.

• Counsels academic and/or staff employees and management on various HR topics and functions; communicates and shares understanding of various human resource policies, procedures, laws, standards, and other government regulations.
• Researches, responds to, and addresses various employee relations issues, such as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employee complaints, and workers' compensation.
• Develops in-depth knowledge and skill in various HR functions, in addition to growing knowledge in HR policies, procedures, and legal requirements to provide quality HR guidance to academic and/or staff employees and managers.
• Develops a thorough understanding of the operational strategy and culture for the recruitment coordinator, school, or department.
• Contributes to and/or manages various academic and/or staff HR activities, projects, or initiatives, such as recruitment, onboarding, engagement, or performance management.
• Researches and stays up-to-date on relevant academic and/or HR topics.
• May conduct research and analysis for local/department HR team or centers of expertise (COE) partners and develop solutions and recommend a course of action.
• May lead small projects or activities.

• Bachelor's degree

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources.

• 2 years of human resources or related experience

• SHRM-CP/PHR within 1 year upon date of hire.

• Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Excellent collaboration and team-building skills.
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
• Proactively approaches responsibilities.
• Knowledge of human resources policies.
• Exhibits understanding of Federal and State employment law.

• Experience advising supervisors on performance management and employee relations matters.
• Experience leading or supporting full-cycle recruitment in a decentralized or complex environment (higher education preferred).
• Working knowledge of leave administration (e.g., FMLA) and employee relations processes.
• Experience collaborating with HR Centers of Expertise or shared services models.
• Ability to interpret policy and apply sound judgment in addressing employee concerns.
• Experience working within HRIS and applicant tracking systems (People Soft or similar systems preferred).
• Demonstrates ability to build effective working relationships across diverse groups of faculty and staff.