Organizes, manages, and leads HR unit. Develops schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving goals. Assists in developing strategic plans for the units. Provides guidance to units and management regarding HR practices, compliance, laws, regulations, and ethics. Communicates programs, practices, and policies to employees and leaders. Oversees specialized training program, develops, and revises training materials. Oversees and approves actions in the HRIS system/related systems. Resolves and troubleshoots escalated and complex issues. Advises management on the administration of operating plans and policies. Develops and revises guidelines, policies, regulations, rules, and procedures. Audits HR to ensure compliance with federal laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Advises staff and management on issues, rules, policies, regulations, and procedures. Researches and completes projects, as requested by the HR Leadership. Partners with managers to understand the department’s current and future challenges and identify needs and opportunities for improvement. Develops formal and informal messages as appropriate for intended audiences. Oversees and prepares reports and documents. Supervision: Recruits, hires, trains, supervises, evaluates performance, and develops professional development plans for assigned staff. Collaboration: Works with international services, student employment, and payroll on highly complex questions and requests. Develops and maintains network of professional contacts within the university including peers in HR and non-HR roles, customers, and management. May oversee and manage specialized HR events and programs. May serve as a back-up manager in other specialized function, such as benefits, classification and compensation, employee relations, leave, onboarding, performance evaluation/management, organization development, recognition/rewards, recruitment, and workers’ compensation. Attends trainings and/or informational meetings.

• Manage classification and compensation systems for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension County Operations. • Member of Pay Plan Administration Committee. Review and analyze new title requests and make recommendations on behalf of AgriLife to the Pay Plan Administration Committee. • Manages Worker’s Compensation for Texas A&M AgriLife.• Reviews Workplace Accommodations, Alternate Work Location, and Flexible Schedule requests. • Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting, and administering policies and helping resolve work-related problems for 16 departments.• Implements and administers human resources programs for Texas A&M AgriLife to include selection, compensation, classification, employee relations, and organizational development.• Advises employees on issues, rules, policies, and regulations related to human resources management. • Provides advice, guidance and interpretation on human resources programs, laws, rules, and regulations.• Coordinates and evaluates business functions. Prepares and reviews reports on the effectiveness of program activities, correspondence, and reports. Develops, maintains, and provides training. • Maintains human resources automated systems, files, and records. • Compiles and analyzes human resources reports or organizational methods. Prepares human resources correspondence and reports. • Assists in developing, revising, and implementing human resources policies, procedures, and forms.

• Implements and administers human resources programs for Texas A&M AgriLife to include selection, compensation, classification, employee relations, and organizational development. • Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering policies and helping resolve work-related problems.• Compiles and prepares report and documents related to human resources activities. Completes human resources-related surveys and questionnaires.• Maintains human resources automated systems, files, and records. • Compiles and analyzes human resources reports or organizational methods. Prepares human resources correspondence and reports. • Conducts workforce analyses and executes workforce plans and strategies. • Assists in developing, revising, and implementing human resources policies, procedures, and forms. • Advise managers and employees on organizational policy matters such as Americans with Disability Act as Amended, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Sexual Harassment and recommend needed changes.• Serve as back-up for coordinating and monitoring tracking of holidays and 'Base Plus' salary increases for Extension County Program employees.• Serve as backup for annual affirmative action plans. • Provide assistance to Texas A&M AgriLife units on the integration of diversity/inclusion into all business operations.

RECRUITMENT - Manage online applicant tracking system to include posting/screening/hiring processes. Respond to inquiries from management/supervisors/employees/applicants related to posting/hiring process. Coordinate development/placement/payment of ads in various media. Schedule/administer testing. Maintain recruitment files.EMPLOYMENT - Handle new employee processing: conduct criminal background checks/verify education/selective service status, and establish ID numbers and online benefit enrollment accounts. Process terminating/retiring employees. Conduct new hire orientations. BUDGET/PERSONNEL/PAYROLL (BPP) - Enter and maintain general employee data including personal information, insurance and retirement elections. Create/process Employee Payroll Action forms. Send COBRA notifications. Verify prior state service and update BPP system. Handle insurance premium direct billing. Review/process monthly BPP reports.ADMINISTRATIVE - Prepare employment correspondence, reports, memorandum and other documents. Ensure signed position descriptions are received. Maintain confidential administrative records and personnel files.• Provide instruction regarding completion of forms for the posting and hiring process. • Prepare position postings and place ads. • Maintain search files, I-9's, personnel files, original position description files and desk procedures manual. • Oversee packet preparation for new employees. • Process the paperwork for terminating and retiring employees. • Enter and maintain general employee data including personal information, insurance elections and retirement elections. • Send COBRA notification letters. • Verify prior state service and update BPP. • Set up and maintain insurance premium direct billing. • Review/process EPA's and monthly BPP reports. • Provide primary administrative support to Director, HR Services/HR Representative in the area of recruitment and employment to include memos, letters, reports and forms.

• Enter data entry of all payable transactions (process invoices), manage electronic invoice formats, and process duplicate report and inbox to reduce or eliminate the risk of duplicate payments. • Provide proactive management of exception transactions through research and interface with supplier and client personnel. • Provide timely and quality resolution of client and supplier inquiries and log tickets to record incoming calls. • Support all facets of the payment process including check printing and distribution, electronic payment handling, returned check processing and other disbursement related services. • Process and audit expense report and maintain customer service levels. • Clients included Enron, Tenneco Automotive, and AT&T Wireless.

Schedule appointments and jobs, answer phones, provide customer service and administrative support, draft contracts, create elevations, and process all paperwork involved from the start to finish of an elevation job.