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Boston, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Manage recruitment and selection processes, including job postings, assist with candidate screening, interviewing, and onboarding of new employees.• Manage key HR team projects, including process improvements for recruitment workflows, performance management systems, and HRIS.• Works with IT and communications teams to develop and maintain the HR section of the company intranet, ensuring accurate and timely updates on HR policies, benefits, and employee resources.• Assist in developing and implementing HR policies and procedures in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.• Provide guidance and support to employees and managers on HR-related matters, including performance management, employee relations, and conflict resolution.• Coordinate and conduct training and development initiatives to enhance employee skills and knowledge.• Maintain accurate HR records and ensure data integrity.• Support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the organization.• Assist with managing effective communication between Library HR, Central HR and Labor Relations. • Play a pivotal role in harmonizing workplace relations in a unionized environments.• Stay current on HR trends and best practices to continuously improve HR processes and programs.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Partner with over 80 Principal Investigators and the Labs to create a welcoming, effective, collaborative and transparent hiring process from start to finish.• Create job descriptions, search plans, screen resumes for managers, conducting interviews and reference checks with a focus on diversity and inclusion. • Successful on-boarding and orientation of new faculty, postdocs, visitors and employees to the Lab including ensuring the submission of completed paperwork, holding Lab orientation meetings, accommodating work needs (desk, phone computer, keys, payroll, ID), setting up meetings to introduce new employees to key staff members, and making certain that new employees attend appropriate orientation meetings and work with their supervisors to create personal on-boarding plans.• Ability to handle a high HR transactional volume, prioritize emergencies, quickly adapt to internal deadline and switch gears, learn processes and transactions and to observe and identify fine nuances within same tasks.• Work as a mediator with those in CSAIL who have questions related to performance management, employee conflicts, and University policies.• Partner with HR Manager in the annual review process including improving and communicating the procedure, providing guidance, and coaching to employees and supervisors, gathering recommendations and determining pay increases.• Communicate high level of knowledge regarding immigration and visa processes for prospective lab members (J1 Scholar, J1 Student, TN, OPT, CPT, H1B, O1, B1, etc.) and utilizing these skills to support faculty and Principal Investigators on the best path for their team members.• Build and collaborate with neighboring labs to increase efficiency with new and current lab/institute efforts.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Provided high-touch HR Services to 70+ Principal Investigators/Faculty at MIT as well as internal Business Development department, Alliances Program.•. Partnered with Principal Investigators to oversee a competitive and transparent recruitment process including, creating job descriptions, preparing search plans for open positions, screening and forwarding resumes to managers, conducting phone and in-person interviews, and collaborating with hiring managers on salary offers. • Coached and serve as a resource for Managers and Principal Investigators in all areas of employee relations to effectively resolve issues and answer questions related to performance management, employee conflict, HR best practices, legal compliance, disability services, and University policies and procedures.•. Served as liaison to the International Scholar’s Office, International Students Office, and MIT’s Central HR services on HR and visa related matters. Collaborate closely with the MIT Disabilities Services and Medical Leaves Office in handling disability, leave and workplace accommodation requests. • Processed employee life cycle changes for employees, visiting students, visiting scientists, research scientists, HQ Staff, postdoctoral fellows and postdoctoral associates (i.e. hires, extensions, terminations, promotions, shifts in level of effort, funding changes, visa regulations). • Worked with Compensation on determining appropriate compensation levels for prospective employees, supervising salary negotiations, and work with managers to complete their compensation related tasks. • Made recommendations to Faculty regarding visas for prospective lab members (J1 Scholar, J1 Student, TN, OPT, CPT, H1B, O1, B1, etc.). Collect, process, and submit visa paperwork for all incoming visitors to the lab groups

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Terre Haute, In, Us

Terre Haute, In, Us

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Resource Development

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Human Development And Family Studies