Susan Phipps Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin

As the sole HR person in the office, my responsibilities include strategic planning with upper leadership, recruitment, position analysis, employee relations, approval and assistance with FMLA and other types of leave, interpretation of numerous state employment laws, salary analysis, market analysis, conflict resolution, and performance management.

Madison, Wisconsin

Responsibilities include recruitment, assessment, and candidate selection, review and approval of hiring recommendations and proposed salaries, compensation and titling of new and existing positions, research and analysis of labor market data, providing timely responses to employee, faculty, and leadership HR inquiries, providing FMLA and ADA information to campus departments, reviewing, analyzing and approving FMLA and ADA requests, giving guidance related to UW-Madison campus policies to supervisors and employees, interpretation of state and federal employee laws, providing conflict resolution guidance to supervisors and employees, creating and maintaining professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Responsibilities included recruitment, staffing, position analysis, and titling, timely response to employee, faculty, and leadership HR inquiries, independent processing of HR transactions in PeopleSoft/HRS, interpretation of state and federal employment laws, cultivation of relationships and collaborative work with colleagues throughout the University of Wisconsin System, providing guidance to supervisors to ensure that I-9 and criminal background check information is submitted for all new hires, serving as primary trainer and point person for all new HR team members, assisting employees with FMLA leave, working with management to provide information to campuses regarding employee relations, assisting HR management in conducting employee relations investigations.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Responsibilities included recruitment, staffing, position analysis, and titling, responding to employee, faculty, and leadership HR inquiries, interpretation and communication of Human Resources policies to ensure compliance and consistency with University policies and State and Federal employment laws, prioritizing and working independently on various HR transactions using HRS PeopleSoft, first contact for employee relation issues, management of FMLA leave for employees, assisting with the implementation of new performance management software.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Responsibilities included involvement in recruitment, staffing, and position classification for over 5,000 employees, interpretation of state mandates to ensure compliance and consistency with University policies, responding to inquiries from HR Representatives and managers, collaboration with co-workers to determine the correct course of action, maintaining professional relationships and communications with over 25 SMPH departmental HR representatives, calculation and communication of FMLA eligibility.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Duties included overseeing the accurate entry of faculty curriculum vita into a new database by student employees, coordination of work division among student employees, and communicating updates to the Provost Office as needed.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Duties included advising graduate students regarding University policies and procedures, publicizing and directing students toward various services offered by both UNLV and the Las Vegas community, representation of the Association at orientation and student involvement fairs, and assisting students with technical issues in our computer lab.

Master’S Degree, American History (United States)

Bachelor’S Degree, History

Graduation with Honors

History

Summer Study Abroad Program

History

Summer Study Abroad Program