About Oakton College :

For 50 years, Oakton College has been the setting where thousands begin or continue their college or career studies. Educating people of all ages, from all walks of life and from more than 40 nations, Oakton focuses on improving the quality of life for everyone who enters its doors.

We offer:

Hyrbrid Work Schedules
Continuing Education
Great Benefits
Paid Winter Break
FRIDAYS OFF during the Summer

Job Description:

Basic Function and Responsibility:

The Senior Manager is responsible for managing and overseeing various human resources functions such as: talent acquisition, hiring and onboarding, and position classification and compensation. The incumbent will ensure compliance with all applicable policies, rules, regulations, and laws. Partners with HR Leadership in the development, implementation, and monitoring of policies, procedures and practices that promote employee recruitment and retention and sustain diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

• Member of the HR Leadership Team contributing to the strategic development and improvement of HR initiatives and programs.
• Manage three (3) members of the HR team.
• Supervise all aspects of the college's employee recruitment, hiring, retention and separation functions. Collaborate with institutional colleagues to execute talent development and organizational learning for college staff including planning, designing, implementing, and assessing effectiveness in retaining employees.
• Build upon existing and develop new innovative talent recruitment and retention programs and processes to improve the engagement, performance, and movement of talent across the college.
• Develop, recommend, implement, and evaluate strategies for employer brand development, marketing, advertising, direct recruitment, selection, hiring and on-boarding of all college employees.
• Advocates and influences communities through proactive social media and network channels to enhance brand awareness and cultural connections.
• Measure impact and continuation of existing programs to determine ROI, and develop new programs based on the college's needs.
• Review and update the employee orientation and onboarding programs to welcome, inspire and engage new employees to high performance from day one.
• Collaborate with the Sr. Manager, Center for Professional Development to develop and lead key employee experience programming within the organizational development and effectiveness space of Human Resources. This role will help execute strategy, organizational development best practices and programming initiatives to support retention of staff which includes strategy implementation, ongoing operations, coaching, feedback, and talent development.
• Monitor competitive trends in talent acquisition by participating in salary surveys and analyzing results and ROI.
• Partner with the CHRO, Director, and Human Resources team to help ensure consistent application of the Oakton College mission, policies, and key strategic initiatives to include compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, and policies that pertain to Human Resources for overall strategy enhancement.
• Stay current on HR topics, trends, laws, and regulations specifically surrounding Higher Education and the Illinois Public Sector. Ensures currency of documentation for HR operations standard operating procedures, programs, and policies.
• Interpret college policies and procedures, collective bargaining agreements and applicable statutes and regulations.
• Analyzes data, compiles statistical reports, and presents program results as necessary, required by law, or upon request and coordinates special HR related projects as assigned.
• Serve as a Title IX Investigator in accordance with college policies and procedures.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Working Conditions:

• Master's degree with PHR or SPHR certification preferred; or Bachelors with PHR or SPHR certification required.
• Three (3) years of experience in managing human resources functions, including people supervision, talent acquisition and onboarding; HR experience and knowledge in higher education preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of policies, federal and state laws as they relate to HR policies, practices and procedures, benefit programs, employee and labor relations, salary administration, recruitment techniques, EEO and Affirmative Action planning.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to write and present educational programs, make presentations to large groups and be able to give and receive advice and opinions in situations requiring sensitivity and tact.
• Demonstrated experience in conflict resolution, coaching, and/or mediation.
• Ability to exercise considerable judgment and discretion in establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and confidential assignments, organize work, and function independently and effectively under heavy workloads and during peak periods.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse community and meet the needs of diverse student and employee populations.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and general office software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel between campus locations.

Physical Demands:

Light lifting up to 10 lbs and light carrying up to 10 lbs. Ability to reach above shoulder. Periods of time spent sitting, standing, walking, kneeling, bending and stooping. Mobility to move from building to building on-Campus and to visit off-Campus entities. Work is performed in a general office environment and is sedentary in nature. Little or no exposure to adverse working conditions.

Additional Information:

Supervision Received:

Administrative supervision is received from the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Supervision Exercised:

Direct supervision is exercised over assigned Human Resources staff.

HOURS: Monday - Friday 8:15 am - 5:00 pm

SALARY RANGE: $90,0000 - $95,0000

Based on the needs of the college and with Administrator approval, some positions at the college may have hybrid schedule options available after 30 working days.

Application Instructions:

For further details, visit our website at www.oakton.edu and select the Employment link to view Employment Opportunities.

Please be sure to have a current resume, cover letter, and list of, at least, three (3) professional references with contact information prepared to submit with your application.

Oakton College is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution, committed to employing competent, qualified individuals. Oakton College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, socioeconomic status, sex or gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation in admission to and participation in its educational programs, college activities and services, or in its employment practices.

Posted positions may be removed from the Oakton website without notice when it is determined that no additional applicants are required.

Oakton is accessible by public transportation

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