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HR Partner, Office of Human Resources, UT Chattanooga

Position Number: 6449692
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Human Resources

HR Partner, Office of Human Resources, UT Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN, United States

Job Identification: 4353
Job Category: Human Resources
Posting Date: 08/05/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 720 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN, 37405, US

Job Description
The Office of Human Resources is seeking an HR Partner (HR Consultant 1 - MR09) to join our team. The HR Partner provides consultative services for recruitment, hiring, and benefits administration, and serves as a collaborator in other HR functional areas. The position serves as an campus advisor; prepares documentation to ensure policies and procedures are followed; interprets, applies, and advises on HR policies and procedures, and applicable federal and state laws; and assists with training activities in HR functional areas.

Responsibilities
Recruitment and Hiring

Provide guidance to search committees regarding search process, resources, and best practices
Post staff vacancies for assigned divisions, including limited duration appointments and search exemption requests
Research industry/discipline specific options for external recruitment, obtaining quotes and facilitating placement for any external advertising, as requested
Screen staff candidate pools based on posted minimum qualifications
Initiate background checks, review results, make hiring determination for any adverse results, and issue pre-adverse and final adverse communications for any adverse results
Confirm job offer details and issue appointment letters consistent with approved classification and compensation position details
DASH entry including: creation of pending employee record and transition to active employee in accordance with established payroll deadlines and ensuring completion of new employee onboarding requirements; employee transfers, including adding new assignment and ending current assignment in accordance with established payroll deadlines
Serve as IT liaison for resolving any NETID or access issues

Benefits Administration

Conduct new employee benefits orientation sessions to facilitate completion of insurance and retirement enrollments
Provide back-up support for creation of benefits enrollment tickets in HR ticketing system
Monitoring benefits enrollment deadlines
Respond to inquiries and conducting employee consultations for new employee insurance and retirement plan enrollments
Timely submission of retirement and insurance enrollments
Benefits Enrollment Changes Due to Qualifying Life Events (Marriage, Divorce, Birth, Loss of Coverage, etc.)
Planning and organizing Retirement Planning Sessions and Benefits Annual Enrollment sessions and communications
Conduct retirement consultations and processing insurance continuation and any associated retirement paperwork (i.e. Medicare, rehire of retirees, etc.)
Assist with Death Benefit Administration

HR Operations Support

Provide support to other HR team members, as needed during peak faculty and staff hiring seasons, and peak benefits, payroll and performance management seasons
Provide guidance and training to other HR team members, as needed
Collaborate on HR cross-functional projects and initiatives

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal and customer service skills; strong organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail; good decision-making in responding to inquiries, complaints, etc., or referring to other HR staff as appropriate; ability to interpret, apply, and advise on HR policies and procedures, and applicable federal and state laws; ability to compose clear communications, some involving sensitive issues; ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments; ability to maintain confidentiality; proficiency in using Microsoft Word and Excel.

Screening will begin on August 15, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and one year of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience is higher education, and three or more years of HR experience is preferred.

About Us
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is in the heart of one of Tennessee's largest and most dynamic cities. As a national model for metropolitan universities, UTC collaborates with its many regional partners to offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in 128 undergraduate degree programs and 55 graduate programs-at both the master's and doctoral levels. UTC and Chattanooga-nationally recognized for its downtown redevelopment and wealth of outdoor recreation-are inextricably linked, and the University is central to the workforce and economic development efforts of the region and the state.

Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Education and Professional Studies; and the Honors College are home to an array of award-winning programs from Nursing to Computer Science, Entrepreneurship to Veteran Student Support. Innovation is a strategic focus, and UTC research and development in smart city technology is an industry leader. UTC is the first and only university in the country with access to a managed, commercial quantum computing network, and we are introducing an artificial intelligence initiative involving entities across campus and engaging partners throughout the region.

UTC is a driving force for achieving excellence, and our mission is to actively engage students, faculty and staff; embrace diversity and inclusion; inspire positive change; and enrich and sustain our community.

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