PeopleShare Norfolk is Hiring!
HR Recruitment Specialist – Prominent University in Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA | Monday–Friday, 8AM–5PM
Pay Range: $24.50 -$28.50 per hour
PeopleShare Norfolk is seeking an HR Recruitment Specialist to support a respected university in the Norfolk area. This role partners closely with HR leadership, hiring managers, and university administrators to deliver high‑quality HR services aligned with institutional goals.
✨ Job Duties
The HR Recruitment Specialist:
- Builds strong partnerships across HR to support university objectives and unit‑level needs.
- Leads all phases of the recruitment process, including maintaining job descriptions, posting positions, screening applicants, conducting interviews, completing reference and background checks, extending verbal offers, preparing written offers, and onboarding new hires.
- Collaborates with HR staff and university administrators on salary recommendations, start dates, and hiring details.
- Ensures compliance with recruitment and selection policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Prepares regular and ad‑hoc HR reports.
- Organizes and leads New Hire Orientation and HR‑related training sessions.
- Processes annual faculty contracts, including spreadsheet updates, timelines, mail merges, and follow‑ups with deans and applicants.
- Partners with Payroll to ensure accurate compensation information.
- Maintains current knowledge of HR best practices, legal/regulatory updates, and recruitment trends; updates manuals and policies as needed.
- Cross‑trains and provides backup support for other HR functions.
- Maintains an open‑door environment that encourages faculty and staff to share concerns comfortably.
- Handles sensitive information with discretion and communicates only with authorized parties.
- Supports faculty and staff by listening, identifying resources, and facilitating solutions.
- Understands university operations and uses information effectively to support decision‑making.
📌 Minimum Qualifications
- Considerable HR experience in at least two areas: employee relations, benefits, compensation, recruiting/employment, grievance resolution, performance management, diversity/equal opportunity.
- Working knowledge of HR recruitment, benefits, compensation practices, laws, and regulations.
- Strong analytical skills related to recruitment, compensation, benefits, and employee relations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including partnership‑building, conflict management, negotiation, mediation, facilitation, and communication.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and collaborate across all levels of the university.
- Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to design and implement solutions aligned with organizational goals.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, changing environment.
- Experience with HR systems such as RMS, PMIS, BES, VNAV.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
⭐ Additional Considerations
- HR experience within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Experience in a college or university environment.
- SHRM‑CP, SHRM‑SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification.
- Master’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
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PeopleShare is the leading Staffing Agency in the region and has temporary to hire and permanent jobs across 8 states. Our openings include receptionist, data entry, customer service, collections, office managers, call center, administrative assistant, accounts payable clerk, accounts receivable clerk, file clerk, warehouse, assembly, production, pickers, packers, forklift, machine operators, and maintenance mechanics.
PeopleShare provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category or class under federal, state, and/or local laws. This policy applies to all locations and all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
