BLANK AST 3 (Payroll & Personnel Specialist)

Department Purpose

The Distributed Shared Service Center (DiSSC) is a dedicated resource for the College focusing on providing a full range of high quality and cost effective human resources, personnel and payroll services to the College community.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for processing payroll and personnel transactions for academic, staff and student employees in an assigned cluster(s), and provide assistance as needed to other Payroll Specialists within DiSSC, with the goal of delivering an exceptional and consistent customer service experience. This position will also coordinate all recruitment and hiring of graduate student and undergraduate student employees, including on-boarding and off-boarding, coordinating work-study and ensuring appropriate eligibility for positions.

POSITION INFORMATION

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Sit for long hours at a computer.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The Smoke and Tobacco Free Environment policy is intended to provide a healthier, safer, and more productive work and learning environment for the entire UC community. The University of California prohibits smoking and tobacco use at all University owned or leased properties, or facilities operated by UC staff or faculty. Smoking and tobacco use are strictly prohibited in indoor and outdoor spaces, parking lots, residential space, and University vehicles.

https://ucdavispolicy.ellucid.com/documents/view/271

• Employee is personally responsible for following health and safety procedures/guidelines

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with timekeeping in an automated payroll/personnel system.
• Experience with payroll, personnel, record keeping and general accounting.
• Experience with web-based integrated recruitment and personnel systems, as well as Outlook, Word, Excel and other computer programs to produce general correspondence, forms, reports, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Experience coordinating recruitment and on-boarding/off-boarding practices for employees.

• Skill to analyze situations, define problems and/or objectives, identify relevant factors, formulate logical conclusions and suggest alternative solutions.
• Customer service and communication skills to exercise diplomacy in dealing with others and to resolve potential problems and discrepancies, and to interpret, understand and follow verbal and written instructions and to respond appropriately.
• Organizational skills to meet customer expectations with an emphasis on quality, quantity, and timeliness of work.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience utilizing Peoplesoft/ UCPath and COGNOS
• Knowledge of UC personnel policies/procedures and collective bargaining agreements.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Background Check

This position is a critical position and subject to a background check. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background investigation including criminal history and identity checks.

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