Associate HR Partner

Ready to blend your passion for people with a knack for precision? Join our HR team as an Associate HR Partner! You'll drive recruitment from start to finish and ensure flawless consistency, making a vital impact on our team's success.

What You'll Do

• Talent Acquisition: Architects our hiring success, from compelling job descriptions to assisting chairs and committees on processes and protocols.
• Payroll and Compliance: Guards payroll accuracy, manages data, troubleshoots inquiries, and ensures compliance.
• Onboarding: Guides new hires through a welcoming and successful integration.
• HR Partnership: Advises managers and employees on recruitment and HR best practices.
• Process Improvement: Identifies and implements ideas to boost efficiency and satisfaction.
• Operational Prowess: Provides administrative support and creativity.

What You Bring

We're seeking a sharp, detail-oriented, and people-centric pro:

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field.
• 1-3 years of HR experience, strong in recruitment and data (both a huge plus!).
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy with sensitive information.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Proactive, organized, and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Proficiency with HRIS and payroll systems.
• Experience with Microsoft and Google suites.

Why Join Us?

This is a chance to be a cornerstone for the department:

• Impactful Work: Directly influence our team.
• Collaborative Culture: Work with supportive values, innovation, and integrity.
• Competitive Rewards: Enjoy a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Excited to attract top talent and ensure operational precision? Apply today and help us shape our future!

The hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Salary: We offer a competitive annual salary of up to $55,000, based on qualifications and experience.

Benefits: The University of Maine System offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes (but is not limited to):

• 13 paid holidays plus earned vacation and sick time
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance and employer-paid long-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and supplemental life insurance
• Tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents (spouse, domestic partner, and dependent children)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution

To learn more, please review the Benefits Information Summary.

Associate HR Partner job description.

Qualifications
Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• One year or more of relevant experience.
• Basic knowledge of human resources.
• Ability to communicate effectively with external and internal contacts, including presentation and facilitation skills.
• Exercises good judgment, diplomacy, and perceptual objectivity to make decisions effectively and appropriately. Aptitude to define problems, identify trends, collect data, and establish facts to draw valid conclusions.
• Experience working both independently and collaboratively to implement solutions.
• Previous experience leveraging a wide array of technologies and communication tools.
• Experience building productive relationships with internal and external customers.
• General HRIS experience.

Preferred:

• HR experience in a higher education setting or similarly complex multi-unit organization.
• SHRM-CP certification (and/or PHR).
• HRIS experience with Oracle.

How to Apply:

Materials must be submitted via “Apply Now” below. You will need to complete an application and upload the following: 

1. A cover letter that describes your experience, interests, and suitability for the position. 
2. A resume/curriculum vitae.

Important items to know about the recruitment process:

• Review of applications will begin immediately. For full consideration, materials must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. EST on July 25, 2025.
• Materials received after the initial review date will be reviewed at the discretion of the University.
• Incomplete application materials cannot be considered.
• Candidates selected to proceed to the final stages of the search process will be requested to provide three (3) names and contact information for references.
• The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screenings.
• We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship.

In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity, or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Room 412, University of Maine, Orono, ME  04469-5713, 207-581-1226.  TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).