Human Resources Assistant, Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science: UTIA

University of Tennessee · Knoxville

This position is to help facilitate and oversee the administrative, clerical and financial human resources related operations of the department assuring policy and procedural compliance while supporting all faculty, staff and students. They perform a wide range of moderate to high level administrative duties that frequently require specialized knowledge, experience and abilities. They handle all onboarding/offboarding processes and procedures, Promotion and Tenure, assist the faculty program leaders as the graduate student coordinator, serve as the focal point for several administrative support duties, including space survey, department head calendar management and other various duties as assigned.

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UTIA’s Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science (BESS) Department is searching for a Human Resource Assistant to assist the Business Manager and Department Head to facilitate and oversee the administrative, clerical and financial human resources related operations of the department assuring policy and procedural compliance while supporting all faculty, staff and students. In addition, this position would also support departmental personnel and programs involved in academics/teaching, extension/outreach, and research. They perform administrative duties that frequently require specialized knowledge, experience and abilities, coordinating all graduate student paperwork for BESS, and assisting department management. This position primarily serves as a direct report to the business manager while also secondarily reporting to the department head with appropriate tasks.

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