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Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 507691
Division/Organization: Recreation & Wellbeing
Department: Human Resources
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: Nicholas Recreation Center / Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $17.50 per hour
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Business Management, Finance, and Marketing, Customer Service, Data Analysis, Department and Office Assistants, Career Management, Federal Work-Study Preferred, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:

 Join the Rec Well team as we move Badgers to play hard, get fit, and live well.

As one of the largest student employers at UW, we practice customer service, problem solving, critical thinking, professionalism, team building, and other skills that you can talk about in an interview with a future employer.

We believe we’re more than a building. We’re building a movement. And we want you to be part of it! Visit recwell.wisc.edu for more information.

Anticipated Start Date:

 April 11, 2025 - May 16, 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 10-30 hours

Schedule:

 Academic Year
- 10-15 hours per week

Summer, Winter, or Spring Break
- 30-40 hours per week

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $17.50 per hour

Number of Positions:

 2

Qualifications:

 Required
- Pursuing a Human Resources, Psychology, Business, or a related degree
- Must be available to work on-site during the 2025 summer break and 2025-2026 school year

Preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
- UW-Madison work study eligible

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with others in a timely and professional manner.

Preferred
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strong analysis, technology, problem-solving, critical thinking, time management, record keeping and organization skills.
- Skilled at navigating ambiguity and excelling in a dynamic, complex environment.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently, and proactively tackle challenges with a go-getter attitude.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

This internship will immerse you in essential areas such as talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, benefits administration, compliance, and navigating human resource information systems, all while gaining invaluable hands-on experience that will propel your HR career forward.

Job Duties
- Enters, reviews, and processes HR transactions including student hires according to established policies and procedures.
- Creates, completes and maintains various HR processes, reports, databases, and/or records to ensure compliance with established policies, procedures, and legal rules and regulations. Duties include, but not limited to, performance evaluations, I-9 verification, background screening, and youth compliance.
- Assists with essential HR functions, including talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, benefits administration, and compliance.
- Serves as a point of contact to 1,000+ employees, managers, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Receives and responds to inquiries in-person, via email, and through various communication mediums and relays information to appropriate entities

Physical Demands:

This internship does not require any physical demands

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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