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Position Vacancy ID: 85727
Title: PAY & BEN SPEC ADV

General (Permissive) Transfer and Reinstatement Opportunites are available to all State classified civil service employees who have the ability to demote or reinstate into the stated vacancies. To determine eligibility for a position, please review OSER's Counterpart Pay Range Designations policy bulletin link below. You may also want to review other policy bulletins at OSER by using the OSER Bulletin link. Or, call or email the contact person on each vacancy listing.

Working Title:PAY & BEN SPEC ADV
FTE:1
Schedule - Range:81-04

Title Specifications

Job Summary:This position supports the Department of Geography and the six sub-units, History of Cartography, State Cartographer's Office, Robinson Map Library, GIS Certificate Program, Cartography Laboratory and the Science Hall IT/Helpdesk. This objective-level position manages all payroll and benefits policies and procedures at the UW-Madison Department of Geography. The Department of Geography has approximately 100 faculty, academic staff, classified staff, graduate students, student hourlies, LTE's. Duties of this position include management of unclassified, classified and students and the fringe benefits program. When administering the payroll and benefits for the department, the PAY & BEN SPEC ADV is responsible for interpreting and following guidelines, policies and procedures of the UW as well as international visa policy.
This position is responsible for administering the hiring and recruitment process for short-term staff and graduate assistants including reader/graders. Compiling, updating and maintaining personnel databases is required with responsibility for keeping the department's employee personnel files.
This position functions as the Effort Coordinator for the department and reports effort on all department sponsored projects on a quarterly basis. As Purchase Card Site Manager, final audit of all card purchases and payment authorization is required. The PAY & BEN SPEC ADV also provides backup support to the Financial Specialist and Academic Department Supervisor. This position functions at an objective level; work is performed under general supervision and requires a high level of problem-solving and interpersonal skill.

Requirements: 

Additional
Requirements:
The application information below is only for applicants eligible to apply as a transfer, reinstatement or demotion candidate.

For consideration, please send a current resume and cover letter outlining your qualifications relative to the requirements of the position to Alice Halfen at ahalfen@wisc.edu. Please reference Certification Number 85727 within your letter of interest. Application materials must be received by October 8, 2012, to ensure consideration.

Schedule
Comment:
M-F 7:45-4:30, somewhat flexible
 
Organization:COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE - GEOGRAPHY
 
Contact Name:Alice Halfen
Contact Phone:608-262-2139
Contact Email:ahalfen@wisc.edu
Contact TTY Phone:711- -
 
Job Location
Address:
SCIENCE HALL Room: 155
 550 N PARK ST
 MADISON, WI 53706-1404

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.