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Human Resource Services

Our Mission and Values

Our mission is to provide quality human resource services to faculty and staff in support of the University's teaching, grant, research and service objectives. Our responsibilities include:

  • creating and supporting the hiring of quality people
  • developing employees through education and training
  • enhancing the climate and quality of work life
  • creating and valuing diversity.

In interactions with our internal and external customers, we commit to the following values:

  • respect for the individual
  • open and honest communication
  • fair and equitable treatment
  • concern and sensitivity
  • acknowledgement of, and respect for diversity.

We carry out our mission by:

  • maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards
  • committing to quality in all we do
  • understanding and anticipating customer needs
  • improving efficiency and productivity
  • reducing bureaucracy and simplifying processes
  • continuing to improve services
  • measuring outcomes
  • working as a team

 

Our Services

 

Who we are:

What we do:

Gail Beliveau

HR Associate

541.552.8553

beliveau@sou.edu

Notices of appointment; custodian of official personnel files; review and administration of Classified and temporary staff; performance evaluations; classification and compensation of SEIU employees; Classified staff reclass review; interpretation of HR policies, procedures, and SEIU Collective Bargaining Agreement; processing of employee status change forms.

Colin Bunnell

Training & Development Manager

541.552.6512

bunnellc@sou.edu

Departmental reorganization analysis and transitional management; position description rewrites and adjustments; employee relations; employee discipline and related employee/management counseling; salary administration with CUPA.

Jon Jennings

HR Associate

541.552.6315

jenningsj@sou.edu

 

Employee recruitment; PeopleAdmin support and maintenance; new hire salary determination; search committee support; questions on job postings; offer letters; new hire processing and orientation; interpretation of HR policies and procedures and the SEIU Collective Bargaining Agreement; maintenance of HR website.

Barb Marah

Benefits Specialist

541.552.6167

marah@sou.edu

Employee benefits and retirement plan administration; worker’s compensation and unemployment processing; COBRA; new employee benefits orientation; staff fee program.

 

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