This week we are highlighting a Kitchen Sanitation Worker (posting #3984) with the Residential and Hospitality Services. This position is located in the Gallery and the primary duties are to clean and sanitize dishes, glassware, silverware, pots, pans, utensils, kitchen and serving equipment, and related work areas by utilizing and operating appropriate equipment; to sweep, mop and sanitize floors of kitchen and related work areas according to prescribed standards; and to empty waste baskets, trash cans, boxes and containers. This position may also assist in maintaining food inventories and food preparations.
For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
If you haven’t logged onto EBS in a while, you’ll notice that the portal has been refreshed! We encourage everyone to become familiar with the new look and navigation before open enrollment begins on October 1.
To help you navigate the refreshed EBS portal, there is a robust EBS Help website. The site is also accessible once you’re in the portal by clicking the help icon.
While the focus of the refreshed portal is improved navigation, there is a new Personal Profile application for employees. Learn more below.
How to access personal information:
Once you log onto EBS, you will see a menu bar on the left side of your screen. To access personal information, you will click on the “My Personal Information” tab.
This tab brings you to the Personal Information homepage. To access information related to you and your employment, click on the “Personal Profile” tile on the far left.
Once you are on the Personal Profile page, you are able to view items such as your bank information, emergency contact information, and tax withholdings. New in the refreshed EBS portal, you can also see your salary data, retirement eligibility and benefits eligibility. Retirement eligibility lists information relevant to when an employee can retire. Benefits eligibility lists dates related to benefits, longevity, and long term disability.
You can update bank information and tax withholdings by clicking the pencil icon in the upper right hand corner of those sections and filling in the necessary information.
If you need additional help outside of the portal, you can contact the HR Solutions Center at 517-353-4434 or SolutionsCenter@hr.msu.edu.
Working for a university as large as Michigan State, it may be difficult at times to find the resources that you need to succeed both in your career and in your personal life. The new MSU WorkLife Office was created to address this problem and provide one location for faculty and staff to obtain answers and resources pertaining to both career and family life.
We had a chance to sit down and talk with Dr. Barbara Roberts, the executive director of the WorkLife Office, in order to learn more about this new resource. Dr. Roberts described that the WorkLife Office “is here to ensure that faculty and staff have what they need to do their jobs as productively as they can.”
The office has five main focus areas: Family Care, Career Transitions, Workplace Assistance, Relocation and Community Connections, and Research. If you are a faculty or staff member with questions in any of these areas, be sure to head to their website for more information.
The MSU WorkLife Office is located in Linton Hall.
The WorkLife Office also sponsors many events throughout the year. One of those events, “Reflect and Connect: Navigating Life and Work Effectively in Challenging Times,” will take place next Friday, September 16. The WorkLife Office is co-hosting this event with the Employee Assistance Program and the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives. “Reflect and Connect is an opportunity for people to come together and share what’s going on in the larger world beyond the campus and sometimes on the campus,” Dr. Roberts said.
Another upcoming event is the Fatherhood Forum, which will be held on Friday, September 30, at the Kellogg Center.
Since this is a brand new office, many people may have misconceptions about its purpose. “We are not replicating the services that other people are already doing,” Dr. Roberts said. “We are helping get people to those services. So we want to be the one-stop shop where you can come in and find out about everything on campus, put together your palette of resources that you need, and go out and paint your picture of work-life balance with the resources that are already here.”
The WorkLife Office strives to ensure inclusivity, she said. “One thing that we feel makes our office unique is our ability to focus a lens of diversity on work-life practices. So we look at, and we want to hear about, how concurrent work-life practices and benefits and resources on campus affect people from different populations. So sometimes things that we take for granted as being useful to everyone aren’t as effective in a certain population, a cultural group, or faculty of color, or international faculty, or any group that wants to draw on those provisions but maybe they weren’t designed with those folks in mind necessarily. And so you say, well wait a second, this doesn’t work for me in my culture or faith tradition or whatever it is, and we want to hear about those gaps so that we can be sure that the provisions that we put in place to help you are helpful.”
The WorkLife Office is located in Linton Hall. Parking is available across the street at the Grand River ramp or in any of the staff parking lots around West Circle. Contact the office at 517-353-1635 or worklife@msu.edu. A tour of the WorkLife Office will be available on October 3 as part of their Open House to kick-off Work and Family month. Learn more about the Open House.
This week we are highlighting a University Academic Event Coordinator (posting #3967) with the Office of the Provost. This position will report to the Associate Provost for Academic Services and Enrollment Management and the Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources to plan, manage and oversee university-wide academic events, programs, seminars, etc. Examples of such events include commencement exercises, University Convocation, and the Scholarship Recognition Program. This position will interact with faculty, staff, students, and many other groups in order to promote the university and coordinate events. Desired qualifications for a candidate include knowledge of university policies and procedures, excellent communication and organizational skills, the ability to handle multiple tasks, and excellent grammar, writing, editing and proofreading skills.
For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current posting, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
As the new academic year kicks off, many of you may already be wondering what days the university will be closed. We’re here to help! MSU HR has compiled a list of the important dates to keep in mind for this year.
If you want more information than we provide below, be sure to check out the full academic calendar, which is available on the Office of the Registrar’s website.
MSUÂ is closed Thursday, November 24, 2016 and Friday, November 25, 2016
MSUÂ is closed Friday, December 23, 2016 and Monday, December 26, 2016
MSUÂ is closed Friday, December 30, 2016 and Monday, January 2, 2017
MSUÂ is open, but classes are cancelled Monday, January 16, 2017
Spring Break is Monday, March 6, 2017 – Friday, March 10, 2017
Getting answers to your HR questions has never been easier. We are excited to announce that our new feature on the MSU Human Resources website has launched. Ask MSU Human Resources, also known as “Ask HR,” is an instant answer service found on multiple pages of our website. The service offers answers to hundreds of commonly asked questions. Simply type your query in the search bar and receive answers, along with links to supplemental information that could assist in your understanding of the issue. Ask HR also offers links to the top 10 most frequently asked questions to further simplify your experience.
To ensure users are getting the most out of this experience, the program uses widespread data analytics to track and monitor the types of questions being asked. We will be able to add and update answers as we receive questions from you. If Ask HR doesn’t have an answer for your question yet, it will provide contact information to our HR Solutions Center. We hope this service makes life a little easier for everyone. Get your questions answered today with Ask HR.
The Ask MSU Human Resources service found on hr.msu.edu.
This week we are highlighting a College Records Officer (posting #3950) with the College of Human Medicine. This position coordinates and directs the Enrollment Services unit within the Office of Student Affairs and Services and serves as the College of Human Medicine Student Information System (CHMSIS) Administrator responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and maintenance of the database. This position will also develop and implement policies and procedures,  direct the workflow of the Assistant College Records Officer, serve as a resource for all departments at the college-level and graduate programs and participate in the development of administrative goals, policies and procedures and data resources.
For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Here are some events happening over the next month that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
This week we are highlighting a Systems Analyst II (posting #3900) with the Controller’s Office. This position will work as part of a team and individually with little supervision. The work involves the planning, analyzes, and design of automated software solutions to support the administrative functions of the Controller’s Office. Working as a project team leader, the position will lead major application development with management throughout the unit and the University at large. Projects include the collection, processing and distribution of accounting and student related data. The position will program complex custom solution using a variety of languages including VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net, Java Script, HTML5, and Microsoft Reporting Services. Development activities will also include the development of user/system documentation, testing design and completion, and post implementation support.
For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
