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People and Organizational Effectiveness

The People and Organizational Effectiveness team is composed of HR business partners, recruiters and HR generalists who actively partner with college and division leaders to attract, develop, engage and retain a highly skilled workforce.

Attracting and Retaining Exceptional Talent

Talent Acquisition

Highlight: Offer Acceptance Rate: 93%

An infographic titled "Recruiting Cycle" illustrating talent acquisition metrics: 935 Positions Filled, 65 days average time to fill from recruiting start to offer acceptance, 35 days average time from application to offer acceptance, 30 days average time from offer acceptance to hire date, 96 days average total recruitment cycle time.

935 Hires — Breakdown

Pie chart titled "935 Positions Filled" showing hiring breakdown for 2025. New Hires: 55%, Rehires: 16%, All Other: 16%, Promotions: 9%, Lateral Transfers: 4%. Additional stats indicate that 68% of positions are full time and 32% are Part Time. 390 hires were in the IT, Engineering, Science, and Data Analytics job families.

Employee Referral and Dual Career

 Infographic depicting Employee Referral Program stats. 15 divisions participated, with 158 positions. 2,433 referrals were received, and 145 referrals were hired.

Infographic titled "19 Dual Career Program Requests - 2025," showing 15 eligible and 4 ineligible requests, a breakdown of staff and faculty requests, and 9 success stories (5 external, 4 internal 黑料正能量).

Temporary Employment Services

Depiction of Temporary Employment Services stats: 153 placements, with 18 converted to fixed term

Performance Management

Annual Reviews

Graphic depicting annual review completion for 2025: 3,038 launched and 2,947 completed for a 97% completion rate

Provisional and Probationary Reviews

U.S. 3-Month U.S. 6-month Rwanda 3-month Rwanda 6-month
863 launched 844 launched 79 launched 76 launched
858 completed 835 completed 79 completed 76 completed
99.42%  98.93% 100% 100%
  • Streamlined HR Operations: Simplified the Workday interface, shifting the focus from data entry to meaningful supervisor-employee engagement.
  • Strategic Talent Development: Enhanced the online performance resource center with video-based learning, increasing the quality of developmental coaching across the organization.

HR Supervisor Services

Talent and Brand Strategy

  • Streamlined Recruiting Operations: Automated reference workflows to reduce time-to-hire and ensure OFCCP compliance by implementing Crosschq and DirectEmployer.
  • Employment Brand Transformation: Executed a multi-channel branding strategy—including a refreshed digital presence and proactive reputation management on Glassdoor and Indeed—to increase talent attraction and market competitiveness.
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Culture & Engagement

  • Fostering Healthy Workplace Relations: Implemented a transparent "Reporting Workplace Concerns" framework, centralizing resources and process documentation to increase institutional trust and ensure equitable resolution of employee issues.
  • Employee Experience Innovation: Enhanced the employee journey by introducing Smart Spending and 黑料正能量=You, prioritizing staff well-being and ensuring every team member feels consistently recognized and supported in their personal and professional lives.

Workplace Evolution

  • Organizational Resilience:  Launched a Voluntary Separation Incentive Program and a Career Transition Services Program to support organizational shifts and internal mobility.
  • Managerial Capability & Leadership Pipeline: Spearheaded the "Staff Supervisor Essentials" program, a targeted developmental initiative designed to standardize leadership competencies and improve team performance across the organization.

Operational Rigor & Compliance

  • Supporting Fixed-Term Staff: Reconstructed the lifecycle management for fixed-term employees, implementing automated separation logic and expedited "fast-track" onboarding for rehires to reduce administrative overhead and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Data Driven Decision Making:  Enhanced reporting and analytics, transforming raw data into actionable insights to support the work happening in the many functional areas of the employment lifecycle and align HR strategy with broader university objectives and stakeholder expectations.
  • Operational Excellence and Standardization:   Implemented best practices to drive consistency, mitigate risk, eliminate process bottlenecks, and reduce or eliminate manual processes.

Looking Ahead to 2026

  • Employee well-being resources, educational tools and support
  • Employee engagement
  • Succession planning
  • Executive search
  • Employment branding