Project Manager & HR Analyst - Office of Human Resources (UTK)

The Project Manager & Human Resources Data Analyst position manages HR projects, createsreports, and provides analysis of various human resource metrics, programs, and initiatives. With the recent transition to Oracle this position has the opportunity to impact the future of HR reporting and analytics, make recommendations for improved HR practices/services, and develop automated processes for added efficiencies

• Identify and research standard metrics, analyze workforce data and identify trends by campus and/or administrative/academic area. Analyze, research and explain outliers in the data.
• Conduct studies, perform research and prepare reports for leadership.
• Analyze requests to determine best data sources display methods.
• Create ad hoc reports.
• Review, interpret and recommend revised practices or approaches based on data analysis.
• Manage and lead HR projects, keeping them on track and progressing on established timeline.
• Manage and lead process improvement projects.

Required Qualifications

• Education: 
  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field
• Experience:   
• Experience in querying/extracting, analyzing, and compiling organizational data. 
• Experience working with management on data needs and utilizing tools such as spreadsheets and presentation software to organize, display, and/or communicate data analyses. 
• Experience in project management and successful process improvement implementations.
• Advanced skills in Excel and knowledge of PowerBI.
• Excellent written and verbal skills; high accuracy in written work.
• Knowledge of HRIS systems.
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail, problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Ability to creatively determine what data to access and collate into meaningful and clear manner to drive decision making. 
• Ability to identify process improvement needs and create and implement effective solutions. 
• Ability to manage projects and keep them on track.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: 

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification:
  • PMP Certification
• Experience: 
  • Experience working in an HR generalist role or in HR functional areas. Familiarity with Human Resources data.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: 
• Knowledge of Smartsheet product
• Knowledge of Oracle reporting products

Work Location 

• Knoxville, TN

Compensation and Benefits 

• UT market range: MR12
• Anticipated hiring range: $65,000 - $70,000
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
• Find more information on UT Benefits here

Application Instructions 

For best consideration applicants should submit the materials below before June 4, 2025:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

 

About The College/Department/Division 

The UTK Human Resources Office provides services to more than 8,000 regular faculty and staff, as well as temporary and student employees.  Our commitment to serving our campus community is fundamental to our culture. 

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. 

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.  

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation