University of Maryland
Business Coordinator
🇺🇸 College Park, MD
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $65K - $70K
💻 Other
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) is hiring a Business Coordinator. The role involves managing personnel activities such as creating appointments and payroll adjustments, coordinating search and selection processes, and supporting procurement and travel functions. The Business Coordinator directly reports to the Director of Administrative Services and ensures policy compliance across fiscal and human resources management.
Highlights
- Manage personnel activities including appointments and payroll transactions.
- Serve as search coordinator, route postings to fill vacancies, and provide guidance during hiring processes.
- Support procurement and travel activities across the department.
- Required proficiency with business systems like Workday, Kuali Financial System (KFS), Concur, and PHR.
- Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), GSuite, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and at least one year of professional experience in HR, payroll, finance, accounting, procurement, or travel coordination.
- Knowledge of human resources policies, fiscal practices, and purchasing/travel regulations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to interpret policies and provide guidance.
- Salary range from $65,000 to $70,000 with benefits for regular exempt staff.
- Position is part of the PRES-Belonging and Community department at the University of Maryland College Park.
Business Coordinator Full Description
Job Description Summary
Organization's Summary Statement:
The business function of the Vice President for Belonging ensures compliance with the university's policies and protocols across all business areas, including fiscal and human resources management.
The Business Coordinator will manage personnel activities, including but not limited to creating appointments in the designated systems, creating payroll adjustments/transactions for employees. This position will serve as search coordinator and provide search guidance. The Business Coordinator will route the posting to fill vacancies through the designated systems and provides guidance throughout the search and selection process and responds to requests. The Business Coordinator will support all aspects of procurement and travel activities. This position will report to the Director of Administrative Services.
Physical Demands:
Sedentary work performed in an office environment. Regularly required to travel to meetings, events, etc. both on and off campus. Ability to travel both on and off campus, domestic and international. Regularly required to communicate and exchange information and to use technology/devices. Ability to attend events, meetings, trainings after normal business hours. Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands.
Preferences:
+Three years' experience providing business, operational or human resources support in an office environment, including two years' experience in higher education.
+Demonstrated experience working in business systems and databases (e.g., Workday, Kuali +Financial System (KFS), Concur, PHR).
+Knowledge of office practices and procedures.
+Knowledge of fiscal and budgetary principles and practices.
+Knowledge of purchasing and travel policies and procedures.
+Demonstrated problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment and decision-making skills.
+Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
+Time and project management skills with the ability to prioritize and work with deadlines.
+Intermediate to advance user of Microsoft Office applications, i.e., MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
+Intermediate to Advance user of GSuite and Adobe Acrobat.
+Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
+Ability to interpret policies, procedures, MOUs and provide guidance.
+Ability to work and collaborate with students, staff and faculty from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and identity groups.
+Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
+Ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and tact while maintaining strict confidentiality.
+Passion for supporting student populations and community members.
+University experience is preferred, but not required.
Licenses/ Certifications: N/A
The business function of the Vice President for Belonging ensures compliance with the university's policies and protocols across all business areas, including fiscal and human resources management.
The Business Coordinator will manage personnel activities, including but not limited to creating appointments in the designated systems, creating payroll adjustments/transactions for employees. This position will serve as search coordinator and provide search guidance. The Business Coordinator will route the posting to fill vacancies through the designated systems and provides guidance throughout the search and selection process and responds to requests. The Business Coordinator will support all aspects of procurement and travel activities. This position will report to the Director of Administrative Services.
Physical Demands:
Sedentary work performed in an office environment. Regularly required to travel to meetings, events, etc. both on and off campus. Ability to travel both on and off campus, domestic and international. Regularly required to communicate and exchange information and to use technology/devices. Ability to attend events, meetings, trainings after normal business hours. Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands.
Preferences:
+Three years' experience providing business, operational or human resources support in an office environment, including two years' experience in higher education.
+Demonstrated experience working in business systems and databases (e.g., Workday, Kuali +Financial System (KFS), Concur, PHR).
+Knowledge of office practices and procedures.
+Knowledge of fiscal and budgetary principles and practices.
+Knowledge of purchasing and travel policies and procedures.
+Demonstrated problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment and decision-making skills.
+Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
+Time and project management skills with the ability to prioritize and work with deadlines.
+Intermediate to advance user of Microsoft Office applications, i.e., MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
+Intermediate to Advance user of GSuite and Adobe Acrobat.
+Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
+Ability to interpret policies, procedures, MOUs and provide guidance.
+Ability to work and collaborate with students, staff and faculty from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and identity groups.
+Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
+Ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and tact while maintaining strict confidentiality.
+Passion for supporting student populations and community members.
+University experience is preferred, but not required.
Licenses/ Certifications: N/A
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Experience: One (1) year of professional human resources, payroll, finance, accounting, procurement, or travel coordination experience.
Other: Additional work experience as defined above may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to four (4) years of the required education.
Experience: One (1) year of professional human resources, payroll, finance, accounting, procurement, or travel coordination experience.
Other: Additional work experience as defined above may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to four (4) years of the required education.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:
Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures, and federal, state, and other applicable human resources related laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Skill in the use of Microsoft Office and Google Suite products.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments.
Ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures, regulations, and laws.
Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures, and federal, state, and other applicable human resources related laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Skill in the use of Microsoft Office and Google Suite products.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments.
Ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures, regulations, and laws.
Additional Job Details
Required Application Materials: Cover letter, resume, and a list of three references.
Best Consideration Date: November 30, 2025
Posting Close Date: N/A
Open Until Filled: Yes
Job Risks
Not Applicable to This Position
Financial Disclosure Required
Yes
For more information on Financial Disclosure, please visit Maryland's State Ethics Commission website.
For more information on Financial Disclosure, please visit Maryland's State Ethics Commission website.
Department
PRES-Belonging and Community at UMD
Worker Sub-Type
Staff Regular
Salary Range
$65,000 to $70,000
Benefits Summary
For more information on Regular Exempt benefits, select this link.
Background Checks
Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify anyone from employment. Before any adverse decision, the finalist will have an opportunity to provide information to the University regarding disclosable background check information. The University reserves the right to rescind the offer of employment or otherwise decline or terminate employment if the information reported by the background check is deemed incompatible with the position, regardless of when the background check is completed.
Employment Eligibility
The successful candidate must complete employment eligibility verification (on Form I-9) by presenting documents that establish identity and work authorization within the timeframe required by federal immigration law, and where applicable, to demonstrate renewed employment authorization. Failure to complete employment eligibility verification or reverification within the timeframe set forth by law may result in suspension or termination of employment.
EEO Statement
The University of Maryland, College Park is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. Please read the University's Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy.
Title IX Non-Discrimination Notice
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