University of Idaho
Equal Opportunity Specialist - Recruitment & Hiring
🇺🇸 Moscow, ID
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $28 per Hour
💻 Human Resources
🗓️ September 24th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Idaho is hiring an Equal Opportunity Specialist - Recruitment & Hiring. The role involves developing, monitoring, and coordinating equal opportunity responsibilities related to employee recruitment, hiring, and retention. The specialist provides consultation and guidance, ensures compliance with regulations and policies, delivers training, and compiles data for reports.
Highlights
- Consult and guide managers, search committees, and Equal Opportunity Representatives.
- Review and audit employment actions to ensure fair recruitment and hiring processes.
- Interpret and apply federal/state regulations and university policies.
- Design and deliver training and resource materials to faculty, staff, and students.
- Compile data for various reports and perform other assigned duties.
- Required experience: 3+ years in human resources or recruitment/hiring compliance or a Bachelor’s degree in human resources or business as a substitute.
- Skills in policy interpretation, discretionary decision making, problem solving, relationship management, and confidentiality maintenance.
- Preferred qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, business, HR management, communication, or education; experience in recruitment, classification, training, employee relations, equal opportunity, or reasonable accommodation; data analysis and reporting skills; training development and presentation.
- Proficiency with computer software for word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
- Compensation starts at $28.00 per hour, full-time, fiscal year appointment, non-exempt classified employee.
Equal Opportunity Specialist - Recruitment & Hiring Full Description
Equal Opportunity Specialist - Recruitment & Hiring
Position Details
Position Information
Internal Posting? |
Posting Number | SP005029P
Position Title | Equal Opportunity Specialist - Recruitment & Hiring
Division/College | Office of General Counsel
Department | Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement
Position Overview | The Equal Opportunity Specialist assists with the development, monitoring and coordination of equal opportunity responsibilities related to employee recruitment, hiring and employee retention. They will independently perform professional-level duties. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Duties may include: Consult and provide guidance to managers, search committees & college/unit Equal Opportunity Representatives and search coordinators Ensure fair & equitable recruitment/hiring processes through routine review & audit of employment actions Interpret, communicate & apply federal/state regulations/guidelines & university policy Design and deliver training & resource materials to faculty, staff and students Assist with compiling data for various reports Other duties as assigned
Unit URL | https://www.uidaho.edu/leadership/general-counsel/equal-opportunity-compliance
Posting Number | SP005029P
Position Title | Equal Opportunity Specialist - Recruitment & Hiring
Division/College | Office of General Counsel
Department | Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement
Position Overview | The Equal Opportunity Specialist assists with the development, monitoring and coordination of equal opportunity responsibilities related to employee recruitment, hiring and employee retention. They will independently perform professional-level duties. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Duties may include: Consult and provide guidance to managers, search committees & college/unit Equal Opportunity Representatives and search coordinators Ensure fair & equitable recruitment/hiring processes through routine review & audit of employment actions Interpret, communicate & apply federal/state regulations/guidelines & university policy Design and deliver training & resource materials to faculty, staff and students Assist with compiling data for various reports Other duties as assigned
Unit URL | https://www.uidaho.edu/leadership/general-counsel/equal-opportunity-compliance
Position Qualifications
Required Experience | Three years in human resources or recruitment and hiring compliance; a Bachelor’s Degree in human resources or business may substitute for this experience Interpreting and applying policies, procedures and guidelines Discretionary decision making and independent problem solving Working with and creating/maintaining effective relationships with university and community members Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information
Required Education | High School Diploma or equivalent
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, business, human resource management, communication or education Demonstrated experience in three or more of the following areas: recruitment/hiring, classification/compensation, employee training and development, employee relations, equal opportunity or reasonable accommodation Demonstrated experience explaining and applying equal employment guidelines, principles and practices in employee recruitment, hiring and retention Demonstrated experience data exporting, analyzing data, developing reports and using the analysis to improve future operations Demonstrated experience developing and presenting training both in person and in virtual formats Demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders with conflicting needs and timelines Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer and related word processing, spreadsheet and database software
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | N/A: No degree requirement
Required Education | High School Diploma or equivalent
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, business, human resource management, communication or education Demonstrated experience in three or more of the following areas: recruitment/hiring, classification/compensation, employee training and development, employee relations, equal opportunity or reasonable accommodation Demonstrated experience explaining and applying equal employment guidelines, principles and practices in employee recruitment, hiring and retention Demonstrated experience data exporting, analyzing data, developing reports and using the analysis to improve future operations Demonstrated experience developing and presenting training both in person and in virtual formats Demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders with conflicting needs and timelines Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer and related word processing, spreadsheet and database software
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | N/A: No degree requirement
Posting Information
FLSA Status | Non-Exempt
Employee Category | Classified
Pay Range | $28.00 per hour or higher depending on experience
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding |
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 09/23/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is open until filled. Applications received by Tuesday, October 7, 2025 will receive first consideration. Applicants must upload the following documents to their online application and respond to all supplemental questions.
1. Detailed Resume: summarizing your education and related work experience
2. Professional References: names and contact information for 3 professional references
3. Supplemental Questions:responses to supplemental questions will be used to assess applicant qualifications for this position.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Employee Category | Classified
Pay Range | $28.00 per hour or higher depending on experience
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding |
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 09/23/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is open until filled. Applications received by Tuesday, October 7, 2025 will receive first consideration. Applicants must upload the following documents to their online application and respond to all supplemental questions.
1. Detailed Resume: summarizing your education and related work experience
2. Professional References: names and contact information for 3 professional references
3. Supplemental Questions:responses to supplemental questions will be used to assess applicant qualifications for this position.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume/CV
Optional Documents
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- This position requires three or more years experience in human resources or recruitment and hiring compliance (a Bachelor's degree in human resources or business may substitute). Do you have three or more years experience in human resources or recruitment and hiring compliance? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position requires experience interpreting and applying policies, procedures and guidelines. Do you have experience interpreting and applying policies, procedures and guidelines? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position requires discretionary decision making and independent problem solving. Do you have experience with discretionary decision making and independent problem solving? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position requires experience working with and creating/maintaining effective relationships with university or community members. Do you have experience working with and creating/maintaining effective relationships with university or community members? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position requires experience maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information. Do you have experience maintaining confidentiality of information? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position prefers experience in three or more of the following areas: recruitment/hiring, classification/compensation, employee training and development, employee relations, equal opportunity or reasonable accommodation. Do you have experience in three or more of these areas? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position prefers experience explaining and applying equal employment guidelines, principles and practices in employee recruitment, hiring and retention. Do you have experience explaining and applying equal employment guidelines, principles and practices in employee recruitment, hiring and retention? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position prefers experience data exporting, analyzing data, developing reports and using the analysis to improve future operations. Do you have experience data exporting, analyzing data, developing reports and using the analysis to improve future operations? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * This position prefers experience developing and presenting training both in person and via virtual formats. Do you have experience developing and presenting training in both in person and virtual formats? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Academic Careers
- Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
- Chronicle
- Disabled in Higher Ed
- HigherEd/Academic Impressions
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Idaho Department of Labor/Job Service including Job Central or Idaho Works (Idahoworks.gov)
- Indeed.com
- Inside Higher Ed
- Newspaper
- Other Venue
- Professional Listservs (Ex: NACUBO, AAAE, ISMC, etc.)
- University of Idaho Website
- University of Idaho Daily Register
- University of Idaho Employee
- Veterans in Higher Ed
- Word of Mouth
- * Were you referred to this employment opportunity by a current University of Idaho employee? If so, please provide their name and department.
(Open Ended Question)
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