Employment
Human Resources
The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a multi-organizational research center comprising of 250 world-class resources and expertise located in one facility at Emeryville, California. As the lead institution, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has a dedicated human resources (HR)
manager who oversees all aspects of recruiting and HR management in
accordance and partnership with HR representatives from JBEI partner
institutions. This full time on site service allows all JBEI employees
regardless of institutional affiliation to drop in for information about
benefits, payroll, leave requests, and immigration matters. When
applicable, specific partner institution members are called in as subject
matter experts.
Recruiting Strategy
When positions become available, the LBNL HR manager works with the
appropriate line and institutional managers to post, recruit, interview,
and place new employees. This builds off JBEI’s HR philosophy to give all
managers and employees a single point of contact to work through for
recruitment and placement. All new hires and terminations are approved by
the JBEI Chief Executive Officer. All recruitment advertising is
standardized to ensure a consistent message. Additionally, all JBEI
requisitions are announced on the JBEI employment website and JBEI’s signage. LBNL’s recruitment system (TALEO) allows for all JBEI Hiring Managers and collaborators to have access to the system and the ability to
review in real time LBNL related positions and resumes. JBEI takes
advantage of UCB job fairs and partners with JBEI’s partner institutions’
job fairs to ensure a wide recruitment effort is made.
Personnel
To reinforce the JBEI cultural identity among the employees working on the project, JBEI’s HR MOU in years 1 – 5 established a management and staffing structure. Matrixed staff are organized into mixed teams of individuals from different employers conducting work under the direction of a single JBEI manager. As outlined in the HR MOU, all human resource issues are handled in accordance with the human resource policies and procedures applicable to each matrixed employee’s home institution. JBEI’s CEO and JBEI line managers (CSTO, COO, VP, or Directors) have responsibility for enforcing JBEI performance standards and work rules.
