Human Resources Overview

The Human Resources Office provides critical services to approximately 168 full time teaching faculty, 250 classified employees, 110 administrative and professional faculty, another 100 part-time employees, and over 650 student employees of Longwood University. Services are provided from the framework of a comprehensive human resources center staffed by Commonwealth of Virginia certified human resources generalists, utilizing a customer-services approach to the work.

Our Core Values

Longwood University acknowledges and values the dimensions of diversity in our academic community. We hear out and consider different perspectives in our daily decision-making. We communicate different ways to reach out to, and listen to all members of the Longwood community on issues of importance. We champion the perspectives of each individual for the benefit of all. We treat each other with dignity and caring, and we respect the rights of others and remain civil, even in times of disagreement.

In asking all members of the Longwood community to embrace our central mission of a meaningful learning environment, we understand that students are not educated in isolation, nor can our work be successfully carried out in isolation. A prerequisite for a diverse and inclusive environment to exist is the insistence upon honorable behavior from all members of our community. Trust, tolerance and openness pervade a community grounded in honor, and are reflected in all interactions with others and in all transactions affecting others. Each and every one of us, by our minds and our hands, on a foundation of hope and character, build for all.

Our Guiding Principles

Provide uniformly excellent service (accurate, timely, current, and complete) to our customers. Seek innovative solutions to present and emerging organizational, community and personal work issues.

Promoting a working environment that supports the delivery of services that meets or exceeds development, compensation, employee relations, and compliance.

Train, develop, and empower members of the Longwood community to achieve their potential as key contributors in the workplace.

Fostering employee satisfaction and development within Human Resources so that Human Resources staff may provide the best, informed, professional, and innovative service to the campus community.

Implementing strategies to encourage and value diversity of the campus community and uphold the university's commitment to equal opportunity.

Managing and maintaining employee information consistent with both legal and ethical standards.

Acting in accordance with fiduciary standards in matters related to the administration of the university's benefit programs.