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Employment

204 Mandrell Hall 
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone: (859) 257-9555 option 2
E-mail: ukjobs@uky.edu

Career Employment

2317 Alumni Park Plaza 
Suite 101
Lexington, KY 40517
Phone: (859) 257-9555 option 2
E-mail: ukjobs@uky.edu

Career Employment has knowledgeable teams designated to help you. Each team consists of an Employment Specialist and Employment Consultant. The Employment Specialist is able to assist with job postings, advertising, salary recommendations, and Payroll Authorization Records (PARs). The Employment Consultant is able to assist with creating phone interview guides, in-person interview guides, reference check guides, providing customized training for you and your department on hiring and selection topics, consultations, and general guidance.

You may also contact one of our employment consultants:

Hospital: Deborah Mattos, deborah.mattos@uky.edu, 859-323-5246 

Campus: Ashley Hays, ashley.hays@uky.edu, 859-562-0571 

UK HealthCare: Amanda Milby, amanda.milby@uky.edu, 859-257-8948

Temporary Employment

2365 Harrodsburg Road, Building B, Suite B-175
Lexington, KY 40504
Phone: (859) 257-9555
E-mail: TemporaryEmployment@uky.edu

Temporary Employment is a full-service staffing agency for the University of Kentucky that fills full-time, part-time, short-term, and long-term positions (up to one year) throughout the UK campus and UK HealthCare. Temporary Employment recruits, interviews, screens, hires, and provides payroll services.

Student Employment

204 Mandrell Hall 
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone: (859) 257-8894
Email: studentemployment@uky.edu

Student Employment helps students find jobs on and off-campus while attending the University of Kentucky. The office saves you time by pre-screening students based upon qualifications you provide and refers all students who match your qualifications, all while you retain complete control over the hiring decision.

Pre-Employment Screening

2317 Alumni Park Plaza
Suite 101
Lexington, KY 40517
Phone: (859) 257-2608
Email: ukjobs@uky.edu

In compliance with KRS 164.281, a pre-employment national background check (PNBC) is required of all initial hires at the University of Kentucky. This requirement includes regular (staff and faculty), temporary and student employees. Pre-employment drug screening (PDS) is required for initial UK HealthCare faculty, residents and regular staff hires, in addition to pre-employment national background checks.

Customer Service

204 Mandrell Hall 
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone: (859) 257-9555 option 2
E-mail: ukjobs@uky.edu

The front desk at 204 Mandrell Hall provides customer service and guidance for general employment needs, including: assisting with the application process, resetting UK Jobs passwords and completing I-9s (employment eligibility forms). The front desk is staffed Monday – Friday from 7:30am – 5:00pm.

Name Title/role Phone Email
Aqila Asadi STEPS Staff Support Associate II aas274@uky.edu
Eve Baker Administrative Support Associate I (859) 562-0581 eve.baker@uky.edu
Yankuba Banda Employment Compliance Supervisor (859) 257-9643 yankuba.banda@uky.edu
Sadie Barton HR Strategic Initiatives Partner (859) 257-9542 Sadie.Barton@uky.edu
Mark Bevins Employment Specialist (859) 323-4184 mark.bevins@uky.edu
Lewis Bosworth Employment Specialist (859) 257-8733 Lewis.Bosworth@uky.edu
Sarah Bowes Employment Director (859) 257-9184 Sarah.Bowes@uky.edu
Mary Beth Bracken Executive Search Recruiter (859) 257-3348 Marybeth.Bracken@uky.edu
Kristi Brady Administrative Services Asst Senior (859) 257-9625 Kristi.Brady@uky.edu
Cynthia Byars STEPS Employment Consultant (859) 257-9518 cynthia.byars@uky.edu
Kathy Chinn STEPS Admin Services Asst, Billing/Payroll (859) 257-9502 Kathy.Chinn@uky.edu
Hallie Crumbie Employment Specialist (859) 218-3733 hccr227@uky.edu
Martin David-Jacobs Talent Recruiter (859) 257-3842 martin.david-jacobs@uky.edu
Annalee Dellapina Pre-Employment Screening Coordinator (859) 257-3843 Annalee.Dellapina@uky.edu
Amanda Ford Staff Support Associate II (859) 218-6220 amfo272@uky.edu
Kathleen Harman STEPS Admin Support, Payroll (859) 257-9488 Kathleen.Harman@uky.edu
Jon Hatfield Employment Specialist (859) 257-9627 jon.hatfield@uky.edu
Ashley Hays Employment Consultant (859) 562-0571 ashley.hays@uky.edu
Logan Hyatt Staff Support Associate II (859) 257-8781 logan.hyatt@uky.edu
Marty Jacks HR Manager/Employment-STEPS (859) 257-9561 Marty.Jacks@uky.edu
Taidem Kouns STEPS Administrative Services Assistant (859) 562-0714 taidem.yeates@uky.edu
Kathrine Lawson Employment Specialist (859) 562-0572 KMHADD0@uky.edu
Deborah Mattos Employment Consultant (859) 323-5246 deborah.mattos@uky.edu
Jeremy McKinley Employment Consultant Senior (859) 257-7812 Jeremy.McKinley@uky.edu
Kierstyn Mckinney STEPS Employment Specialist (859) 257-9543 Kierstyn.Stanley@uky.edu
Amanda Milby Employment Consultant (859) 257-8948 amanda.milby@uky.edu
Alex Ortiz Pre-Employment Screening Supervisor (859) 257-2608 Alex.Ortiz@uky.edu
Joanna Ouyang Student Placement Associate chiahui.ouyang@uky.edu
Melissa Patton Staff Support Associate II (859) 218-4808 Melissa.Patton@uky.edu
Victoria Poole STEPS Administrative Support Associate I (859) 257-9523 victoria.poole@uky.edu
Roxanne Ruth STEPS Employment Consultant (859) 257-2933 Roxanne.Ruth@uky.edu
Shae Simmons Student Employment shea.simmons@uky.edu
Ashley Smith Pre-Employment Screening Staff Support Associate II (859) 323-4968 AEDAMA00@uky.edu
Alex Talbert STEPS Employment Specialist (859) 257-3330 alexandria.talbert@uky.edu
Nicole Waite STEPS Employment Specialist (859) 257-9556 Nwait3@uky.edu
Ben Ward Student Employment Program Coordinator (859) 257-9554 ben.ward@uky.edu
Cecilia Xiong Student Employment ximeng.xiong@uky.edu