Our client is seeking a Human Resources Assistant to provide administrative support to their human resources department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Administers employment eligibility verification; and maintains accurate files.

• Assists with coordinating department and/or management activities, project schedules, relaying communications, researching information, and providing related support.

• Compiles, formats, and proofs complex documents, reports, and other written materials.

• Conducts and coordinates onboarding for new employees, promotions, board and commission members, elected officials, and volunteers, including preparing and processing all documents and reviewing for accuracy and completeness.

• Coordinates pre-employment process, including background checks and medical examinations for prospective employees.

• Ensures accurate recordkeeping and destruction of all employment-related documents.

• Performs training of new employees in work duties and procedures as assigned.

• Prepares and processes department agreements, contracts, and purchase order requisitions, including processing invoices.

• Prepares and processes documents necessary for hiring, separation, transfer, and other related employment activities.

• Processes insurance enrollment changes and works with benefit providers to resolve employee discrepancies or issues; verifies employee and dependent plan eligibility; answers questions regarding benefits, open enrollment, and related benefits information.

• Provides administrative support for HR matters, including responding to general inquiries, preparing correspondence, memoranda, reports, processing mail, performing data entry, and maintaining various schedules, records, and logs.

• Receives and processes leave documentation in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

• Responds to routine salary survey requests, verification of employment, and employment records requests.

• Reviews, verifies, and processes personnel actions and related documents, including entering information into software and updating and maintaining various databases.

• Schedules and coordinates recruitment and testing activities; posts advertisements; proctors exams; prepares interview materials; and notifies candidates of status.

• Performs related duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations.

• Applicable software (HRIS) systems and applications.

• Basic benefits administration principles and practices.

• Basic recruitment principles and practices.

• Customer service principles.

• Documentation and record keeping principles.

• Human Resources practices and principles.

• Modern office procedures and equipment.

• Proper English usage, grammar, and punctuation.

SKILL IN:

• Communication and interpersonal skills, as applied to interaction with co-workers, supervisor, the general public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

• Comprehending and correctly interpreting a variety of informational documents.

• Maintaining accurate and confidential records.

• Maintaining confidentiality.

• Maintaining effective working relationships with peers, public, and staff.

• Operating a computer and relevant software applications.

• Operating modern office equipment.

• Performing basic math computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

• Preparing written reports and documents.

• Providing customer service.

• Reviewing documents for completeness and accuracy.

Full-time

Pay = $26-28/hr (DOE)