Human Resources Assistant

Cecil College • North East, MD

40d • Onsite

About The Position

The HR Assistant is responsible for supporting the overall administrative and operational functions for the human resources department. The HR Assistant provides support and assistance in the following functional areas: data entry, employee records, professional development, wellness and engagement initiatives and general office assistance. This position is not eligible for telework. The schedule for the position is 4 days a week for a total of 24-28 hours a week. Candidates must have availability to work a shift within the time frame of 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Shift time and days of week worked are flexible. Must be available to work in person on the North East campus.

Requirements

• High school diploma; associates preferred
• Two years’ experience in office setting required.
• Experience in human resources preferred.
• Excellent Microsoft Office Software skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; ability to generate reports from a human resource information system and other spreadsheets as required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Able to multi-task, work independently, excellent attention to detail, able to think critically, problem solving ability, the ability to analyze data and ability to adapt to changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Serve as a first point of contact for visitors to the department.
• Provide administrative support to the HR department including but not limited to meeting, interview and room scheduling, reconciling and processing invoices, preparing reports and memo’s, updating organizational chart, and maintaining office supply inventory.
• Responsible for maintaining the department’s shared email account and responding to general inquiries. Routes email to the HR department as needed.
• Provides administrative and data entry support to department on payroll processing in HRIS system.
• Prepares personnel action items and certificates for monthly Board report.
• Assist with preparation and coordination of HR department engagement initiatives including but not limited to All College Day, Employee Appreciation Day, Wellness Fair.
• Assist HR Generalist with compliance related initiatives, including tracking employee progress and creation of employee credentials.
• Maintains employee identification system with assistance as needed from the HR Generalist.
• Responsible for maintaining probationary schedule and related paperwork for employees and supervisors.
• Responsible for tracking performance evaluation status for employees.
• Maintains and updates shared calendar for department.
• Reconciles and processes invoices.
• Support onboarding initiatives as directed by supervisor or designee.
• Creates and maintains employee files.
• Maintains organization of employee files based on records and retention schedule.
• Responsible for pulling fingerprinting results from designated websites and maintains fingerprint results as required by state and federal regulation.
• Provides and gathers data for new hire reporting for the Maryland New Hire Registry, and the Department of Labor as required
• Assists with maintaining the human resource records retention schedule
• Assist department with projects as needed.
• Supports cross collaboration with the college community by representing department during special events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Accrual of sick and safe leave (1 hour of sick and safe leave accrued for every 30 hours worked)
• Opportunity to open a voluntary retirement account with TIAA or Fidelity
• Employee paid short term disability based on eligibility guidelines
• Access to the Fitness Center and library
• Tuition waiver based on eligibility guidelines

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED