Senior Specialist, People & Culture

WNET•New York, NY

7d•$75,000 - $78,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting into the Senior Director People and Culture, the Senior Specialist supports the People & Culture team with a focus on fixed-term staffing, compliance, benefits support, and Workday transactions and reporting. The Senior Specialist will have knowledge of Human Resources and will be responsible for day-to-day cross functional support including but not limited to benefits, human resources compliance and HRIS data entry.

Requirements

Qualified candidates will possess strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Demonstrate the highest level of confidentiality and discretion
Have excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and management
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Demonstrated knowledge of Workday or other HRIS system
Advanced Excel skills including macros and pivot tables

Responsibilities

Process all hires, scheduled weekly hour changes and terminations for Fixed term workers using Workday and E-verify
Complete employee transactions, ensuring that Workday is up to date and remains accurate. This includes enrollments, beneficiaries, COBRA, fixed term hires/terminations, tuition reimbursements, and all other job changes; ensuring internal audits are maintained and updated
Assist with preparation and maintenance of Employee Handbook and other HR policies
Use Workday to compile and assist in preparing and filing EEO-1, ACA Reporting, and other compliance reports
Maintain and upkeep People & Culture dashboard and Workday reports
Ensure that all labor law and compliance posters are available and displayed in appropriate areas
Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of HR department and service delivery
Assist in the administration of Open Enrollment and Renewals, as needed
Assist with processing bills and invoices for benefit premium payments and 403-b transmissions
Conduct new employee orientation and support other areas of HR, as needed
Process all employment verifications and review unemployment claims, taking action, as required
Work with managers to ensure timely on-boarding and off-boarding of all Fixed-Term labor and regular staff
Lead yearly staff and new hire anti-sexual harassment training completion and tracking
Continuously educate and train managers on Fixed-Term Labor Guidelines/Best Practices
Work with managers to ensure any process issues are addressed in a timely fashion
Other relevant duties, as assigned