Tribal Human Resources Specialist

Agua Caliente Casinos•Palm Springs, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Human Resources Specialist is responsible for providing administrative and project support to one or more functional areas of Human Resources, such as recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, benefits administration, compensation administration, training, and employee recognition. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in Palm Springs, California, with 38,000 acres of reservation lands that spread across Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, and into the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains. The Tribe currently owns and operates two 18-hole championship golf courses, 3 casinos located in Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, and downtown Palm Springs, two world class spas, and a fuel station.

Requirements

2-3 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, business administrative support, or related field preferred.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
Strong written skills to draft emails, policy updates, and employee announcements.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, with a strong emphasis on Excel, and Copilot.
Expertise with Paycom preferred.
Must be able to communicate effectively in English

Nice To Haves

bilingual fluency in Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist and coordinate recruitment and onboarding of new team members, including job postings, screening, interviewing, and coordinating orientation for internal / external applicants and new employees.
Assist with the HR Data entry within Paycom to include the processing transfers, pay changes, HR corrections and other personnel data entry.
Respond to routine questions on human resources policies and procedures.
Triage more complex questions / issues to Human Resources Managers.
Perform duties involving the creation of employee communications including posters, multimedia, and Paycom communications.
Assist with team member recognition programs.
Assist department management in special Human Resources projects, such as policy updates and process improvements.
Responsible for all aspects of record keeping and compliance associated with benefits plans.
Assist Tribal Benefits Manager with administrative duties.
Must be able to effectively communicate all features of active benefits programs.
Collaborates with the Human Resources Manager and Director on the implementation of policies and procedures relative to benefits.
Reviews invoices for accuracy and submits to Accounts Payable for payment.
Submit and process check requests.