Human Resources Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Benefits Administration, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Four or more years of progressively responsible human resources experience, including significant experience administering employee benefits, leaves, or compliance programs.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of applicable benefits and leave requirements, including FMLA, COBRA, HIPAA, ADA coordination, workers’ compensation, and disability administration.
• Experience managing confidential employee matters, vendor relationships, recurring compliance activities, and cross-functional processes.
• Experience using an HRIS and producing, reviewing, or reconciling benefits and employee data.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering an inclusive academic and professional environment where all members of our campus community are respected, valued, can succeed, and thrive.

Nice To Haves

• Human resources or benefits experience in higher education, nonprofit, public sector, or another complex, service-oriented environment.
• Workday experience, including benefits, absence, reporting, business processes, or HCM functionality.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, CEBS, CBP, or comparable professional certification.
• Experience coordinating annual open enrollment, benefit plan renewals, regulatory reporting, audits, or plan-document administration.
• Experience supporting ADA accommodations, HIPAA privacy obligations, workers’ compensation, and leave integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration of health and welfare, retirement, disability, life insurance, COBRA, and related benefit programs.
• Manage FMLA, disability, workers’ compensation, and other leave processes, including notices, documentation, tracking, and return-to-work coordination.
• Serve as the primary HR resource for benefits and leave questions and resolve or escalate complex employee and vendor issues.
• Coordinate annual open enrollment, plan renewals, employee communications, and benefit education.
• Support compliance with ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, ACA, FMLA, ADA, and other applicable requirements.
• Coordinate regulatory reporting, required notices, audits, plan documentation, and compliance calendars.
• Maintain accurate benefits and leave data in Workday or another HRIS and perform regular audits and reconciliations.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with benefit carriers, third-party administrators, consultants, and the College’s benefits broker.
• Partner with Payroll, Finance, Information Technology, and other campus offices to ensure accurate and timely outcomes.
• Recommend and implement improvements to benefits, leave, compliance, and HR operational processes.

Benefits

• generous holidays (including three days off for Thanksgiving and an extended winter break between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day)
• vacation (22 days per year)
• sick leave
• paid parental leave
• Life Sports Center membership
• tuition programs at the undergraduate and graduate level
• medical, dental and vision coverage
• flexible spending plans
• college-provided short-term disability
• retirement