Human Resources and Payroll Specialist

Human Resources Position

Priority Consideration: 8/19/26

Join our Human Resources team and play a key role in supporting employees throughout the college! This position provides a diverse range of HR and payroll support, from benefits, compensation, recruitment, and employee records to answering questions and helping resolve complex issues with accuracy and professionalism. If you are organized, detail-oriented, and enjoy working with a wide variety of people, we invite you to bring your HR expertise and customer service skills to our team.

Starting salary is $4,957 per month which is based on $59,480; $28.49 per hour

Under general supervision, performs technical human resource tasks such as explaining, interpreting and applying human resource rules, policies, regulations or procedures; and processing, reviewing and ensuring the accuracy of human resource documents and records. Work includes performing assignments in one or more human resource functional areas such as employment, benefits, employee relations, classification, compensation, human resource information systems and training. Independently performs a variety of paraprofessional, technical, and clerical duties in support of the college's human resources and payroll operations.

Provides information and consultation to clients. Interpret, explain, and apply human resources guidelines, policies and procedures, rules, and regulations applicable to human resource functional area(s). Assist Payroll Coordinator and serve as back-up to the Payroll Coordinator, with payroll functions including processing, answering employee questions, fixing processing errors, distributing checks, and reconciling payroll.

• Responds to inquiries and provide information about the College and other human resource rules, policies, regulations or procedures within functional areas such as employment examination requirements, benefits eligibility criteria and program offerings, classification, compensation and/or leave rules and procedures
• Receives, reviews, and ensures the accuracy and completeness of, compile and/or maintain human resource data, documents and records such as leave and salary records, benefits enrollment or claims forms and employee data forms
• Assist human resource staff in administering a variety of human resource functions such as conducting screening interviews, serving on screening committees, administering and scoring employment examinations, notifying applicants of results, employee training and orientation, salary surveys, benefits enrollment and temporary appointments
• Schedule and arrange meetings, employment examinations and interviews; prepare examinations and job advertisements; assist in preparation at job fairs and other outreach activities
• Enter and/or retrieve data from human resource information systems
• Compile data and prepare reports, graphs, charts, statistics and statistical summaries, narrative summaries or graphic representations of data;
  Prepares correspondence and spreadsheets
• Maintain confidential personnel and office files
• Prepare human resource documents and enter into HR software; establish and maintain human resource records: layoff lists, leave records, classification specifications and position descriptions, hiring notices, and other documentation
• Prepare and monitor the HR Budget; prepare reports from the budget, including cost of advertising by position, training costs, travel, and the like
• As requested, provide information concerning college and other human resources rules and benefits
• Update and maintain all employee handbooks and college procedures manuals assigned to the HR Office
• Assist in developing internal office procedures
• Respond to inquiries and resolve problems in areas such as benefits eligibility or calculations, leave administration, compensation, and payroll;
• Perform clerical work as required in support of the Director of Human Resources
• Perform duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to communicate with a wide variety of individuals
• Ability to diffuse…