Human Resource Assistant

The Department of Corrections HR Office is looking for a detail oriented Human Resource Assistant
2. This role lets you grow your skills by providing support in a number of human resource program areas for State Correctional Institution (SCI) Chester.

• Timekeeping Support: Provide guidance and assistance to employees using our timekeeping system, allocate overtime, troubleshoot errors, and make corrections.
• Maintain Documentation: Gather, coordinate processes, and track documentation needed for employee leave, separations, workers’ compensation, modified duty, and other matters.
• Separation Processing: Prepare forms, issue letters, ensure property is returned, and unlock records for timely final payout.
• Track Staff Changes: Submit requests to make sure staff taking on extra duties are paid correctly, role assignments and work schedules, coordinate the modified duty program, and maintain and distribute status reports.
• Employee Orientation: Present time, pay, and benefit information to new employees; provide guidance and answer staff inquiries.

• Full-time employment.
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part‑time, up to one day per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Chester, PA. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as a Human Resource Assistant 1 (Commonwealth title); or
• One year of clerical or other comparable experience and one year of beginning level paraprofessional human resource or equal opportunity work; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

• Pennsylvania law provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, see the relevant public information.

• 111 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.