HR Specialist

The HR Specialist will be responsible for supporting coordinator employees and benefits operations for Apartment Life (AL). This leader will be passionate about the vision and mission of AL and combine this passion through training, one-on-one support, administration, and implementation.

• Position is for 20 hours, part time
• College Degree Preferred.
• Experience in customer service preferred
• Payroll and/or Benefits knowledge a plus

• Direct contact for employees to help with payroll & benefit questions including timesheets, benefit offerings, and pay statements
• Be a support to the bi-weekly payroll process, the monthly benefit enrollment process, and the administration of pay and benefits
• Support and process time off and timesheets for payroll processing
• Maintain accuracy in Human Resource Information System (HRIS) by processing additions, terminations, and adjustments to payroll and benefits
• Research, stay up to date, and implement different requirements that apply to payroll and benefits per the federal, state, or local mandates for current and future work locations
• Review and crosscheck of benefit information from our HRIS system and Invoices from Vendors
• Help create and update payroll and benefit resources to employees
• Excellent communication with Leads to maintain proper information on payroll and benefits

• Maintain and update state employment posters and alert to compliance issues
• Manage onboarding and offboarding of program employees
• Track and provide accountability for program employee checklists in Asana
• Risk management for onsite and offsite coordinators (volunteers, incident reports, workers comp)
• Create program employee recognition system
• Establish developmental opportunities
• Exit interviews for departing employees

• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Organization
• Time management
• Manage multiple processes/tasks
• Friendliness and a warmth towards people
• High detail orientation with highly accurate proactive approach to tasks
• Self-starter
• Strong administration, and organization skills
• Strong math, number skills
• Strong computer skills, Excel proficiency, Task-based software comfortability
• Customer Service skills to work through complex situations
• Discretion to maintain employee confidentiality and protect payroll and benefit operations