HR Assistant

• - TX-Austin
• Austin, TX, USA
• Full Time

Position Purpose: 

The HR Assistant is responsible for providing administrative support to the HR department. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: payroll/benefits administration, new hire onboarding, record maintenance, and compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs diversified clerical and administrative activities within one or more functional areas of Human Resources.
• Updates/Maintains employee files to document personnel actions and to provide for payroll and other administrative tasks.
• Assists the HR Manager in running the bi-weekly payroll for all staff members which includes the uploading of payroll data, submitting file in our payroll system, reconciling reports, and funding of qualified benefit accounts.
• Assists HR Generalists with benefits administration, including the organization and delivery of annual open enrollment meetings, benefit documentation, change reporting, and communicating benefits information to employees.
• Assists with all onboarding tasks including background check reports, first day paperwork, email communications, and human capital management briefing.
• Maintains electronic and physical employee records and compiles reports from employee database.
• Assist in the development of affirmative action program; files EEO-1 report annually; and maintains other records, reports and logs to conform to EEO regulations.
• Update HR Standard Operating procedures
• Maintains compliance with federal, state and local employment and benefits laws and regulations.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally along all business fronts.
• Must have a general working knowledge of HR activities in addition to good ethical and cultural awareness.
• Must be able to effectively read and interpret information, present numerical data in a resourceful manner, and skillfully gather and analyze information
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office systems.
• Experience working with HRIS systems; Ultimate software preferred.

Education/Experience:

-          Bachelors degree in Human Resources or related field preferred, or be currently working to obtain degree.

-           1-3 years of experience in an HR/Administrative role

Certificates and Licenses:

N/A

Clearance:

N/A

Supervisory Responsibilities:

N/A

Working Conditions/ Equipment:  Office environment, Normal work hours are M-F 8am-5pm, may be required to work additional hours and days when deadlines are present. Stationary work space, sitting at computer screen for at least 8 hours per day. Traveling may be required on a limited basis.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.  Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.