Human Resources Administrative Assistant

About the role

Are you exceptionally organized, detail-driven, and passionate about delivering exceptional service? Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES is seeking a Human Resources Assistant to join our collaborative HR team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is committed to confidentiality and accuracy, and brings strong communication skills to every interaction. As a main point of contact for many HR-related inquiries, you are a fit for this role if you are customer-service-minded, a proactive team player, and confident in executing professional communications with employees, candidates, and organizational leaders. If you're ready to support meaningful work that impacts educators, students, and the greater school community, this might be the role for you.

Location: Regional Support Center, Newark, NY 14513

Distinguishing features: This position exists in a school district and serves as the primary point of contact for the Director of Human Resources. The incumbent is tasked with performing the day-to-day operations of the Human Resources office, including the logistics involved in managing the Director’s calendar, supporting administrative tasks and projects. The incumbent in this position is required to have a good understanding of the objectives of the human resources function, and the need to perform responsible and complex duties requiring a high degree of accuracy. The work involves constant public contact, often dealing with sensitive and complex problems related to human resources functions such as hiring, discipline, termination, benefits, equal employment opportunities and labor relations. In addition to clerical responsibilities, the incumbent would be expected to learn, apply and answer questions concerning the more routine aspects of the various contractual bargaining agreements, laws, rules, policies and procedures of a school district human resources office. Supervision may be exercised over subordinate clerical help.

Responsibilities

• Onboards new employees with respect to benefits, rights and obligations and answers questions concerning health insurance, unemployment insurance, retirement benefits, and other employee benefits;
• Enters data, completes and processes various forms, documents and reports,