Sr. Human Resources Specialist

What You'll Be Doing:

• Ensure alignment with federal, state, and local employment regulations.
• Support documentation, audits, and required reporting.
• Monitor internal staffing practices and systems to maintain ongoing compliance.
• Oversee personnel transactions in the HRIS system.
• Support staffing processes across the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, transfers, and offboarding.
• Oversee pre-employment process and ensures staffing actions align with policy and operational needs.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to support hiring workflows and ensure timely onboarding.
• Provide operational guidance and support to HR Specialists.
• Aid in documentation and workflow management to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Coordinate and support special projects and initiatives.
• Process and respond to HR inquiries received via phone, email, providing timely and professional support to all stakeholders.
• Contribute to maintaining high standards of customer service across HR.
• Serve as a resource for cross-team coordination and contribute to process improvement efforts.

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• Have a minimum of three (3) years HR related experience.
• Have a working knowledge of general HR practices.

To #LevelUp in This Role, You'll Need:

• A minimum of five (5) years HR related experience.
• Demonstrate an ability to handle fast-paced, high-volume workload.
• Show a strong customer service orientation.
• Show exceptional organizational, interpersonal, and oral/written communication skills.

Physical Demands:

• Sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, and reach with hands and fingers.
• Bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least ten pounds.
• Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits:

• Health and Dental Insurance are provided.
• KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% contribution is required from employees and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.