HR Associate
HR Associate
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Special Instructions to Applicants:All interested applicants must attach a cover letter and a resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application in a PDF format. Please note that the applicant tracking system does not convert attachments in Word format successfully.
About Rice:
Boasting a 300acre treelined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6to1 undergraduate studenttofaculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lectures series courses and student government. Developing closeknit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Position Summary:
Are you interested in a career in human resources The Rice University Human Resources team offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience as a human resources associate.
As a human resources associate you will be part of a highenergy cando HR Service Center team that provides firstlevel support to the community in HRrelated matters such as onboarding benefits recruitment and duties include welcoming all visitors to the HR office assisting new employees with onboarding activities responding to general HR inquiries resolving issues and shepherding all employee personnel changes (salaries title promotions etc..
The ideal candidate will be interested in gaining valuable experience in human resources have experience providing excellent customer service in a fastpaced environment and be a proactive teamoriented problem solver.
Workplace Requirements
This position is exclusively onsite so all duties are to be performed in person at the Cambridge Office Building. PerRice policy 440 work arrangements may be subject to change.
Hourly Hiring Range: $19.00 to $20.00. Nonexempt (hourly) positions under FLSA are eligible for overtime.
Minimum Requirements:
- HS Diploma or equivalent
- Two 2 years of related experience (customer service human resources coordinator etc.
- In lieu of the experience requirement additional related education above and beyond what is required on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted
- In lieu of the experience requirement additional related education above and beyond what is required on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted
- Skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and effectively handle highly sensitive and personal information with sound judgment tact and discretion
- Ability to quickly and effectively learn the HR system establish priorities organize work and meet deadlines
- Ability to multitask in a highvolume fastpaced environment
Essential Functions
- Provides excellent customer service to the campus community including students staff faculty employee dependents and new / prospective employees
- Responds to general HR inquiries resolves issues and provides guidance to on HR policies procedures and process referring more complex situations / issue to the appropriate team member
- Conducts new employee onboarding including new hire paperwork I9s and background checks
- Completes employment verifications
- Reviews and approves routine to complex HCM transactions for faculty staff and/or student employees (searches assignment changes pay changes terminations employee status changes)
- Maintains employee records working collaboratively with other departments (Benefits Compensation Payroll Talent Acquisition HRIS) to ensure employee records and transactions are complete and accurate
- Pulls reports conducts audits identifies issues and participates in data cleanup efforts
- Creates and updates workrelated documentation and training materials
- May recommend and assist in the implementation of solutions
- Completes other duties as assigned
Preferences
- Demonstrated experience in a highvolume customer service position familiar with greeting and assisting customers while multitasking to keep a busy desk organized to meet deadlines
- Experience in records management I9 work authorization data analysis benefits or related field
- Bilingual in English/Spanish
- Ability to analyze and present data graphically quantitatively and qualitatively including work with spreadsheets and databases
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new software or other computer applications
Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University
Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center atorfor support.
If you have any additional questions please email us at. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
