The Human Resources Specialist position provides critical administrative support for the department, specifically in the area of new hire onboarding. This position is primarily responsible for entering new hire information into the payroll system, communicating onboarding instructions to new hires and their supervisors, making personnel data changes, and completing data entry projects ranging in complexity.

These responsibilities will include the following essential functions:

1. Reviewing hiring requests and personnel change requests in PeopleAdmin position management system.
2. Creating and editing employee records in Ellucian Colleague payroll system including: new employee entries, wage adjustments, title changes, account number changes, etc.
3. Disseminating new hire welcome emails with instructions on paperwork, training, and other responsibilities.
4. Addressing questions related to new employment from new hires and supervisors.
5. Tracking progress of new hire documents and contacting new hires to obtain missing items.
6. Partnering with other HR employees to answer new hire questions related to other HR functional areas.
7. Assisting in the audit of employee records and correcting errors.
8. Other duties as assigned.

The selected candidate will be attentive to detail, analytical, self-motivated, and find intrinsic value in how their work contributes to the mission of Troy University. This position requires heavy use of technical programs and requires a skill set that can quickly become fluent in Ellucian Colleague, PeopleAdmin, and Microsoft Excel.

1. High School diploma or equivalent.
2. Two years of experience in an administrative/clerical or higher education role.

1. Experience in Educational setting.
2. Experience using People Admin.
3. Experience using Ellucian Colleague.

8am-5pm, Monday through Friday

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