HR Support Specialist

Healthcare Workforce Academy / Full-Time / Monday - Friday (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM) /
3401 Bienville Blvd
Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 39564
United States

Position Overview:
The Human Resource Support Specialist will assist with complex and specialized administrative tasks including, managing and overseeing records, and generating reports to support effective and efficient operations of the human resource department 

The HR Support Specialist acts with personal, professional, and behavioral integrity-maintaining strict confidentiality of all department and system information. He/She is expected to provide exceptional customer and consultative service in order to answer questions about organizational policies, procedures, processes, benefits, and HR services. He/She completes projects and tasks as assigned by the Chief Human Resources Officer, Employee Relations Manager, or HR Operations Director.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks performed as assigned.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks performed as assigned. 

Education:
High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate’s degree preferred.

License:
N/A

Certifications:
Must have de-escalation training completed by the end of position orientation (90 days); must have appropriate level of de-escalation training.

Experience:
Three years of office experience preferred, with at least one year in human resources highly preferred.

Reports to:
Chief Human Resources Officer, Employee Relations Manager, HR Operations Director

Supervises:
N/A

Physical Demands:
Work is moderately sedentary: involves sitting with requirements to move about the facility, and to travel to another facility within the SRHS service area. Work involves using repetitive motions: substantial movements of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard copier and 10-key. Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sound at normal speaking levels with or without correction; the ability to make fine discriminations in sound. Work requires close visual and acuity and the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus, i.e. shift gaze from viewing a computer monitor to forms/printed material that are closer to compare data at close vision.

Mental Demands:
Work requires high attention to detail and accuracy. Must demonstrate keen mental faculties/assessment and decision-making abilities. Must demonstrate superior communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information (in person and by telephone). Must demonstrate strong written communication skills, to include the ability to write policies, instructional documents, and memos. Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels. Must demonstrate the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Must demonstrate exceptional superior customer service skills and professional etiquette. He/She must have knowledge of general human resource practices. Must have the ability to handle high volume of calls and face-to-face interactions daily while maintaining a positive attitude. Must be able to multi-task in a high-volume setting. Must be able to work in a highly structured, measurement-oriented environment.


Special Demands:
Position requires the candidate to effectively demonstrate advanced knowledge and skill in utilizing Microsoft Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. Must demonstrate accurate numeric and alpha/numeric data entry skills. Epic, or other electronic medical record experience, preferred.

Must demonstrate a willingness to learn and remain current on technology, skills, and relevant HR policies, procedures, processes, and programs. Must demonstrate the ability to adapt to particular conditions, situations and people. Must be able to work with diverse cultures and populations.

Job requires traveling throughout the SRHS service area-with the employee providing his/her own transportation. Must have a valid driver license.