HR Assistant-HR Service Center

ummc; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS, seeks an HR Assistant within the HR Service Center to provide specialized support across employment, benefits, and HR information systems. You will respond to client departments and employees regarding policies and documentation, and assist with routine HR tasks.

The role requires a degree (associate or bachelor) and at least one year in HR, with strong data handling and communication skills. This is a full-time position on-site.

Qualifications

• Degree (Associate's or Bachelor's) and one year of HR experience.
• Certifications, licenses or registrations: N/A.

Responsibilities

• Explains and applies HR rules, policies or regulations.
• Collaborates in policy-related problem resolution.
• Receives, reviews, scans, enters, retrieves, maintains, and ensures the accuracy of documents and data.
• Provides assistance in administering HR functions such as training, benefits enrollment, and employment examinations.
• Gathers data and prepares reports, statistics and summaries.
• Schedules meetings and interviews; prepares exams and job advertisements; assists in job fairs and outreach activities.

Skills

HR processes

Records maintenance

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Data reporting

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Requisition ID:

R00053683

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

HR Service Center

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

HR Assistant-HR Service Center

Job Summary:

Provides specialized support and assistance to the human resources department in one or more functional areas such as employment, benefits, employee relations, classification, human resources information systems, training and development. Provides routine advice, assistance, and follow-up to client departments, employees, and/or the general public in the application of specified policies, procedures, and documentation.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required

Degree (Associate's or Bachelor's) and one (1) year's work experience in human resources
Certifications, Licenses or Registration required:

N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of human resource processes, procedures, and documentation. Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications. Records maintenance skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Interpersonal skills to effectively interact with employees and team members. Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports. Ability to interpret and analyze informational needs and provide advice and guidance in area of specialty.
Responsibilities

• Explains and applies human resources rules, policies or regulations.
• Collaborates in the resolution of policy-related, process-related, or procedural problems and/or inquiries received from department representatives, employees, and/or applicants.
• Receives, reviews, scans, enters, retrieves, organizes, maintains, and ensures the accuracy and completeness of documents, files, and data.
• Provides assistance in the administration of a variety of human resource functions such as employee training and orientation, benefits enrollment, and employment examinations.
• Gathers data and prepares reports, statistics and statistical summaries, narrative summaries or graphic representations of data.
• Schedules and arranges meetings, employments examinations and interviews, and/or new employee orientation; prepares examinations, and job advertisements, assist in job fairs, and/or other outreach activities.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, constant sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

09/10/2026