HR Specialist: Impactful People & Systems Support

Texas Southmost College; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Southmost College seeks an HR Specialist to administer HR processes, maintain employee records, and support recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding. You will coordinate HR projects, generate reports, and assist with training initiatives across the college.

Responsibilities include maintaining HRIS data, processing hiring packets, reviewing job descriptions, and supporting payroll, budgeting and vendor activities as needed.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or 60 college hours from an accredited college or university.
• General knowledge of human resource processes and procedures.
• Experience in working with an HRIS.

Responsibilities

• Initiates, maintains and updates employee files and other relevant information in HRIS systems.
• Compiles, analyzes, and generates customized reports for administrative and external sources.
• Implements, tracks, and maintains databases of various employee information to include spreadsheets, key performance indicators and other electronic files.
• Processes documents on new, current, and former employees in HRIS systems.
• Processes a variety of administrative tasks to include document control, continuous improvement projects, and managing employee files.
• Assists and supports in evaluating and processing all hiring packets for new hires.
• Assist, participates and helps conduct trainings in the areas of new hire orientation, HRIS system, recruitment and in other areas as assigned.
• Serves as support administrator for our training systems to include LinkedIn Learning and Safe Colleges.
• Provides support in reviewing and revising all job descriptions and tracks the approval process.
• Assists with accounts payable, purchasing, vendor agreements and budget projects.
• Oversees the designation of job posting questions to ensure they aligned with the job requirements.
• Provides people admin support to all hiring managers and ensures their access and controls.
• Performs criminal background checks on new hires and TSC volunteers.
• Conducts verifications of employments and assists with unemployment claims.
• Oversees student worker and work-studies to include creating their work schedules, approving time cards, and performance evaluations.
• Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite.
• Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies and guidelines.
• Promotes positive morale and teamwork within the functional unit and provides exceptional customer service to students, faculty and the community.
• Uses interpersonal skills and makes sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers, the supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students and customers.
• Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).
• Supports the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan.

Skills

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

HRIS

Data analysis

Multitasking

Communication

Confidential data

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Associate degree

60 college hours

HR knowledge

Tools

Relational databases

Job description

Texas Southmost College seeks an HR Specialist to administer HR processes, maintain employee records, and support recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding. You will coordinate HR projects, generate reports, and assist with training initiatives across the college.

Responsibilities include maintaining HRIS data, processing hiring packets, reviewing job descriptions, and supporting payroll, budgeting and vendor activities as needed.