Human Resources Specialist (Recruiting)

High Tech High; Point Loma (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance (

CalPERS retirement plan

403(b) Plan and group life insurance (

AFLAC supplemental insurance (elective

Section 125 Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

High Tech High is seeking an HR Specialist (Recruiting focus) to partner with hiring managers, implement an ATS, and manage onboarding, benefits, and leave of absences. This on-campus, in-person role supports onboarding, verifies credentials, and ensures compliant processes in a fast-paced educational environment.

The role collaborates with the Central Management Team, oversees applicant tracking, and determines salary placement for offers while guiding new hires through benefits and payroll

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in Human Resources
• School payroll experience a plus
• Strong computer skills including spreadsheets
• Excellent written, verbal, and communication skills
• Keen attention to detail with data integrity
• Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Results-driven with professionalism
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent Customer Service skills
• Basic knowledge of benefit administration
• Basic knowledge of leave of absences in California
• Understanding of CA labor laws as it relates to exempt/non-exempt employees

Responsibilities

• Onboard new staff and coordinate onboarding processes
• Manage employee leaves of absence and workers’ compensation reporting
• Evaluate degrees, transcripts, and verifications; advise on postings
• Administer salary placement for offers
• Oversee applicant tracking and onboarding document updates
• Assist with health benefits open enrollment and employee counseling
• Collaborate with management to resolve issues and ensure compliant processes
• Commit to providing a positive candidate and new hire experience
• Support credential verifications as needed
• Regularly partner with hiring managers across departments

Skills

HR knowledge

Onboarding

Payroll

Excel/Spreadsheets

Communication

California leave knowledge

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

ATS system

Job description

HR Specialist (Recruiting focus)

This position will be focused on recruiting efforts with hiring managers and implementing an ATS system.

Department: Human Resources
Reports to: Director of Human Resources
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Full-Time/Part-Time Status: Salary, Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular, Unrepresented, 220-day
Salary: Framework C, Step 50. Range $79,526.16 - $91,344.48

Developed by a coalition of San Diego civic leaders and educators, High Tech High opened in September 2000 as a small public charter school with plans to serve approximately 450 students. HTH has evolved into an integrated network of sixteen charter schools serving approximately 6,350 students in grades K-12 across four campuses. Located in San Diego County, California, High Tech High (HTH) is guided by four connected design principles—equity, personalization, authentic work, and collaborative design that set aspirational goals and create a foundation for understanding our approach. If you are motivated by these principles, we encourage you to join our team!

HTH seeks an HR Specialist, to serve as part of the Central Management Team to support and manage onboarding, benefits, and leave of absences for the organization. This position is in-person and on campus.

JOB SUMMARY

As a member of the Central team, the HR Specialist will have the rewarding responsibility of onboarding new staff, coordinating and managing employee leave of absences, workers’ compensation injury reporting and management, evaluation of degree, transcripts, and employment verifications, manage and advise on job postings, and uphold compliance in a fast-paced, goal- oriented environment. This role will partner with hiring managers and multiple departments to maximize the effectiveness of the hiring process, and develop and execute comprehensive and effective onboarding processes to ensure an impactful candidate/new hire experience.

DUTIES INCLUDE

• Act as a main point of contact for new hires, current and previous employees to assist with various requests.
• Provide a first-class genuine candidate experience that optimizes for long-term relationships with candidates and new hires.
• Ensure a consistent and exceptional onboarding experience/successful transition for assigned new hires joining the organization.
• Collect and evaluate all necessary documents required to complete the onboarding process.
• Interact directly with new hires at multiple points throughout the onboarding process.
• Verify applicable requirements and certifications including employment eligibility requirements (I9 documents), TB Tests, Transcripts, Verifications of Experience, Credentials, etc.
• Oversee the applicant tracking process, including troubleshooting and resolving applicant inquiries.
• Determine and verify salary placement for offer letters.
• Act as a continued resource for all new hire employees and existing employees.
• May evaluate prospective certificated employees’ credential licensure (e.g. transcripts, credentials, etc.) to assess eligibility and placement in coordination with Credential Operations.
• Participate in the determination of the annual renewal of health benefits.
• Administer annually, the health benefits open enrollment, providing necessary resources and information for employees.
• Assist and counsel employees with their health benefits selection during the onboarding process or during open enrollment, by providing a detailed overview of their options.
• Assist and advise employees throughout the year with health benefit qualifying events.
• Work closely with management and employees to resolve discrepancies or issues.
• Perform related duties as assigned

The ideal candidate would possess the following qualities

• 2 years of experience in Human Resources
• School payroll experience a plus
• Strong computer skills including proficiency with spreadsheets
• Excellent written, verbal, and communication skills
• Keen attention to detail including a high level of precision and data integrity awareness
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Results-driven, sense of urgency, and high standard of professionalism
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent Customer Service skills
• Basic knowledge of benefit administration
• Basic knowledge of leave of absences in California
• Understanding of CA labor laws as it relates to exempt and non-exempt employees and

ability to update onboarding documents as rules and regulations change

• Self-Motivated
• Bilingual a plus

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Associate Degree or High school diploma with three years of related
experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an
equivalent rate for years of experience.

BENEFITS

HTH offers

• Medical, dental and vision insurance (elective)
• AFLAC supplemental insurance (elective)
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) (elective)
• California State Teacher Retirement Plan (CalPERS) (mandatory)
• 403(b) Plan and group life insurance (elective)
• No cost after-care for K-8 HTH students of staff members; and

Open until filled.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

High Tech High provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, High Tech High complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the practice has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.