Part-Time HR & Payroll Help Desk Specialist

Bridgeport Diocese; Shelton (CT); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

The Bridgeport Diocese is seeking a Part-Time HR and Payroll Specialist to join the Curia office in Shelton, Connecticut. This role provides HR, benefits, payroll, recruiting, and onboarding support to employees and managers across the Diocese.

Responsibilities include coordinating recruitment, onboarding, benefits administration, payroll processing, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and policies. The position emphasizes service orientation and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience in human resources, employee benefits, payroll, HRIS administration, or a similar employee-support role; five years preferred.
• Knowledge of HR best practices, compliance requirements
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel a must, Word, Outlook, and general workplace technology.
• Experience using and administering HRIS, payroll, benefits, applicant tracking, and onboarding systems; ability to investigate discrepancies across systems.
• Strong customer service, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate recruitment activities, including job postings, candidate screening, interview scheduling, and hiring logistics.
• Facilitate onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure positive employee experience and compliance with organizational requirements.
• Maintain employee records and process employment status changes, including new hires, rehires, transfers, promotions, and terminations.
• Assist employees with benefit enrollment, eligibility questions, and benefits-related inquiries.
• Process and administer Qualified Life Event (QLE) requests.
• Coordinate COBRA administration and monitoring.
• Audit health, welfare, and retirement plan deductions to ensure accuracy.
• Collaborate with benefit vendors to resolve eligibility, enrollment, billing, and coverage discrepancies.
• Support payroll processing activities, including employee and company level system setup, pay changes, deductions, timekeeping, and payroll audits.
• Assist with payroll tax inquiries, system configuration, employee transfers, and troubleshooting payroll-related issues.
• Payroll system workflow set-up functionality and approvals maintenance.
• Review payroll and HR data for accuracy and compliance.
• Monitor electronic data interchange (EDI) files, investigate data issues, identify root causes, and coordinate resolutions with internal stakeholders and vendors.
• Serve as help desk to answer internal employee, HR Business partner(s) and Finance Managers and Bookkeepers.
• Provide guidance to employees and managers regarding HR policies, procedures, and employment practices.
• Support compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Assist with FLSA classification reviews and employment status determinations.
• Conduct routine audits to ensure compliance with hiring, termination, payroll, benefits, and employee recordkeeping requirements.

Skills

Excel

Customer service

Interpersonal communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Discretion / confidentiality

Education

Associate or bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

Paycor

HRIS

ATS / Applicant Tracking System

Onboarding systems

Job description

The Bridgeport Diocese is seeking a Part-Time HR and Payroll Specialist to join the Curia office in Shelton, Connecticut. This role provides HR, benefits, payroll, recruiting, and onboarding support to employees and managers across the Diocese.

Responsibilities include coordinating recruitment, onboarding, benefits administration, payroll processing, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and policies. The position emphasizes service orientation and confidentiality.