Human Resources Assistant, Talent Acquisition
Please note this opportunity is for employment with our temporary/contract agency talent partner Tryfacta, Inc. who will be the employer of record.
Allegheny County Department of Human Resources, by way of Tryfacta our recruiting partner, is seeking a reliable, dependable HR Assistant to support our Parks seasonal talent acquisition and hiring process from mid-March through mid-June, perhaps through July, pending business need.
The job pays $20/hour, is guaranteed up to 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday (flexible start/end time for 8 hour day between 8 am and 4:30 pm, for approximately 3 months from start date, located onsite with Allegheny County Human Resources at 414 Grant St. in downtown Pittsburgh. The work location is easily reachable by public transit and/or parking is at the expense of the employee for about $9-15/day.
This is an excellent opportunity for an early career starter or an applicant looking to gain HR experience and source potential future employment opportunities with Allegheny County post-contract completion, noting this role is not temp to perm nor contract to hire.
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent and at least four (4) years of professional administrative experience, preferably in a supporting or coordinator role in Human Resources or HR systems; OR
- Associate Degree in Business and at least one (2) years of professional administrative experience, preferably in a supporting or coordinator role in Human Resources or HR systems.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or related field is a plus. Office or secondary education project experience may be required for recent graduates to demonstrate work proficiency.
- Education and/or experience in HR and HRIS/HCM is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Teams and Sharepoint is required.
Duties:
Roles, Responsibilities and Duties (includes support and coordination of the following):
- Pre-employment and Onboarding Processing: Verifies candidate compliance with application requirements (i.e., Allegheny County real estate/tax payment, background check, medical screening, etc.); may include processing, tracking, researching, and reporting results.
- Orientation Planning: Confirms, schedules, and updates new hire start dates; verifies employee data; reconciles data discrepancies.
- Talent Acquisition Support: Assists with posting, pulling and researching job announcements; compiles content and makes posts on relevant social media platforms and other job board sources; facilitates/submits requests for HR related web content updates; disseminates eligible lists, union bid results, and other requested employment related information to operating departments; maintains and updates related tracking files.
- Data File Entry and Maintenance: Enters, prepares, gathers, routes, disseminates, and maintains onboarding, orientation, job, and exam documentation for files (both paper and electronic); reviews and monitors employee and data records and reconciles disparities and errors.
- Coordinates and communicates with internal departments and vendors.
- Fields and records applicant or operating department inquiries; responds and escalates issues as appropriate.
- Performs other related tasks and duties as assigned.
Ability to:
- Prioritize accuracy and quality of work output while adhering to target dates and deadlines.
- Develop, foster, and manage internal and external relationships.
- Communicate with understanding, patience, respect, and regard.
- Demonstrate significant ability to adapt to changing work priorities in a fast pace, high-volume work environment.
- Collaborate and cooperate within a team environment while also working independently.
- Exercise thoughtful and sound judgement and discretion.
- Be accountable, dependable, reliable, flexible, adaptable; embrace change and dynamic paced work.
- Take initiative and ownership for work and team output
- Learn and apply related Human Resource and Human Capital Management systems knowledge (i.e., JDEdwards, Allegheny County Careers Portal, OnBase document management, Infor CloudSuite HCM, etc.) to work activities and responsibilities.
- Follow directions; request, accept and utilize feedback and coaching for professional development.
- Demonstrate integrity, ethics, discretion, and professionalism and always maintain confidentiality.