Human Resources Assistant jobs in Newport News, VA

Description

Job Highlights

• Answers telephone and greets visitors; respond to internal and external HR related inquiries and provides assistance. Redirect HR related calls or correspondence to the appropriate team member. Provide telephone assistance to the County Administration when requested. Retrieve and distribute department mail.
• Establishes and maintains a variety of files, records, and databases; retrieves and distributes mail; orders and maintains office supplies; and schedules maintenance of office equipment.
• Creates and maintains new-hire and onboarding packets.
• Creates and maintains employee and specialty files accordingly and updates personnel folders according to department standards.
• Responsible for records management and retains and destroys records in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations within assigned area of responsibility.
• Assists in preparing correspondence, memos, forms, advertisements, monthly operations reports, financial reports, etc.; assumes responsibility for correctness of spelling, punctuation, format, and grammar.
• Performs other related work as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Possession of an Associate’s degree, with course work in administrative support, technology, business, purchasing, or related field is preferred.
• One (1) to Three (3) years of experience in administrative support services. Some experience in a human resource setting preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Special Requirements