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Human Resources Assistant

City of Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025 CLOSED ON 1/12/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Assistant position at City of Ypsilanti?

General Summary

This is a professional, full-time personnel position performing a variety of generalist duties in managing City-wide human resources programs. Reporting to the Human Resources Director the employee exercises independent discretion and judgment within statutory requirements, City policies, procedures and union contract provisions.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

  • Assists in the maintenance of the human resources computer database system in accordance with Federal and State statutes, City Charter contracts and policy
  • Assists in administering related employee benefit programs; insures compliance, processing payments and employee changes as set forth in the benefit contract
  • Assists in City orientation for new employees; prepares original personnel file; insures the completion of all related benefit forms
  • Assists in the hiring of new employees and promotions; prepares advertisements, reviews applications, schedules and conducts interviews, prepares correspondence to applicants, schedules applicants for all testing
  • Conducts recruitment, under guidance of Human Resources Director, for Parkridge Community Center and Rutherford Pool
  • Assists in research and statistical analysis, reports on personnel issues and makes appropriate presentations
  • Helps maintain departmental records and files in accordance with State law. Also prepares files and maintains log for offsite file storage.
  • Prepares bills, invoices and departmental purchases in accordance with purchasing policies
  • Assists in coordination of employee training programs
  • Responds to general public and employee inquiries
  • Maintains web page, voice mail and bulletin board of current job postings.
  • Conducts audits and maintains legal documents such as I9 forms, labor law posters, OSHA and MIOSHA reports, and similar reports and forms.
  • Performs related work within the general knowledge, skills and abilities and other projects and duties may be assigned at the discretion of Human Resources Director

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

An associate's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in human resources, business or public administration and experience in personnel or any combination of experience and training to provide for the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

  • Knowledge of personnel policies, practices, procedures, laws and union contracts
  • Knowledge of employee benefit contracts
  • Knowledge of computer hardware and operations for word processing and database spreadsheet applications
  • Knowledge of mathematical concepts
  • Knowledge of basic accounts receivable and accounts payable functions and purchasing procedures
  • Ability to gather and analyze data and prepare reports
  • Ability to communicate with a variety of people and explain technical data in nontechnical terms
  • Ability to establish and maintain confidential and effective working relationships with supervisor, coworkers and the public
  • Ability to identify and assist in resolving employee problems
  • Ability to perform multiple simultaneous activities

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands characterized here epitomize those that must be met by an employee to properly perform the integral functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In order to properly perform the integral functions of this job, the employee is occasionally required to: stand or walk and stoop or kneel. Frequently, the employee is required to sit. It is crucial to the outcome of job tasks that the employee is able to: talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms extensively.

The employee in this classification will be required to frequently lift objects of up to 10 pounds in weight. Occasionally the employee will have to lift/move objects of up to 25 pounds in weight. Vision requirements for this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The employee performs job duties in a climate-controlled office environment, with a moderate noise level.
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