What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resource Coordinator position at OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS?
Why Opportunity Partners?
As part of a mission-focused nonprofit that values positive impact, compassion and partnership in our community, Opportunity Partners will train you for success! Join our award-winning team where you’ll do life-changing work and help advance the quality of lives for people with disabilities. Our staff works together in achieving the common goal that people of all abilities can thrive in the world. If you want to earn more than just a paycheck, please apply today!
Job Summary:
The HR Coordinator plays a key role in delivering high-quality HR services across the organization and serves as a front-line resource for employees. This position manages day-to-day benefits administration including leave management, supporting HR operations, and assists with generalist responsibilities such as with the facilitation of new hire onboarding and orientation, employee relations, compliance, reporting, employee records and HRIS maintenance. The role combines detailed administrative work with direct employee support.
How will you make a difference?
As part of our team, you will:
Benefits Administration
- Administering New Hire, Life Event and annual Open Enrollment, including communication, system updates, troubleshooting and audits
- Process qualifying life events and ensure timely documentation and compliance
- Process benefits enrollments, changes, and termination in coordination with HRIS and vendor systems
- Administering health, dental, and vision plan enrollments, updates, and terminations
- Administering STD and LTD benefit processes
- Processing Life and AD&D insurance coverages
- Coordinating retirement plan enrollments and contribution changes
- Administering HSA and FSA Accounts
- Administering COBRA processes ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for employee benefits questions and issue resolution
- Assist with administering Leave management and Workers' Compensation programs
HR Generalist Support:
- Prepare and maintain New Hire onboarding and orientation materials and documentation
- Coordinate the employment eligibility verification process, ensuring timely completion, accurate documentation, and compliance with federal requirements
- Coordinate background check processes by initiating screenings, tracking progress, and ensuring timely and compliant completion
- Update and maintain associated records in OP's HRIS
- Produce employee and security badges, and maintain security access controls
- Assist with compliance initiatives such as I-9 audits and OSHA reporting
- Day-to-day HR support
- Process unemployment claims by gathering required documentation and submitting timely responses
- Handle employment verification requests with accuracy and confidentiality, providing timely responses
HR Operations & Administration
- Maintain confidential employee records and personnel files
- Coordinate, route and respond to incoming communications to the HR Department, including mail, email and phone inquiries
- Provide general administrative support to the HR Team
- Assumes other duties and responsibilities as assigned, including special projects or tasks at the discretion of management.
What will you bring to Opportunity Partners?
- Required: High School Diploma or GED. Two plus years of human resource experience, ideally with exposure to benefits administration and generalist or specialist duties.
- Preferred: Associate’s degree or higher. One year of human resource experience, ideally with exposure to benefits administration, and generalist or specialist duties.
Opportunity Partners is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to affirmative action and a welcoming environment for people of diverse communities. Our call to advance diversity, equity and inclusion is rooted in our organizational values and in our mission.